I am looking for stats on the amount of money spent on Horse Racing in
Asia. I am looking to compare the different ethnicitys, i.e. Chinese,
Korean, Vietnamese, Filipino, Asian Indian, Japanese, ... which of
these spend the most.

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Clarification of Question by susanellen-ga on 24 Jul 2002 12:28 PDT

To be more specific - I would like to know how much ea of the
mentioned ethnicitys spend on horse racing annually.

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Request for Question Clarification by grimace-ga on 25 Jul 2002 03:36 PDT

Just to clarify -

Do you mean betting on races, or taking an active part (owning, training etc.)?

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Clarification of Question by susanellen-ga on 25 Jul 2002 07:20 PDT

Betting on Races!
Thanks very much.

Hi,

I've drawn a blank on this one, I'm afraid. The comparative statistics
you're after don't seem to be online, as far as I can discover.

Anecdotal evidence would put Chinese gambling well at the top, but the
Chinese government heavily regulates gambling, driving much of it -
even racing bets - underground. Finding statistics for black market
gambling will be *very* difficult.

Hope someone manages to track down the info you need,

grimace

thanks very much for you effort.  That was pretty much what I came up
w/as well.
I guess the next part would be - of the ethnicys mentioned... what is
their propensity to gamble in general????
I've checked w/MRI and all the info on Asians was unstable...
do you have any other suggestions?

Not sure of the currency is US$/EURO or other

HongKong Jockey Club annual turnover is 8.7 Billion.

South Korea 5.6 Billion

India 164 Million

Japan 30 Billion 

Thailand 73 million

Malaysia/Singapore US$1 Billion

http://www.horseracingintfed.com/stats/selectcountry.asp


Philippines 9 Billion Pesos in 2002 ($1:Php 55) www.Philracom.gov.ph