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General Assembly &

40th International Conference

"World Statistical
Survey"

Reasons for Statistics

Global betting and gaming
by type 2005 – gross win

Global Betting Volume
(US$B)

Betting 2005 by Region

Foals born 2005

Amount of races 2005

Prize Money 2005 ($m)

Slide 10

Average Training Costs
covered by Prize Money Won

"Thank you"

General
Assembly &

40th
International Conference

International Federation of Horseracing Authorities

Monday
October 2, 2006

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General Assembly &

40th International Conference

International Federation of
Horseracing Authorities

Monday October 2, 2006

"World Statistical
Survey"

World Statistical Survey

Maurits Bruggink

October 2, 2005

Reasons for Statistics

Government policies

Investors

Year performance

International benchmarking

Global betting and gaming
by type 2005 – gross win

Global Betting Volume
(US$B)

Betting 2005 by Region

Foals born 2005

Amount of races 2005

Prize Money 2005 ($m)

Slide 10

Average Training Costs
covered by Prize Money Won

"Thank you"

Thank you!

Thank you Chairman,

To keep your
attention after lunch with a session on statistics is a challenge, but our
distinguished panel will give it a shot with some amazing facts &
figures.

After my own general
introduction about our annual survey and what we have done with it this time,
each of the three speakers in our panel will comment about the development of
horseracing in their own part of the world and, in particular, highlight their
economic impact studies.

There are more and
more countries that carry out economic impact studies.  Some do it only for racing, others for the
wider horse sector.

There are a few
important reasons for making the investment to have an economic or
statistical study on our activity:

•It will provide elements for governments and regulators to
develop horseracing-friendly policies

•It will provide potential investors in our sector, like
owners, racecourse operators or betting companies, a valuable assessment for
investment decisions

•It will allow you to assess your own performance compared
to previous years and finally,

•It will, in the case of international data, compare the
performance of your country with your neighbors.

Enough said about
this, let us look at the global statistics.
How have we done in 2005?

Let us start with
betting statistics.

The global betting
and gaming industry is estimated as being over €250 billion in 2005 as
measured by gross win – that means what the better loses.  The figure in the chart above illustrates
that betting on racing is estimated to make up around 9% of that total, more
than double of all other sports combined, which is another demonstration of
racing’s links with betting.