Now that Hong Kong's participation in global commingling of betting pools seems a matter of when, not if, last weekend's Blue Diamond Stakes simulcast from Melbourne provided an interesting look...
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7 Feb 2013
After more than six years of Jockey Club lobbying, the Home Affairs Bureau on Wednesday backed the two-way combining of betting pools with foreign jurisdictions, allowing overseas punters access...
30 May 2012
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...
17 Sep 2008
With no figures released on the success or otherwise of Monday's FlexiBet launch, we were left to reflect on the arrival of the betting changes through the limited prism of the place pool.
... 12 Jan 2008
Authorities are trying to play down reports about the introduction of betting on horse races in Wuhan in the near future, fearing it will contradict the Communist Party's long-standing ban on...
At 700 billion yuan a year, the mainland's market for illegal gambling is by far the world's largest.
Mainland sports betting outlets to double to 3,000
The draconian amendments to the Gambling Ordinance come into effect tomorrow.
A sports lottery would not encourage gambling in society because it would not be 'serious betting', the Secretary for Home Affairs said yesterday.
With spending on official sports lotteries of 14 billion yuan (HK$13.16 billion) last year, China has approved betting on the 2002 World Cup finals in an effort to capitalise on the national...
Soccer betting will start today in 12 major cities and provinces and it looks set to take China by storm, riding the wave of the national team's success in reaching the World Cup for the first...
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