Prediction market platforms in the US, like Polymarket, allow customers to bet on binary outcomes of future events and overlap with sports betting. Photo: AP

    Opinion | Why Hong Kong is hitting pause on basketball betting

    Many Hongkongers would have been surprised last week that the government was postponing the introduction of basketball betting. It was only months ago that the bill had been enacted by the Legislative Council. So clearly it was a matter that fell within our high degree of autonomy. And the Hong Kong Jockey Club was known…

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