Re: Hong 'King' Kong (447 Views)
Posted by:
magicnight (IP Logged)
Date: December 11, 2014 01:11PM
Should have noted you were right too, Boscar.
Some other notes on Hong Kong vs US ...
Avg field size for HK is 12.49, versus 7.87 in US
Avg starts per horse, per year, 7.57 in HK versus 6.28 in US
Avg purse in HK - 107,914 Euro per race, versus 15,811 Euro in US
Avg handle in HK - 12.4 million Euro per race, versus 184,000 Euro in US
Finally, HK returns a shade more than 84% of handle to bettors. Yup. A blended takeout of less than 16%
Of course, you only get to play two days per week in HK. Wonder how many racing dates NYRA will be running in a couple of years.