Call for task force to address illegal betting on a global scale

Updated February 8 2016 - 1:40pm, first published 1:00pm
Asian Racing Conference chairman and Hong Kong Jockey Club CEO Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges warns that “individual nations acting alone will not be able to stem the tide” of illegal betting activity.
Asian Racing Conference chairman and Hong Kong Jockey Club CEO Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges warns that “individual nations acting alone will not be able to stem the tide” of illegal betting activity.

The proposal by Asian Racing Conference Chairman and Hong Kong Jockey Club CEO Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges to establish a regional task force to develop an Anti-Illegal Betting Strategy, is an overwhelmingly positive step in the right direction, wrote Hans Ebert  on his acclaimed international website Racing Bitch last week.

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