Hong Kong jockey club teams up with Vegas company

In what the participants call an historic decision, the Nevada Gaming Commission has given its approval to allow the Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) to accept commingled bets from the United States on Hong Kong horseracing. The approval process is the first major step in distributing HKJC’s world-class racing product to the US marketplace.

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Sun, August 26th, 2007

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