totalizator
Americannoun
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an apparatus for registering and indicating the total of operations, measurements, etc.
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a pari-mutuel machine.
noun
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a system of betting on horse races in which the aggregate stake, less an administration charge and tax, is paid out to winners in proportion to their stake
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the machine that records bets in this system and works out odds, pays out winnings, etc
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an apparatus for registering totals, as of a particular function or measurement
Etymology
Origin of totalizator
Example Sentences
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If a great totalizator for bets on the final outcome of the war were possible, it would perhaps show that odds on the Axis were longer this spring than last.
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Today, with respectable Boston names on its board of directors and a totalizator to compute and publicly quote the odds, there is no tampering with greyhounds, no back-room rigging of the payoff.
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On the basis of these totals the totalizator automatically sets the odds.
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They offered pre-race odds of 66 to 1, and the Epsom Downs totalizator sent Psidium off at 90 to 1.
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U. S. track enthusiasts are likely to become increasingly familiar with an extraordinary contraption known as the "totalizator."
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