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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1977
ACTIVITIES OF ILLEGAL GAMBLING OPERATORS REDUCED
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THE GOVERNMENT WAS SATISFIED THAT THE VARIOUS KINDS OF BETS NOW OFFERED BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB AND THE PROVISION IN THE NEW GAMBLING ORDINANCE HAD REDUCED SIGNIFICANTLY THE ACTIVITIES OF ILLEGAL OPERATORS TAKING BETS ON HORSE RACING, HON. SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, MR. F.K. LI SAID TODAY.
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IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON. LYDIA DUNN IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR. LI SAID THOUGH BETS OFFERED BY THE CLUB WITH HUGE DIVIDENDS MIGHT ATTRACT PUNTERS, NO EVIDENCE WAS AVAILABLE ON WHICH IT COULD BE CONCLUDED THAT THESE BETS WERE POSITIVELY ENCOURAGING NEW GAMBLERS.
HE SAID: +1 MUST EMPHASISE THAT THE PRE-DOMINANT EFFECT OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF BETS INTRODUCED BY THE ROYAL HONG KONG JOCKEY CLUB HAS BEEN TO DIVERT PREVIOUSLY VERY EXTENSIVE ILLEGAL GAMBLING INTO A CONTROLLED LEGAL ISED SYSTEM.
+AS ILLEGAL OPERATORS GIVE DISCOUNT TO THEIR CUSTOMERS IT HAS BEEN NECESSARY TO OFFER NOT ONLY THOSE TYPES OF BETS ALREADY HANDLED BY ILLEGAL OPERATORS BUT ALSO THOSE WHICH THEY CANNOT ACCEPT BECAUSE OF THE ATTRACTIVE CDDS.+
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