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‖ pari mutuel Orig.|pari mytyɛl|
usu. in pl. paris mutuels (with same pronunciation). Now usu. pari-mutuel.
[Fr., = mutual stake or wager.]
a. A form of betting ‘in which those who have put a stake on the winning horse divide among themselves the total of the stakes on the other horses’ (less the percentage of the managers—i.e., in France, the Government).
1881Standard 7 Sept. 5/2 That the accounts of their horseracing should sometimes puzzle English readers by the mention of ‘pools’ and ‘Paris mutuals’ is possible. 1888[see Far-Eastern a.]. 1891Harper's Mag. Mar. 511/1 For this rough horde of human beings the only interest that the races offered was the betting..by means of the mutual pool or pari mutuel system. 1894Daily News 13 Oct. 5/3 The Minister of the Interior has prohibited throughout France the opening of pari mutuel offices at cycle races... As for morality, there is little to be said for private pari mutuels. Bad as they are, however, they are better than the Government-instituted ones. 1931E. Waugh Remote People 12 There had been a horse-race..with a pari-mutuel. 1955‘S. Ransome’ Deadly Bedfellows xiii. 123 The legislature..will choose to legalise pari-mutuel horse-racing. 1964A. Wykes Gambling viii. 191 The pari-mutuel system (which was devised in 1872 by a French chemist named Pierre Oller). 1969C. Drummond Odds on Death ii. 43 The big market is not the parimutuel—totaliser, call it what you will—but book-making, legal and illegal. 1971L. Koppett N.Y. Times Guide Spectator Sports x. 172 Pari-mutuel betting refers to a system in which all the participating bettors are betting against each other. 1976Maclean's Mag. 12 Jan. 34/1 The state bicentennial commission raised $845,000 from the taxes on one extra day of betting at pari-mutuel outlets.
b. The booth at which such bets are placed, or the machine which issues tickets recording such bets.
1913‘F. Summerville’ Spirit of Paris v. 38 But there is a great keenness on the animals too, and men and women bet at the pari-mutuel with much earnestness. 1923E. Hemingway Three Stories & Ten Poems 43 The gong going for dear life and the pari mutuel wickets rattling down. 1934‘A. Bridge’ Ginger Griffin xvi. 200 They strolled towards the pari-mutuel windows, which extended in a long row between the paddock and the grand-stand. 1973D. Francis in Winter's Crimes 5 115 It meant hanging around the pari-mutuel with your eyes open. |