{"id":777010985,"date":"2023-11-09T08:07:56","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T11:07:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777010985"},"modified":"2026-04-22T16:21:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T19:21:40","slug":"hkjc-world-pool-turnover-hits-record-us946-6m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/hkjc-world-pool-turnover-hits-record-us946-6m","title":{"rendered":"HKJC World Pool turnover hits record US$946.6m"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) World Pool season results in a 24 per cent year-on-year increase in turnover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Hong Kong.- The <strong>Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) <\/strong>World Pool season has concluded with a 24 per cent year-on-year increase in turnover to HK$7.4bn (US$946.6m).\u00a0Spanning eight countries, it had expanded from 154 to 222 races this year. It began and concluded at the Flemington Racecourse in Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A collaboration between Global Totes and the HKJC, the World Pool, enables global bettors to participate in a unified pool. This year&#8217;s edition saw increased global engagement, with extended reach to Germany, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, and Australia for the first time. There were additional races from the UK and Ireland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/hkjc-to-increase-overseas-horseracing-betting-options\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HKJC to increase overseas horseracing betting options<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Michael Fitzsimons<\/strong>, the executive director of wagering products at HKJC, expressed satisfaction with the performance. The HKJC has been allowed to <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/hkjc-to-increase-overseas-horseracing-betting-options\">increase the number of simulcast races per year<\/a> for the next season<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) World Pool season results in a 24 per cent year-on-year increase in turnover.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17273,"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 Hong Kong Jockey Club's (HKJC) World Pool season concluded with a 24% year-on-year turnover increase to HK$7.4bn (US$946.6m), driven by expansion to 222 races across eight countries, including new markets like Germany and Saudi Arabia. This success, a collaboration with Global Totes, highlights enhanced global engagement and regulatory approval for increased simulcast races, signaling robust growth in pari-mutuel wagering.","focusai_entities":"Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC), Global Totes, Michael Fitzsimons","focusai_location":"Hong Kong, Australia, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, UK, Ireland","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (0.8), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Future Regulatory Approvals?","query":"What specific regulatory and governance frameworks were navigated to secure approval for increased simulcast races, and what is the projected impact on future market expansion opportunities?"},{"label":"Liquidity Aggregation Strategy?","query":"Beyond the 24% turnover increase, what are the key performance indicators (KPIs) demonstrating enhanced liquidity aggregation and player engagement across the expanded World Pool jurisdictions?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[22317],"class_list":["post-777010985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-hong-kong-jockey-club"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777010985","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=777010985"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777010985\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777040994,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777010985\/revisions\/777040994"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777010985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777010985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777010985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}