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At Odds With Taxpayers Print E-mail
Written by Keith Boyfield (2004)   
Friday, 22 October 2004

Sale of the government's racehorse betting monopoly - the TOTE - cheap to a panel of racing interests would be a lucky windfall to wealthy owners but daylight robbery for the taxpayers who are supposed to own it, says Keith Boyfield. This ASI report led to a European Commission decision to block the government's cosy deal with the racing industry.

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