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Gambling-mad Hongkongers expected to place HK$30 billion in black market bets during World Cup 2018

Gambling-mad Hongkongers are poised to place HK$30 billion (US$3.8 billion) in black market bets during the Fifa World Cup in Russia next month, according to a new report by the Hong Kong Jockey Club ... involvement in illegal betting was rife, with triad ... read more

LCQ7: Curbing the prevalence of youth gambling

In connection with curbing the prevalence of youth gambling, will the Government inform this Council: (1) whether it knows, in each of the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 financial years, (i) the betting turnover received by the Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC ... read more

Security chief warns growth in illegal sports betting is fueling match-fixing

The director of security and integrity for the Hong Kong Jockey Club has estimated ... He added: ‘The growth of illegal betting in Asia has led to global expansion of the operators, the consequent spread of criminal involvement in racing and other ... read more

Declan Hill warns Australian sporting bodies of match-fixing threat

The meeting comes in the wake of Operation Starling, which last year broke up a match-fixing syndicate operating at the Southern Stars Soccer Club in Melbourne's suburban south east. Canadian investigative journalist Declan Hill has written two books about ... read more

Colonial power UK fiddles as HK agitates to shed China’s shackles

Crowds gathered at Sha Tin race course to bet millions on horses. Millions more wagered at Hong Kong Jockey Club betting centres across ... to cheers from the crowd. Triad gangs have traditionally been involved in drug-running, prostitution and extortion ... read more

Internet gambling making waves in Asia

Hardest hit in the first phase of the Net betting incursion has been Hong Kong, which has attempted to fight back to protect its legal gambling operations from the depredations of offshore “robbers,” as Hong Kong Jockey Club CEO Lawrence Wong describes ... read more

Jockey Club chief wants to keep Hong Kong on track

On a final note, the man who oversees Hong Kong's only official lottery has a twinkle in his eye when asked for betting tips ... Engelbrecht-Bresges does not see any scope for the Jockey Club to be involved in the actual building of flats in a city ... read more

When will the horses run?

Liu repeatedly stressed the difference between Hong Kong-style horse betting and the "guessing game" that involved only fixed-price tickets ... In Beijing, the expensive Tongshun Jockey Club, which had cost over 300 million yuan to build, opened in ... read more

When will the horses run?

From 2001 to 2008, the central government had cracked down on extensive illegal betting on Hong Kong's Mark Six lottery and horse ... In Beijing, the expensive Tongshun Jockey Club, which had cost over 300 million yuan to build, opened in 2001, but was ... read more