Chapter Twenty-Nine: Horse Racing Money

Under the guidance of Tsang Man, we came to the racecourse in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong, also known as Happy Valley Racecourse, located in Wan Chai District, central Hong Kong Island, which is the first racecourse in Hong Kong, and the other is located in Sha Tin District.

In the early days of the opening of the port of Hong Kong, the British introduced English horse racing from the United Kingdom, and the first official horse racing in Hong Kong was held here as early as December 1846. Horse racing and gambling soon became popular among the Chinese community in Hong Kong. Races at Happy Valley Racecourse are now usually held on Wednesday evenings.

Happy Valley Racecourse was originally a wetland, but after the completion of the racecourse, many buildings have gradually been built in the vicinity, making the racecourse one of the few urban racecourses in the world, and the surrounding area is also named Happy Valley, which is part of Wan Chai District.

In addition to the public seats, the racecourse can also purchase a member's seat admission badge for tourists to enter the members' seats. Visitor badges can be used to enter and exit the membership lobby and the runway freely; You can also enjoy food and beverage services at Kuaima, Wawei Fang, Sushi Bar and Hua Xuan Bar.

Visitors must be aged 18 or above and hold a valid travel document or passport for Hong Kong. Tickets can be purchased at the designated counters at the racecourse members' box entrance on racecourse on raceday, or at the guest admission badge sales and designated off-course betting outlets starting 10 days prior to each race day.

The fee is HK$100 per person on normal race days, there is no dress code for public galleries, tank tops, shorts and slippers are not allowed in the membership seats, and visitors are required to present a valid ID or passport when purchasing admission badges.

After Zeng Wen bought the ticket, he naturally wanted to bet, this, Lin Chen really didn't know how to race horses, at most, as he said, he came to have fun.

But obviously, Lin Chen is here to get money, but he can't just buy a number to bet, under the pretext that he is in a hurry to go to the bathroom, squatting on the toilet to check it, and today in another time and space, which horses have won.

There is a mobile phone link to another time and space, check these information, it's too easy, just Baidu history lottery query, find today's date can be searched. Lin Chen looked at the newspaper on the side of the toilet, confirmed the date and checked it.

One of the most important concepts in betting is odds. To put it simply, odds are the equivalent of return on investment. If the odds of a certain bet are 5 times, then, if you guess correctly, you will get a return of 50 on your stake, and it is not impossible to get tens of millions at once. Of course, if you don't guess correctly, you will lose all your stake.

In horse racing, there are two most common betting methods, one is called "win", one is called "place", and one is called "place", the so-called win is to guess a horse to become the champion, and position refers to guessing a horse to run into the top three, when there are fewer horses, sometimes ranking refers to running into the top two. Since both bets are on a single horse, it is also an important indicator of whether a horse can win a championship.

The charm of horse racing lies in the fact that it can analyze and determine the probability of winning a horse, and beginner horse fans can analyze it by inevitable factors and accidental factors, which is the Book of Horses. The inevitable factors are the horses and people, including trainers, jockeys and horse owners, while the accidental factors are the schedule, venue, track, rating, gear, harness, etc.

From when a horse is chance to win the conditions are good, the state is very full, there is a lot of hope of winning the championship, it will attract a lot of bets on it, because the total amount of the pot is certain, then the more people bet, the more people who share the money, the less money on each bet, so the odds will be lower, in horse racing, the horse with the lowest odds is the popular horse. On the contrary, the odds of a horse that no one is optimistic about will be very high, and this kind of horse is the so-called underdog horse.

Lin Chen checked, today is the No. 9 Jockey Club won, and the second place is No. 4, so as long as you stare at these two numbers and buy, it will be.

If you buy well, there are multiples and locations, but you don't have to worry too much about these problems, let Zeng Wen help think about it, cover it up like this, and buy it together.

Of course, Lin Chen has participated in receiving the prize many times, once it is luck, if he has guessed the jackpot two or three times, the problem will be big, and it is inevitable to be suspected.

After checking the number to buy, Lin Chen went out of the bathroom. Zeng Wen saw that Lin Chen was back, and raised the piece of paper in his hand. "Brother Lin, look, I bought it, according to their analysis, No. 6 and No. 2 have a good chance of winning, how much are you going to buy, count it mine."

Zeng Wen saw that Lin Chen came from the mainland, and he may not have Hong Kong dollars on him. And it's so generous, the main thing is to buy a number, and it doesn't cost much, it's only 10 Hong Kong dollars, even if Lin Chen buys a few dozen bets, it's only thousands of Hong Kong dollars, there is no problem at all, and I don't feel distressed.

"I exchanged some Hong Kong dollars for cash in the mainland, and I bought it myself." Lin Chen stared at the screen for a while, and on the TV on the side, several hosts were analyzing which ones were the dominant horses today, which were worth choosing.

Of course, this is just a show, in fact, Lin Chen doesn't understand it at all, he just knows from another time and space that there will be the 9th winner today. After looking at it for a while, Lin Chen got the form to fill in, and after looking at it, the odds of No. 9 were still very high, and he was not a very optimistic horse.

But in the next few games, the momentum was like a bamboo, and the result jumped to win, and the cumulative amount of the purchase to the end was tens of millions, and Lin Chen was naturally not polite.

The analysts are optimistic about No. 6 is only very low, but Zeng Wen bought No. 6 and seems to have bought a lot of bets, but seeing the ranking of another time and space, No. 6 did not have much good results in the end, and there should only be a small profit.

"Brother Zeng, I think No. 9 is good, why don't you buy some too?" Lin Chen saw if he wanted to get rich with Zeng Wen, this person was not bad, he was very enthusiastic.

"Forget it, you have to believe in science, experts analyze, eight or nine are not far from ten, and you will know when the meeting starts." Zeng Wen was very confident, but he didn't listen to it, he just came to play with Lin Chen, and he also played by the way, as a charity.

Lin Chen gave the money to the staff, and after buying it, he entered the venue with Zeng Ren. Lin Chen actually didn't have much interest in horse racing, but when he watched the show, the audience next to him screamed excitedly.

When they saw that the number they bought was ahead of the curve, the shout pierced Lin Chen's eardrums, and he couldn't stand it. Zeng Wen was too, so excited that he pulled Lin Chen's shoulder, and Lin Chen had to echo and cheer a few times.

Except for that, No. 9 won, but what made Lin Chen other than that there were very few people who bought No. 9, and when I went to check, there was actually a bonus of 20 million after tax, which really surprised Lin Chen.

The one who regrets it the most is Zeng Wen, who has been nagging why he didn't buy it. called Lin Chen's luck really good, of course, he also knew that luck was only when he ran into it.

If you buy it again, there are many people who win the lottery, and the prize pool is fixed, there is not much to share, Zeng Wen did not dwell on this matter, and soon let go of his mentality, the customer is richer, and when the time comes, he can also have a good commission in the stock market as an economic person.

The next day, Zeng Wen accompanied Lin Chen to receive the bonus, a full 20 million Hong Kong dollars, at this time in 95, the exchange rate of Hong Kong dollars against RMB was 0.92:1, that is, 100 yuan, only 92 Hong Kong dollars, this time the bonus is 18.4 million yuan.

The U.S. dollar is 100:846 against the yuan, and if you convert it into U.S. dollars, it is only 2.17 million U.S. dollars. Lin Chen calculated silently in his mind, feeling that the conversion between currencies would be 10 times, and there was no one left, but the purchasing power remained the same, and his heart was much more balanced.