{"id":9132,"date":"2020-08-18T22:30:09","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T22:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=9132"},"modified":"2026-04-24T02:39:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T05:39:20","slug":"hk-jockey-club-closes-betting-branches-indefinitely","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/hk-jockey-club-closes-betting-branches-indefinitely","title":{"rendered":"HK Jockey Club closes betting branches indefinitely"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Off-course betting shops will remain closed due to the spike in Covid-19 cases in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hong Kong.- The Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) has decided to cancel the reopening of off-course betting shops slated for August given the continued spike in Covid-19 cases in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong><em>HKJC<\/em><\/strong> said: \u201cIn view of the severe Covid-19 situation in Hong Kong, the Club has temporarily closed all off-course betting branches from 19 July until further notice. The Club appreciates the understanding of its customers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Club first closed its facilities in February due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but had since reopened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It had to shut shops <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/hk-jockey-club-reduces-operations-after-covid-19-spike\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">again in July<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, and also postpone the resumption of the Mark Six Lottery, which was suspended on February 1 and was set to restart on July 21. At that point, other branches remained open for cashing-in vouchers or winning tickets, betting accounts deposits and withdrawals and racing ticket sales.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other measures announced by the Jockey Club include the cancelation of its annual Champions Awards Ceremony and Dinner, which was set to be held at the Rosewood Hotel on July 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In spite of the situation, the HKJC recently reported racing revenue for the 2019-2020 season at HK$121.6 billion (US$15.68 billion) making it the <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/hkjc-revenue-barely-dented-by-pandemic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">third best-season in its history<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Off-course betting shops will remain closed due to the spike in Covid-19 cases in the city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"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 (HKJC) has indefinitely closed its off-course betting shops and postponed the Mark Six Lottery due to a surge in COVID-19 cases in Hong Kong. This operational disruption follows previous closures and re-openings, yet the HKJC reported robust racing revenue of HK$121.6 billion for the 2019-2020 season, marking its third-best season historically.","focusai_entities":"Hong Kong Jockey Club, HKJC, Rosewood Hotel","focusai_location":"Hong Kong","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.8), compliance_legal (0.8), operator_casino (0.9), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), gambler_consumer (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact Analysis","query":"What is the projected GGR impact of prolonged off-course betting shop closures on HKJC's Q3\/Q4 performance, considering the reported resilience in racing revenue?"},{"label":"Digital Channel Mitigation","query":"How has HKJC's digital channel adoption and NGR from online betting verticals mitigated the financial impact of retail closures, and what is the strategic outlook for further digital transformation?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[1619,22317,4256],"class_list":["post-9132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-hong-kong","tag-hong-kong-jockey-club","tag-horse-racing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9132","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9132"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777010322,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9132\/revisions\/777010322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}