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In this chapter --- (a) "backer" includes any person with whom licensed book-maker bets ; (b) "bet" includes "wager" and betting includes wagering ; (c) "licensed book-maker" means any person who carries on the business or vocation of, or acts as a book-maker or turf commission agent under a licence or permit issued by any racing club or by the stewards thereof to enable him to carry on his business or vocation as spe- cified in the licence or permit ; (d) "prescribed" means prescribed by this chapter or by the rules made thereunder ; (e) "racing club" includes a club, association, society or body of persons, corporate or incorporate,-- Power of State Govern- ment to del- egate certain powers. Definitions. 10 (i) formed for the purpose of promoting horse-racing or pony- racing or for holding raece-meetings ; or (ii) conducting or controlling such meetings ; (f) "totalisator" means a totalisator, in an enclosure which the stewards controlling a racemeeting have set apart and includes any instrument, machine, or contrivance known as the totalisator, or any other instrument, machine or con- trivance of a like nature or any scheme for enabling any number of persons to make bets with one another on the like principles.