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Attendance and turnover up in Galway

Packed stands at Galway racecoursePacked stands at Galway racecourse
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The Galway Festival of 2015 saw an increase in all three key categories of attendance, Tote and bookmaker betting compared to last year's meeting.

The total attendance over the seven days was 140,114, an increase of just over 1,000 on last year. Betting with the Tote over the week was up about 9 per cent at over five and a half million euro, an increase of €455,504, while bookmakers turnover was up €295,892 compared to 2014.

This year's statistics for the seven days from Monday to Sunday are below.

..... Crowd Tote Bookmakers

Mon 19,214 782,340 1,208,418

Tue 18,482 899,600 1,323,333

Wed 18,932 993,399 1,554,758

Th 35,214 1,137,337 1,920,224

Fr 21,532 668,254 1,221,017

Sat 14,044 547,767 863,051

Sun 12,696 528,601 626,986

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Total 140,114 5,557,298 8,717,787

The figures for 2014 were:

... Crowd Tote Bookmakers

Mon 18,938 738,940 1,242,229

Tue 19,156 723,830 1,232,663

Wed 18,766 830,962 1,500,851

Thu 34,077 996,844 1,881,848

Fri 21,163 771,550 1,034,649

Sat 13,149 528,835 854,321

Sun 13,788 510,833 675,334

... --------- ------------ ------------

Total 139,037 5,101,794 8,421,895