Washington Horse Racing Commission

RACE YEAR	RACE DAYS	PARIMUTUEL HANDLE	ADVANCE DEPOSIT WAGERS	PARIMUTUEL TAX	SOURCE MARKET FEES*	LICENSE FEES**	WA OWNERS BRED BONUS
1933	60	1,476,115		73,805		6,554
1934	59	2,981,198		149,059		6,542
1935	75	3,106,452		155.322		8,236
1936	78	3,319,589		165,979		10,670
1937	88	3,103,801		155,190		10,871
1938	72	3,508,395		175,419		8,093
1939	77	3,690,849		184,542		9,207
1940	75	3,567,855		178,392		9,022
1941	73	3,925,132		196,256		8,748
1942	50	4,577,888		227,894		6,312
1943	No racing because of World War II
1944	71	9,172,709		458,635		9,178
1945	83	14,612,449		730,622		10,608
1946	90	17,711,362		885,568		11,903
1947	79	14,006,808		700,340		10,931
1948	86	13,451,488		678,581		11,633
1949	87	12,162,565		608,128		11,364
1950	87	11,752,959		587,647		11,374
1951	92	13,597,744		679,887		11,927
1952	95	15,536,624		776,831		12,429
1953	87	16,646,496		832,324		11,537
1954	87	17,087,432		854,371		11,590
1955	87	17,460,852		873,042		11,629
1956	93	19,351,107		967,555		12,414
1957	98	21,007,081		1,050,354		12,960
1958	101	21,122,606		1,056,130		13,314
1959	103	23,323,961		1,166,198		13,667
1960	105	23,511,401		1,175,570		14,099
1961	124	26,500,553		1,325,027		17,001
1962	120	27,088,502		1,354,425		16,529
1963	120	27,408,063		1,367,403		16,653
1964	123	29,805,755		1,409,287		17,024
1965	132	31,583,872		1,579,193		18,651
1966	148	34,702,347		1,735,117		20,808
1967	141	37,853,935		1,892,697		20,075
1968	155	42,943,560		2,147,178		21,830
1969	154	47,012,878		2,346,364		21,225	208,900
1970	172	51,591,412		2,568,801		24,322	513,221
1971	195	59,204,402		2,943,937		27,294	587,973
1972	204	65,533,373		3,264,267		29,614	652,233
1973	236	77,654,459		3,868,486		32,025	772,985
1974	211	86,373,749		4,302,006		31,451	859,340
1975	219	99,224,124		4,950,644		33,714	989,600
1976	190	100,084,122		5,536,718		37,106	1,106,639
1977	321	130,397,719		5,913,214		39,892	1,181,652
1978	250	130,821,565		6,522,080		39,924	1,303,698
1979	260	159,248,073		7,273,352		42,246	1,585,474
1980	271	171,247,551		7,817,714		52,883	1,692,938
1981	293	196,363,478		9,464,688		57,389	1,935,729
1982	321	206,338,686		9,674,268		199,282	2,024,358
1983	356	211,389,879		9,782,813		245,206	2,064,185
1984	373	212,576,681		9,907,541		251,910	2,102,300
1985	365	200,222,833		8,981,259		245,402	1,976,594
1986	383	203,018,193		9,271,683		506,294	2,003,968
1987	352	192,376,970		8,578,281		224,225	1,903,021
1988	363	205,082,716		9,216,659		198,310	2,032,298
1989	303	212,756,957		9,586,102		183,625	2,110,457
1990	281	220,993,840		10,314,930		185,760	2,193,954
1991	305	243,425,492		10,749,955		198,470	2,379,574
1992	309	240,461,497		10,270,070		195,110	2,385,998
1993	283	160,179,804		5,254,066		181,290	1,584,057
1994	286	146,091,250		3,711,819		156,255	1,457,100
1995	245	134,115,271		3,451,610		137,560	1,325,327
1996	217	144,345,693		3,726,452		117,130	1,430,188
1997	252	172,254,176		4,021,738		167,030	1,710,445
1998	164	177,344,068		2,542,774		117,995	1,763,356
1999	123	158,454,428		2,220,895		110,300	1,574,339
2000	159	165,366,921		2,029,997		117,920	1,645,918
2001	116	148,366,445		1,867,105		102,670	1,476,525
2002	111	144,510,834		1,900,408		94,455	1,461,852
2003	112	142,092,467		1,815,885		95,325	1,413,187
2004	110	137,148,014	2,750,891	1,774,083	17,887	107,020	1,371,068
2005	121	154,891,044	34,059,860	2,004,240	163,876	281,943	1,600,250
2006	109	136,660,955	36,689,351	1,768,020	213,337	261,913	1,360,015
2007	110	142,722,278	44,449,120	1,845,289	274,522	251,566	1,513,805
	12,479	6,560,652,802	117,949,223	241,439,034	669,623	5,838,434	59,254,541

* Shows WHRC share of Source Market Fees from Advance Deposit Wagers, which is 7% of the total retention.
** License fees are from individuals, daily track fees, and advance deposit wagering service providers.

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