The top plane of the first "Automatic Totalisator," designed by George Julius (1913). It was a mechanical computer designed for calculating and displaying bets at horse races.

There are more really awesome pictures of it, at this link:
https://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/historydisplays/SecondFloor/Totalisators/FirstJulius/FirstJuliusMain.php#tickets

Mathematics/Design

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Text art: objkt.com/@sinusoidalsnail

tempted to search for or compile a list of technological achievements fueled by speculative gambling now lol 

this is amazingly cool on it's own right, however

that’s two down, many left to find 😂

Hmmm, seems like a good fit. Since we are on this app…  “a technological achievement fueled by speculative gambling.” 🤣🤣