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Budget 2025: Hong Kong considers legalisation of basketball gambling

Summary by Hong Kong Free Press
The Hong Kong government is considering the legalisation of basketball betting in order to tackle illegal gambling, the financial chief Paul Chan has said, as the city tackles a huge budget deficit. The Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC), which already hosts betting on horse racing and football matches, will submit a proposal on basketball gambling to the government, Chan said as he delivered the 2025 Budget at the Legislative Council on Wednesday.A b…

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Budget 2025: Hong Kong considers legalisation of basketball gambling

The Hong Kong government is considering the legalisation of basketball betting in order to tackle illegal gambling, the financial chief Paul Chan has said, as the city tackles a huge budget deficit. The Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC), which already hosts betting on horse racing and football matches, will submit a proposal on basketball gambling to the government, Chan said as he delivered the 2025 Budget at the Legislative Council on Wednesday.A b…

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Government to discuss legalizing basketball betting with Hong Kong Jockey Club

Hong Kong’s Financial Secretary, Paul Chan, said the government will explore the possibility of allowing basketball betting and has invited the Hong Kong Jockey Club to discuss it. When the Hong Kong government announced its new budget on Wednesday morning it was expected the issue of adding basketball to the SAR’s small list of legal betting activities would be raised. Over the past month, some Hong Kong legislators have suggested government sh…

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Hong Kong Free Press broke the news in Hong Kong, Hong Kong on Wednesday, February 26, 2025.
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