Online Betting by Hastings Park

"Woodbine Entertainment Group, the parent of the operative of Vancouver's Hastings Park track, recently announced the launch of a Internet-based betting system named HBIBET.com.

"With the help of technology from Microsoft, punters can bet every day on racing cards at Hastings Park, together with other tracks across North America, Australia and in Hong Kong.

"It is big news for us,' Grant Essery, vice-president and chief operating officer of Hastings Park Entertainment Inc., said the previous day.

"Normally, Essery commented, bettors should be able to watch races from Hastings and the Fraser Downs track in Cloverdale throughout a subscription digital television channel to be called Racing Network West. At present they can obtain streaming video of races on their computer monitor"