Aglionby Inquiry into the Horserace Totalisator Board: Evidence and Papers

HO 270

1967-1980

Records of the Inquiry set up in 1979 under the chairmanship of Mr Francis Aglionby, a recorder in the Crown Court, to investigate the procedure used by the board in dealing with off-course bets. The series includes memoranda and other material submitted by the board. Some of the latter (e.g. instructions manual, specimen forms) pre-date the setting up of the Inquiry.

Files from the BLG (Betting, Gaming and Lotteries) file series are in: HO 320

Public Record(s)

English

12 file(s)

Mr Francis Aglionby, a Recorder in the Crown Court, was appointed by the Home Secretary on 26 July 1979 to undertake an inquiry into the procedure used by the Horserace Totalisator Board ("the Tote") to transmit bets made off the course into their on-course pools. The inquiry was instituted because the Sporting Life alleged that Tote dividends had been manipulated at the Carlisle race meeting in early July 1979.

The report of 18 January 1980 was not published since it was based on written and oral evidence given in confidence. The findings were published in a Written Reply to a question by Bruce George, M.P. (Hansard Vol. 978, cols. 1-3, 4 February 1980).