Macau horse racing will continue for another year, with MJC broadcasting races from Hong Kong and Malaysia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Macau.- The Macau Jockey Club (MJC) has announced that the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) has approved its\u00a0proposal for the 2023\/24 horse racing season<\/a>. The MJC’s announcement comes amid a period of uncertainty for the sector following the announcement that\u00a0the Singapore Turf Club will close by March 2027<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The upcoming horse racing season for 2023\/2024 is to commence on September 29. The club intends to expand its offerings by broadcasting races held in Hong Kong and Malaysia. The racing calendar has races almost every week, sometimes two per week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The MJC secured\u00a0a 24-year extension to its concession licence in 2018. This extension carried pledges to invest in infrastructure enhancements and diversification initiatives, including the development of commercial spaces, hotels and theme parks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Macau horse racing will continue for another year, with MJC broadcasting races from Hong Kong and Malaysia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":9463,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Macau Jockey Club (MJC) has secured regulatory approval from the Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) for its 2023\/24 horse racing season, commencing September 29. This approval provides operational continuity amidst regional sector uncertainty, notably following the Singapore Turf Club's announced closure. MJC plans to expand its offerings by broadcasting races from Hong Kong and Malaysia, leveraging its 2018 concession extension which included significant investment pledges for diversification.","focusai_entities":"Macau Jockey Club (MJC), Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ), Singapore Turf Club","focusai_location":"Macau, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.85), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"MJC Diversification Progress?","query":"What specific progress has the Macau Jockey Club made on its pledged infrastructure enhancements and diversification initiatives since its 2018 concession extension, particularly regarding commercial spaces, hotels, and theme parks, and how does this align with its governance frameworks?"},{"label":"Regional Racing Impact?","query":"How might the Macau Jockey Club's strategy of broadcasting races from Hong Kong and Malaysia impact its GGR and NGR, and what are the competitive implications for other regional racing operators following the Singapore Turf Club's closure?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[233,24374],"class_list":["post-777009111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-sports-betting","tag-the-macau-jockey-club"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777009111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777009111"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777009111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777009130,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777009111\/revisions\/777009130"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777009111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777009111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777009111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}