Hong Kong racing turnover up 3% year-on-year
Season turnover reached HK$138.85bn (US$17.70bn).
Hong Kong.- The Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) has reported that racing wagering turnover for the 2024/25 Hong Kong season was HK$138.85bn (US$17.70bn). That’s a 3 per cent increase on 2023/24 and a return to growth after a 4.5 per cent decline last season.
The HKJC reported that the growth in racing turnover was driven primarily by optimised jackpot offerings, improved field sizes, increased mainland and international sports tourism and globalising Hong Kong Racing via commingling, combined with the club’s international simulcast under World Pool Strategy.
There were 88 race meetings over the course of the 2024/25 Hong Kong racing season, including seven summer series fixtures, comprising 847 Hong Kong races and 393 overseas simulcast races. Season racecourse attendance was over 1.7 million, including a record 195,786 mainland tourists, a 110 per cent increase from 93,000.
“The individual and collective feats of Hong Kong’s equine titans – Ka Ying Rising, Romantic Warrior and Voyage Bubble – elevated Hong Kong’s world-class racing onto an even higher plane during a record-breaking and historic season,” reported the HKJC.
“Once again, Conghua Racecourse, with its state-of-the-art training and rehabilitation facilities, has been vital to the success of the season. The Club is well-advanced in its preparations for the start of regular racing at Conghua in October 2026,” it concluded.
