{"id":8075,"date":"2020-07-13T22:22:17","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T22:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=8075"},"modified":"2026-04-24T03:41:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T06:41:02","slug":"hk-jockey-club-reduces-operations-after-covid-19-spike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/hk-jockey-club-reduces-operations-after-covid-19-spike","title":{"rendered":"HK Jockey Club reduces operations after Covid-19 spike"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Hong Kong Jockey Club has closed seven off-course betting branches following the increase in Covid-19 cases in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Hong Kong.- The Hong Kong Jockey Club has taken new measures following the increase in Covid-19 cases, closing off-course betting branches and postponing the resumption of the Mark Six Lottery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Club issued a statement saying it had taken notice of the spike in positive cases in Hong Kong, and therefore decided to close seven off-course betting branches. Other branches will remain open for cashing-in vouchers or winning tickets, betting accounts deposits and withdrawals and racing ticket sales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It will also no longer resume the Mark Six Lottery draw on July 21 as it had scheduled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The club said: \u201cWe fully understand that our customers are looking forward to the resumption of the Mark Six draws which has been suspended since 1 February this year. It was also our original plan to resume the draw on 21 July. However, the latest worrying development of the COVID-19 situation does not facilitate us to resume Mark Six draws as scheduled\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The company said there used to be between 400,000 to 500,000 customers visiting their betting shops to purchase their Mark Six tickets for every draw, while ongoing pre-sale tickets for races only attracts about 130,000 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It feared the heavier traffic brought by the lottery could be a potential risk for Covid-19 contagion and decided to suspend the resumption of Mark Six draws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other measures announced by the Jockey Club<\/a><\/em><\/strong> include the cancelation of its annual Champions Awards Ceremony and Dinner, which was set to be celebrated at the Rosewood Hotel on July 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Club said: \u201cWe will continue to monitor the COVID-19 developments and decide whether more OCBBs are required to temporarily suspend business.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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