Opening Day Racing At Hong Kong Racetrack Breaks Gambling Record
Macau casinos are suffering huge drops in gaming revenues at present but one industry that is weathering the COVID-19 pandemic is the Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC).
On Sunday 6th September the opening day of the horse racing season, the HKJC announced that it had smashed the current record for betting for the day.
Even without no on-course betting and no customers at the racetrack betting was up by nearly 7% to HK1.76 billion.
Jockey Club chief executive Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges said: “We had the best start we could hope,” he went on to say, “We were able to increase turnover despite the fact we had to close [off-course betting branches] for race day.
“Our turnover was HK$1.376 billion which is an increase of 6.83 per cent, this is a record high for the start of the season.”
