Horse Racing World learned that according to Taiwan’s Business Times , on July 23, Taiwan’s “Horse Racing Issuance Preparation Symposium” was held at Taiwan University of Science and Technology . The
symposium was initiated by the Taiwan Travel Lottery Company, responsible for the issuance of sports lottery in Taiwan, hosted by Liu Daiyang, director of the Lottery and Gambling Research Center of Taiwan University of Science and Technology, and participated by Liang Qicong, senior vice president of the Singapore Horse Racing Association. aims to study and promote the issuance of "overseas" horse racing (the name is tentatively designated as a racing horse) for Taiwanese people to bet.
(Professor Liu Daiyang (from right), Singapore Jockey Club Senior Vice President Liang Qicong and Taiwan Sports Lottery Deputy General Manager Cai Mingzhe exchanged views on overseas horse racing issues. Photo/Huang Huiling)
Taiwan lottery group said that in addition to providing legal horse racing pipelines, issuing horse racing lottery can also enrich sports fund funds.
horse racing is currently widely accepted internationally for sports lottery betting. As a form of lottery, horse racing lottery is essentially no different from football lottery. It is currently carried out in more than 60 countries and regions around the world. Due to its fair event mechanism and high reward model, it is deeply loved by horse fans and lottery fans.
It is reported that Taiwan's lottery company has applied to the competent authority Sports Department to list the betting target for the foreign-mart. The project has now entered the review stage.
According to the plan, Taiwan's foreign horse betting countries include the United Kingdom, Ireland , Australia and other developed horse racing regions in the world. The betting time can cover almost the whole day, with more than 40,000 games a year. In addition to traditional flat horse racing, the race types also include obstacle races and carriage racing.
In response to this matter, Taiwan’s “Ministry of Education” Sports Department recently issued a press release, saying that the feasibility is currently being studied and the release has not been verified yet.
Sports Department stated that the Ministry of Education has not yet approved the issuance of "Overseas Horse Racing" by Weigang Technology Co., Ltd., a sports lottery issuing agency of Huai Sports Lottery. The relevant plans and feasibility are still under discussion. The application of the law requires discussion with relevant competent authorities on the law and individual cases. In order to prudently handle the issue of sports lottery issuing institutions for issuing "Overseas Horse Racing", the Ministry of Education has asked the issuing institutions to recruit opinions from all walks of life before making a decision.
Horse Racing World Research found that as early as 10 years ago, in order to boost the development of tourism and sports industries in the south, Taiwan had already discussed the completion of the "Promoting Chartered Competitive Sports" plan, and planned to open competitive sports such as racing , horse racing, etc. Among them, racing has been selected as sports lottery betting targets, and horse racing has not yet broken through in Taiwan due to the relevant provisions of the Animal Protection Law.
According to Taiwan's Animal Protection Law, animals must not use animals for the purpose of direct and indirect gambling. The model applied for by the relevant parties this time is similar to the model of mainland football lottery, that is, betting on international events without involving the holding of local events, so that they do not involve concerns about the holding of events.
The news that Taiwan is about to issue horse racing lottery tickets makes us think of another island province in China, Hainan.
In April this year, the central government issued the document "Guiding Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Supporting Hainan's Comprehensive Deepening of Reform and Opening-up", which mentioned "encouraging the development of horse racing sports" and "exploring the development of betting sports lottery and large-scale international competitions to open lottery", and the horse racing lottery business was immediately generally favored by the industry.
It has been four months since the release of the "Guiding Opinions". Hainan is still studying the "Hainan Province Horse Racing Development Plan". Taiwan Province, which is across the sea from Hainan, is trying to make a difference in the field of horse racing, which deserves attention from all parties.
Related information:
lottery is called lottery tickets in Taiwan, and sports lottery is called sports lottery tickets in Taiwan, referred to as sports lottery tickets for short. It is a sports betting lottery ticket legally authorized by Taiwan according to the "Sports Lottery Issuance Regulations". The competent authority publicly selects and is responsible for the issuance of sports lottery tickets.
Taiwan Sports Lottery has been issued in May 2008 and adopts a separate investment promotion model. The first session was discovered for 5 years, from 2008 to 2013, and the second session was issued for 10 years, from 2014 to 2023.Currently in the second session, Taiwan Weigang Technology Co., Ltd. obtained the operating rights, and Taiwan Sports Lottery Company served as the entrusted institution entrusted by , and the trust commercial bank as the entrusted fund flow institution.
The second sports lottery has 1,500 betting stations across Taiwan, and has provided online betting services since April 2014. Taiwan sports lottery currently provides more than 10 sports events and 20 ways to play for consumers to bet on baseball , basketball, football, tennis, badminton, ice hockey, American football , racing, golf, billiards.
