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Case Study Bottlenecks at ticket office on race day, lack of administration systems, no IT strategy, traditional business, more demanding customers. • • Investment: – New ICT platform £12K – Back office system £3K – Web redevelopment £4K – Hand held scanners £4K – Wireless network £3K – Total Cost £26,000(€31,200) First UK racecourse to completely sell out online before a meeting. Benefits: – 70% of booking online with e-tickets – Administration per race reduced from 100 to 10 hours – £21K p.a. – Fraudulent admissions reduced from £7.5K to £500 p.a. – £5K leased line to HQ redundant – Total Savings £33,000 (€39,600)per annum – Payback within 10 months. – Doubled the number of race meetings