Pari Mutuel Urbain (PMU) of France, the Club’s Outbound Commingling partner, will reduce the takeout rate for the Win and Place Outbound Commingling pools from 15.05% to 14.05% starting from the Prix Ganay in France on 26 April, offering customers* a higher payout rate.
In addition, PMU will decommission the Overseas Jackpot Reserve Deduction for the Win Outbound Commingling pool, while the arrangement of the Overseas Jackpot Reserve Deduction for the Place Outbound Commingling pool will be retained, at a rate of 0.1719% of total pool turnover, so that jackpots can be allocated to specified French races in the future, providing customers with jackpot opportunities.
As with previous arrangements for the French Outbound Commingling pools△, Win and Place bets will be outbound commingled with the respective pools operated by PMU, in accordance with the modified horse race betting rules of PMU. Quinella, Quinella Place and other exotic pools will still be operated under separate Hong Kong pools.
The betting method for the Outbound Commingling pools remains unchanged and is the same as the method for betting on Hong Kong pools. The odds are calculated according to PMU’s method, that is, the stake amount is deducted prior to the allocation of the dividend pool (Photo 1). The odds displayed will change to show the odds of the PMU pools when the Hong Kong stake amount of the current race has been outbound commingled with PMU, and after the dividends of the preceding race have been confirmed. The Place odds are the minimum value odds in the range (Photo 2). In other words, the final Place odds could either be the same or higher than the value indicated. For more information on Outbound Commingling, customers can visit the Club’s website at https://campaigns.hkjc.com/outbound-commingling/en/.
