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There seem to be many companies providing the means to host a Race Night for a fundraising event.

www.racenightservices.co.uk is a company that I have picked at random. Here is some of what they say on their website:

The Boring Legal Stuff

The Gambling Act 2005

A race night is an event where participants stake money on the outcome of recorded races. The money raised from the event is called “the proceeds”.

After deducting any reasonable costs, the proceeds must: be given to a good cause must not be used for private gain Reasonable costs include any costs reasonably incurred e,g. by providing any prizes and for betting slips.

If third parties are selling goods or services at your event, for example if someone is selling refreshments, this does not count as money raised for the charity or good cause and can be retained by that third party.

There is a lot more on their website and probably others. The bottom-line is that it is a lot of work!

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Belchamp Walter have staged 3 Race Nights so far and the prime observation that the main effort revolves around the running of the tote.

Running the Tote

The key, I think, to the smooth running of a Race night is the tote. The organisation of all the other activities such as the venue, food and drink is relatively easy and very similar to other events that an organisation that is a registered charity might put on.

Along with a compère, or Master of Ceremonies, the Tote is pretty hectic. The time between each race will be determined by the Tote. The running of the race is just a question of turning the DVD player (or other) to play and pause, the taking of bets, the calculation of the payouts and the payouts themselves all has to be done before the next race is run. This can be be "full-on" and the personel running this have to be organised.

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