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Customer Services - Telephone Betting

Horse Racing & Mark Six

Day Racemeeting

9:00 a.m. - 30 minutes after last race closes

Night Racemeeting

12:00 noon - 30 minutes after last race closes

Mark Six draw days 12:00 noon - 7:30 p.m.
Football match days 12:00 noon - kick-off time of last match
Other opening days 12:00 noon - 7:00 p.m.


Football

Match days

12:00 noon - kick-off time of last match

Non-match days

12:00 noon - 7:00 p.m./7:30 p.m.

For exact selling hours of each day, please click here.

Telebet will provide betting services during typhoon period.

 


Services Cantonese English Putonghua
Racing & MK6 Service 1881 1883 1887
Racing & MK6 Express Service
(Total investment of 1st bet is $500 or above)
Football Service
(Not available during racing peak period)
1885 1889 1884
Racing & MK6 Quickline Service
(Total investment of each bet is $200 or above)
1833611 1833633 1833677
Football Quickline Service
(Total investment of each bet is $200 or above)
26006222 26006555 26006000
Mark Six Service 1886 1883 1887
On-track betting Special phones are installed at the Racecourses, giving you instant access to our Telebet Services Assistant

Racing odds enquiry for WIN, PLA, QIN and QPL is available for overseas customers when placing bets.

 

Betting procedures

Please provide the following information to our Telebet Services Assistant in sequence:

Horse Betting:

  1. Telebet account number and security code
  2. Bet type (e.g. Win, Place, etc.)
  3. Formula (e.g. single, multiple, all up 2x3, etc.)
  4. Race number
  5. Horse number(s)
  6. Unit investment amount (e.g. $100 per bet)

Football Betting:

  1. Telebet account number and security code
  2. Bet type (e.g. Home / Away / Draw)
  3. Match (e.g. Liverpool Vs Manchester City)
  4. Match results (e.g. Manchester City Win)
  5. Unit investment amount (e.g. $100 per bet)

 

Bet echo

  • All bets, and key information like fixed odds in football betting, are echoed by the Telebet Service Assistant and confirmed by you before transmission

  • The bet transmitted and processed by the computer system will become a valid bet.

Horse Betting:

From 30 minutes before Race 1 up to the last race starts, the minimum bet requirement applies as follows:

  • The minimum bet amount is $20 until 10 minutes before the start of each race
  • The minimum bet amount is $50 during the last 10 minutes of each race
  • There is no minimum bet requirement during other business hours.

Football Betting:

  • The minimum bet amount: $50
  • The maximum bet amount: $50,000

The maximum bet amount per Telebet account on each betting day : $500,000

After results are confirmed, dividends will be directly and instantly credited into your Telebet account except:
  • Special registration
  • Reinvestment of all-up dividends

Dividends of Football Betting:

  • Maximum dividend per bet: $1,000,000
  • Maximum dividend per Telebet account on each betting day: $5,000,000

     


Type
Method
Availability
Cash
  • Racecourse betting counters
  • Counters at off-course betting branches
  • Cashier's office at Jockey Club Headquarters
  • Immediate
  • Minimum deposit amount: HK$300
Instant Fund Transfer

  • Immediate
  • Minimum deposit amount: HK$300
  • Many banks support this service
  • If your nominated bank account belongs to HSBC or Hang Seng Bank, the daily deposit limit has been increased to $100,000. Customers who wish to raise the daily limit for Telebet deposits have to visit their bank to complete a form.

