Some betting agencies issued refunds because it clearly wasn’t fair but that wasn’t the case for World Pool punters, who just had to cop it. A total of HK$924,732 (12.47 per cent) was invested ...

The World Pool concept was launched at Royal Ascot last year with pari-mutuel punters from 13 countries betting on 24 of the 30 races (handicaps with 16-plus horses were excluded because of ...