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American Totalisator, the Glossary

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The American Totalisator Company, now known as AmTote International and commonly referred to as AmTote, specializes in totalisator equipment used to manage and control parimutuel betting at horse racing, greyhound racing, and jai-alai facilities.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 24 relations: Arlington Heights, Illinois, Arlington Park, Baltimore, Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation, Game show, General Instrument, Greyhound racing, Harry L. Straus, Horse racing, Hunt Valley, Maryland, Internet, Jai alai, Maryland, Motorola, Parimutuel betting, Pimlico Race Course, Relay, Simulcast, Stronach Group, Subsidiary, Telephone, The Price Is Right (1956 American game show), Tote board, UNIVAC I.

  2. Stronach Group

Arlington Heights, Illinois

Arlington Heights is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States.

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Arlington Park

Arlington Park (formerly Arlington International Racecourse) was a horse race track in the Chicago suburb of Arlington Heights, Illinois.

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Baltimore

Baltimore is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation

The Eckert–Mauchly Computer Corporation (EMCC) (March 1946 – 1950) was a computer company founded by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly.

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Game show

A game show (or gameshow) is a genre of broadcast viewing entertainment where contestants compete in a game for rewards.

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General Instrument

General Instrument (GI) was an American electronics manufacturer based in Horsham, Pennsylvania, specializing in semiconductors and cable television equipment.

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Greyhound racing

Greyhound racing is an organized, competitive sport in which greyhounds are raced around a track.

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Harry L. Straus

Henry Lobe Straus (March 10, 1896 – October 25, 1949) was an American electrical engineer, horse and cattle breeder, sportsman, entrepreneur and computer pioneer.

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Horse racing

Horse racing is an equestrian performance activity, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition.

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Hunt Valley, Maryland

Hunt Valley is an unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland, United States, near the site of the Maryland Hunt Cup Steeplechase.

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Internet

The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices.

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Jai alai

Jai alai is a sport involving bouncing a ball off a walled-in space by accelerating it to high speeds with a hand-held wicker, commonly referred to as a cesta.

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Maryland

Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.

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Motorola

Motorola, Inc. was an American multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois.

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Parimutuel betting

Parimutuel betting or pool betting is a betting system in which all bets of a particular type are placed together in a pool; taxes and the "house-take" or "vigorish" are deducted, and payoff odds are calculated by sharing the pool among all winning bets. American Totalisator and Parimutuel betting are sports betting.

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Pimlico Race Course

Pimlico Race Course is a thoroughbred horse racetrack in Baltimore, Maryland, most famous for hosting the Preakness Stakes. American Totalisator and Pimlico Race Course are Stronach Group.

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Relay

A relay Electromechanical relay schematic showing a control coil, four pairs of normally open and one pair of normally closed contacts An automotive-style miniature relay with the dust cover taken off A relay is an electrically operated switch.

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Simulcast

Simulcast (a portmanteau of simultaneous broadcast) is the broadcasting of programs or events across more than one resolution, bitrate or medium, or more than one service on the same medium, at exactly the same time (that is, simultaneously).

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Stronach Group

Stronach Group, doing business as 1/ST (pronounced "first"), is an entertainment and real estate company in North America with thoroughbred horse racing and parimutuel gambling at the core.

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Subsidiary

A subsidiary, subsidiary company or daughter company is a company owned or controlled by another company, which is called the parent company or holding company, which has legal and financial control over the company.

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Telephone

A telephone, colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that permits two or more users to conduct a conversation when they are too far apart to be easily heard directly.

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The Price Is Right (1956 American game show)

The Price Is Right is an American game show produced by Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Productions, wherein contestants placed successive bids on merchandise prizes with the goal of bidding closest to each prize's actual retail price without surpassing it.

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Tote board

A tote board (or totalisator/totalizator) is a numeric or alphanumeric display used to convey information, typically at a race track (to display the odds or payoffs for each horse) or at a telethon (to display the total amount donated to the charitable organization sponsoring the event). American Totalisator and tote board are sports betting.

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UNIVAC I

The UNIVAC I (Universal Automatic Computer I) was the first general-purpose electronic digital computer design for business application produced in the United States.

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See also

Stronach Group

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Totalisator

Also known as AmTote, AmTote International, American Totalisator Company.