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Eric Fok Kai-shan, chairman of the Football Association of Hong Kong, said legalising gambling on local football matches would enhance resources for the sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Hong Kong.- The chairman of the Football Association of Hong Kong (HKFA), Eric Fok Kai-sha<\/strong>, said he’s open to the idea of legalising gambling on local football<\/strong> matches, saying legal wagering will generate revenue for the sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an exclusive interview with the South China Morning Post, Fok said the topic was in a \u201cdiscussion phase\u201d, but conceded it was a \u201csensitive\u201d issue and consideration needed to be given to the impact that legalising football betting may have on the Hong Kong community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cDoing this would definitely help the sports sector have more resources<\/strong> and [leave] less reliance on other funding,\u201d said Fok in the interview adding: \u201cThe football sector and non-football sector have to come together to understand both sides of the argument.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hong Kong football chief told the South China Morning Post: \u201cFor us, it\u2019s very simple: whatever can help football development, we will look at it and see how we can make it the best for everyone. We just have to be very cautious and sensitive<\/strong> \u2026 right now, [legalising gambling] is just in the discussion phase.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also:<\/strong> LONGINES Hong Kong International Races sees rise in attendance<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Eric Fok Kai-shan, chairman of the Football Association of Hong Kong, said legalising gambling on local football matches would enhance resources for the sport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":6970,"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 Chairman of the Football Association of Hong Kong, Eric Fok Kai-shan, has expressed openness to legalizing betting on local football matches, citing potential revenue generation for the sport. While acknowledging the initiative is in a \"discussion phase\" and a \"sensitive issue\" requiring community impact assessment, Fok views it as a means to enhance sports sector resources and reduce reliance on external funding.","focusai_entities":"Eric Fok Kai-shan, Football Association of Hong Kong (HKFA), South China Morning Post","focusai_location":"Hong Kong","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.7), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Governance Frameworks?","query":"What specific governance frameworks and responsible gambling measures are being considered to mitigate the social impact and ensure market integrity if local football betting is legalized?"},{"label":"Licensing Structure Impact?","query":"How would the potential B2C licensing structure for local football betting integrate with or diverge from existing gambling monopolies in Hong Kong, and what are the implications for market competition?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,154],"tags":[1619],"class_list":["post-777022035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-legislation-news","tag-hong-kong"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777022035","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\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777022035"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777022035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777022040,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777022035\/revisions\/777022040"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777022035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777022035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777022035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}