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Betting Duties

Volume 484: debated on Tuesday 20 February 1951

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asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the tax respectively from greyhound racing tracks and football pools separately, for September, October and November, 1950.

The monthly figures of receipts of pool betting duty from football pools (together with other similar pools included under the same heading) and greyhound race-course totalisators and of bookmakers' licence duty, are as follow:

1950Pool Betting DutyBook-makers' Licence Duty
Football pollsTotalisators
£££
September1,496,161554,226171,368
October1,747,157549,226172,517
November2,136,884528,535177,996