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IT Applications at Hong Kong Jockey Club

jockeyclub05.jpg (38173 bytes)With 80 percent of all punters placing their bets at race meetings within five minutes of a horse race starting, the Hong Kong Jockey Club needs to ensure it can accommodate the hundreds of thousands of hopeful gamblers flawlessly. To do this, it employs a small army of IT staff to keep its IT system tuned to perfection.

"We hold 78 race meetings a year, with each race costing about HK$4.9 million to hold," Steve Beason, Executive Director, Information Technology, HKJC, told the 47 members who joined the Chamber's trip to the club's Shatin course on November 6. "And with a HK$10 bet having the potential to win millions, we have to make sure nothing can go wrong."

To achieve this zero-tolerance for error, the Jockey Club's mammoth technology infrastructure at Shatin is mirrored at its Happy Valley Racetrack.

Most bets are placed at one of the Jockey Club's 116 off-course betting offices, but Mr Beason said online gambling could grow in popularity now that football betting is allowed. People who bet on horses are not that keen using the Internet, he said. People interested in football, however, tend to be younger and are more Internet savvy. This, coupled with the new smart ID cards having built-in e-certificates, could result in more bets being placed online.

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