Electronic Fund Transfer
  • Payment by Phone Service
  • Deposits made before 08:30am are available at 09:15am
  • Deposit made from 08:30am to 11:30am are available at 12:15pm
  • Deposit made from 11:31am to 02:30pm are available at 03:15pm
  • Deposit made from 02:31pm to 04:30pm are available at 05:15pm
  • Deposit made from 04:31pm to 07:00pm are available at 07:45pm
  • Deposit made from 07:01pm to 09:30pm are available at 10:15pm
  • Deposit made from 09:31pm to 12:00am are available at 12:45am
  • For every fund transfer through PPS (merchant code : 88), $1 will be deducted from respective Telebet account to partly recover the charge imposed on the Club
  • Automatic Teller Machine
  • Internet-banking service
  • Phone-banking service
  • Services offered by HSBC and Hang Seng Bank's Bills Payment Function
  • Daily deposit amount via ATM = $2 - $100,000 (merchant = others)
  • Daily deposit amount via Internet and Phone-banking = $2 - $100,000 *(merchant type = sports and leisure). This service requires registration with the banks
  • Customers who wish to raise the daily deposit limit to $100,000 have to visit their bank to complete a form.
  • Deposits can be used for betting soonest in 45 minutes (batch processing intervals same as PPS)
  • A transaction fee of $1 will be deducted from your Telebet account to partly recover the charge imposed on the Club
Cheque

  • Cashier's office at Jockey Club Headquarters
  • Mail to Telebet Department made payable to "The Hong Kong Jockey Club"
  • Three bank working days upon receipt of the cheque
  • Bank guarantee facility

    • By establishing a guarantee facility and an autopay arrangement with your bank, funds are provided in your Telebet account for every race meeting

    • Call the Account Services Hotline at 1818 for further information on the application details.

  • All withdrawals from your Telebet account will be transferred to your nominated bank accounts in the following ways:
Type
Method
Availability / Withdrawal Limit
Autopay

  • In three bank working days
On-line Instant Credit

  • Immediately available to your designated bank account(s)
  • Daily limit: HK$500 to $50,000
  • Online withdrawal is limited to two times per day
Standing Instruction

  • Written requisition to Account Services Section
  • Withdrawal takes place when exceeding the designated amount

  • In three bank working days

Telebet account holder could place bets via IDD service by dialling 852 before the Telebet phone number. (IDD charge is required)

In major cities in the mainland China, you could enjoy our toll free service* to place bets by using fixed-line telephone. (IDD charge is waived, the total investment per football bet should be $200 or above during the racing period) The Toll Free Service in China is divided into two geographical areas -- 'North China' and 'South China'.

    South China North China
  • Cantonese Service 10800 152 8881 10800 852 8881
  • English Service 10800 152 8883 10800 852 8883
  • Putonghua Service 10800 152 8887 10800 852 8887

    South China – refers to 22 provinces and municipalities, including Anhui, Chongqing, Fujian, Gansu, Guangdong (including Shenzhen), Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanghai, Sichuan, Xinjiang, Xizang, Yunnan and Zhejiang.

    North China - refers to 10 provinces and municipalities, including Beijing, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Jilin, Liaoning, Neimonggol, Shanxi, Shandong and Tianjin.

    * Toll free service may not be available for mobile phone or at hotel's in-house telephone system.
       When placing bets overseas, Telebet customers are advised to ensure compliance to the laws of their respective location.

    Eligibility

    Age of 18 or above

    How to apply

    • Fill in the application form
    • Present your HKID, or other valid and photo bearing identity card, passport or travel document
    • Provide a mailing address
    • Provide a personal bank account in Hong Kong
    • Submit the completed form in person to:
    • OR (for HKID holders ONLY)

      Send the completed form together with HKID card photocopy by post to any of the OCBs.

    Important Notice:
    The betting account is intended for use in Hong Kong. It is the sole responsibility of any person who is located outside Hong Kong, including Betting Account holders, to check and comply with all applicable laws and regulations before accessing or placing bets with the Hong Kong Jockey Club.


    For enquiry

    Account Services Hotline: 1818
    Email : customer.management@hkjc.org.hk

    Conditions of use

    All transactions made through Betting Accounts are governed by the rules of The Hong Kong Jockey Club, HKJC Football Betting Limited and HKJC Lotteries Limited, as amended from time to time.