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China Test-Runs 'Immoral' Horse Betting

Horse racing returns to mainland for first time since Communist victory

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 3, 2009 11:02 AM CST

(Newser) – China is taking slow and cautious steps towards unlocking its huge betting market, the Economist reports. Gamblers at a Wuhan racecourse recently became the first people allowed to try their luck on the horses since the Communists outlawed gambling in 1949—although a winning pick...   Read full story »

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