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SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1933.
62,500,000,000 TO 12 the type of competition?..
CHANCE
COMPETITIONS IN NEWSPAPERS
EXCESSIVE PRIZE
MONEY
Certainly.
Betting News,
Mr. Harrison said that the Society wore opposed to the pro- hibition of the publication of bet- ting odds. would not eliminate botting, but would simply grant wider scope to dishonest book- makors.
newa
"If betting is wrong, stop it: then obviously you stop the nowa as well," stated Mr. Harrison. "But to suggest that the Representatives of the newn.should be prohibited although papor Industry Kave evidence betting continues, as secins to be before the Roval Commission on proposed by some who have given Lotteries and Betting.
ovidence, is to put the cart before. the horse."
The views of the Newspaper The Society contended, added: Society were put forward by the Mr. Harrison, that as long President, Mr. Walter Harrison. events which were the subject of: These, to a considerable extent, Press to give the public full in- belting continued, it was for the had reference to newspaper comformation about them, principally petitions.
The Society, it was stated, con- Ridered that certain competitions (had been open to objection for two
rensons:
because they were mattera of public interest, but partly also for the, public protection against dishonesty resulting from lack of knowledge.
They were also of the opinion (1) the excessive amount of the that an interference, with the prize offered;
publication of auch news would be limitation of the freedom of the ill-advised, beenuse it would be n
(2) the large element of chance involved,
There could be no doubt that prize money was excessive when, as at present £15,000 was offered for competitions almost entirely dependent on chance. An extreme example of chance was the offer for a correct guess of the scores In each of the four innings of a Test Match.
A conservative estimate of the adds against any single coupon winning was 62,500,000,000 to one,
|Press, and also it would be a une- less interference. since it would not strike at the root of the matter. A free Press was the best safe- guard for the public.
the Editor of The Times, the views Evidence was given on behalf of expressed being limited to the practice and experience of that newspaper. Other witnesses were Mr. B. C. Cook, general manager of Odhams Press, and Mr. Kenneth: Henderson, for Associated News- papers, Ltd.
State Lotteries.
To obtain a constantly incrons. ing circulation, rertain news- papers felt that it was always Mr. J. M. Keynes, the economist, necessary to surpass any offer in evidence, stated that he was in made by their contemporaries, and favour of State lotteries, adding thus was brought about a state that not to have them yet wink at of unrestricted competition.
other forms of lotteries seemed to him the worst form of hypocrisy,
Limitation Desired.
Was
The Society considered that
"To look forward to a life of some limitation
poverty without the slightent hope desirable. They were in favour of the con
of amelioration,” he replied to tinuation of newspaper compett Mrs. Stocks, "is not good for tions in general, as opposed to people, and if with a slight ex- those in which excessive prize pense, they can live in the hope of money was offered and in which something turning up, then it the element of chance predominat-seems to me that is not an evil." *d over that of skill.
Mrs. Stocks-One witness put
The Chairman (Sir Sidney Row.it more bluntly when he said that f latt)-Do you think it is part of betting preserved us from Bol- the newspaper business to have a Ishevism."
competition for prizes?--I think Mr. Keynes-That would be that. in the present trend of something. (Laughter.) publle opinion, yes.
It is neither news nor opinions, then why is it done?--I suppose to make a paper more attractive to the public and thereby increase the sale..
Do you not realise that the more fact of having these gigantic sums angled before the eyes of renders is deleterious?-If you take the £16,000 recently offered I think it is very deleterious.
Mr. G. Picken, Chairman of the Bookmakers' Protection Associa- tion, suggested that ready-money betting should be legalised and that bookmakers should be regis- tered or leansed, in proportion to the population.
Ile did not agree with what had been said as to the tremendous turnover in betting of 200 to 300 million pounds a year.
Sir Stanley Jackson-is there half of it?-No. nor a quarter of
Sir Sydney Skinner-Would you welcome a cessation of a good deal it.
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