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World Pool Q1 turnover up 70% on 2022 as Dubai World Cup tops bill

SBC News World Pool Q1 turnover up 70% on 2022 as Dubai World Cup tops bill

World Pool has reported a total turnover of HK$1.27bn (approx. $161.8m) across its five fixtures for Q1. Its year-on-year turnover for the quarter has increased by 70% compared to 2022’s Q1 total of HK$745.4m (approx. $94.9m). Globally commingled bets from more than 20 countries saw an average of HK$254m (approx. $32.6m) bet on each of the fixtures, which were Met …

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Dubai World Cup hits World Pool’s highest turnover of 2023

SBC News Dubai World Cup hits World Pool’s highest turnover of 2023

The Dubai World Cup meeting at Meydan over the weekend saw the World Pool’s globally commingled turnover reach HK$315,177,810 (approx. $40.1m). This figure is a rise of $33.6m (approx. $4.2m per race) across the eight-race card, compared to 2022. The feature competition, which was won by Japanese raider Ushba Tesoro, saw the highest turnover of the evening, with pari-mutuel organisations …

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Dubai World Cup to receive ‘huge exposure’ from 40 broadcasters

SBC News Dubai World Cup to receive ‘huge exposure’ from 40 broadcasters

The Dubai World Cup horse racing fixture on 25 March is set to be shown by 40 global broadcasters. Dubai Racing Club, its distribution and production company Racecourse Media Group (RMG), and the latter’s agency HBA Media, have secured several big names in sports broadcasting. These include Fox Sports in the US, ESPN / Star+ in South America, SuperSport in …

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HK Jockey Club to offer World Pool on Dubai Super Saturday and Dubai World Cup

SBC News HK Jockey Club to offer World Pool on Dubai Super Saturday and Dubai World Cup

In collaboration with the Dubai Racing Club, the Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) has confirmed that it will be launching World Pool betting for both the Dubai Super Saturday meeting and the Dubai World Cup meeting at Meydan Racecourse. The latest expansion of World Pool betting follows on from the launch of World Pool at 2019’s Royal Ascot, which the …

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RMG renews broadcast partnership with Meydan Dubai

SBC News RMG renews broadcast partnership with Meydan Dubai

Racecourse Media Group (RMG) has extended its contract with the Meydan Group to provide production and distribution of the next two full horseracing seasons at the course for a further two years. The season is now underway and culminates with the prestigious $35 million Dubai World Cup card on 28 March 2020 – recognised as the most international and valuable day’s racing. Timeline Television will …

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Racecourse Media and Meydan Group’s in new production and distribution deal

SBC News Racecourse Media and Meydan Group's in new production and distribution deal

Racecourse Media Group (RMG) has been awarded a fresh two year worldwide production and distribution contract by Meydan Group. The agreement will encompass the full horseracing seasons at Meydan Racecourse, which began on November 9 and culminates on March 31 with the US$30m Dubai World Cup, the world’s richest day’s racing. Frank Gabriel Jr, Executive Director of Racing at Dubai …

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Sheikh Hamdan donates $6 million Dubai World Cup win purse to autism charity

Dubai Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed will donate his $6 million win purse from the Dubai Racing World Cup to the Dubai Autism Centre. On Saturday Sheikh Hamdan saw a surprise win for the Dubai owned Godolphin stables as old runner Prince Bishop won the Dubai World Cup principal meeting at the Meydan Racecourse. Prince Bishop ridden by Danish/British …

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PGI providing pools technology for Dubai racing

SBC News PGI providing pools technology for Dubai racing

Isle of Man-based Premier Gateway International Ltd (PGI) is working with the Emirates Racing Authority as the host of the international horse race betting pools for this year’s Dubai racing season, which includes the Dubai World Cup Carnival – the richest race meeting in the world. The Dubai World Cup Carnival is a series of 11 highly-competitive race meetings that …

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