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Premier Odds Dividend circular calculator, 1945 - 1955
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Object statement
Circular calculator, 'Premier Odds Dividend', painted steel, made by Automatic Totalisators Limited, Australia, 1945-1955
Production Notes include information about the design, manufacture and marketing of an object. Production notes
Automatic Totalisators Limited, Australia, c1950.

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Description
Circular calculator, 'Premier Odds Dividend', painted steel, made by Automatic Totalisators Limited, Australia, 1945-1955

Two circular black metal discs, centrally fixed but moveable, top disc is smaller and triangular section in plastic attached on top. By moving the disc to the appropriate markings one can detremine the odds for win/place/show for a particular horse.

Made: Automatic Totalisators Limited; Australia; 1945 - 1955
Marks
Marked in centre ' "PREMIER" ODDS-DIVIDEND CALCULATOR / MADE BY AUTOMATIC TOTALISATORS LTD. AUSTRALIA'.

Marked on central disc toward edge 'HORSE TOTAL' with gradations from '10' to '1500', then 2000/2 to 9000/2. Also three arrows each marked '3D', '2D' and 'W'. Outer disc marked 'RETURN FOR $1 INVESTMENT' and graduations '1' to '100'. Outer band marked 'GRAND TOTAL'.
The Registration Number of an object is a unique identifying number applied by the museum at the point of acquisition. Current numbering format comprises the year of acquisition, followed by a sequential number. For example, '2007/45' is the Registration Number that represents the 45th acquisition in the year 2007. Registration number
94/222/22
Production date
1945 - 1955
Height
5 mm
Diameter
160 mm

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Acquisition credit line
Gift of AWA (Australia) Limited, 1994

This object record is currently incomplete. The information available may date back as far as 125 years. Other information may exist in a non-digital form. The Museum continues to update and add new research to collection records.
Subjects
+ Gambling
+ Calculating devices
+ Measuring instruments
Currently on public display
+ Display Store, Powerhouse Discovery Centre, Castle Hill
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{{cite web |url=http://from.ph/140516 |title=Premier Odds Dividend circular calculator |author=Powerhouse Museum |accessdate=23 May 2013 |publisher=Powerhouse Museum, Australia}}


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