Source:
https://scmp.com/article/1002416/singapore-co-need-big-fish-hong-kong

Singapore & Co need the big fish like Hong Kong

The concept of the home pool is being badly stretched out of shape now with international simulcasting and Hong Kong's coverage of Singapore's big meeting revealed something of the future of commingling.

In a land far away and long ago, the home betting pools were always considered the most important - whether it was punters looking for a lead to the winner or stewards investigating what took place in a race. Yet in the era of cross-border betting, none of that remains true. The other theory comes into play - that what takes place in the bigger pool is the more important action, and on Singapore's big day, Hong Kong's $121 million in simulcast holdings on six races were not far short of double the holdings in the home pools.