2020 News

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COVID-19 News Update: Partial reopening of Off-Track Betting Facilities from Saturday, Oct. 10

The races to bet at JRA-operated PARK WINS, WINS and J-PLACE off-track betting facilities had been limited to “Races 9 through 12 at all racecourses and those races on which prior-day wagers could be placed.” However, from Sat., Oct. 10, wagering will be expanded to include “All Races at all racecourses, as well as races open to prior-day wagers.”

Also, the JRA will resume operations at PARK WINS Nakayama and PARK WINS Chukyo from Sat., Oct. 10, and from Sun., Oct. 11, at J-PLACE Funabashi.

Facilities will still be open only until 2 p.m. and live race footage and odds information will not be provided.

Facilities will be run with great caution as the safety of customers and staff remains the JRA’s top priority. Please be sure to also read “JRA Measures to Prevent Spread of Infectious Disease,” “Requests to Customers,” and “Regarding Operations Within the Facility” listed below.

Please be aware the above information may change due to the socio-economic situation.

Facilities expanding races open to wagers from Sat., Oct. 10

Facilities accepting wagers on All Races at all racecourses and on races open to prior-day wagers

Facilities	PARK WINS Sapporo Racecourse, Hakodate Racecourse, Fukushima Racecourse, Kokura Racecourse WINS Kushiro, Tsugaru, Yokote, Shin-Shirakawa, Yonago, Sasebo, Yatsushiro, Miyazaki J-PLACE Nakashibetsu, Kushiro (Aiba), Shizunai, Asahikawa, Chitose, Takigawa, Ebetsu, Iwamizawa, Tomakomai, Ishikari, Otaru, Noboribetsu Muroran, Hakodate-Minato-cho, Urakawa, Osato, Tottori Iwami, Mitoya
Operating hours	From each facilities’ opening times to 2 p.m.
Please note!	Some J-PLACE may not accept wagers on races open to prior-day wagers. J-PLACE Osato is open every Sunday.

Facilities accepting wagers on Races 8 through 12 at all racecourses and on races open to prior-day wagers

Facilities	J-PLACE Kushiro (Furlongs), Kitami, Obihiro, Asahikawa Kitasaito, Nayoro, Fukagawa, Abashiri
Operating hours	From 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. (J-PLACE Obihiro is open from noon to 2 p.m..)
Please note!	Regarding wagers on races open to prior-day wagers, the facilities listed above accept wagers on G1 races.

Note:
Closing time is 2 p.m. Please be aware that this differs from the usual hours.
A face mask is required to be worn upon entering all facilities. If you are found to have a fever or be in poor physical condition after checking the temperature at the entrance to the facilities, you will be refused entrance.

Facilities resuming operations; races open to wagers from Sat., Oct. 10

Facilities accepting wagers on Races 9 through 12 at all racecourses and on races open to prior-day wagers

Facilities reopening	PARK WINS Nakayama Racecourse, PARK WINS Chukyo Racecourse
Operating hours	From 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

 

Facilities resuming operations; races open to wagers from Sun., Oct. 11

Facilities accepting wagers on each feature race at all racecourses

Facility reopening	WINS Funabashi
Operating hours	From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Please note!	WINS Funabashi is open every Sunday

Note:
Closing time is 2 p.m. Please be aware that this differs from the usual hours.
No payouts will be made on winning tickets for races on the day.
A face mask is required to be worn upon entering all facilities. If you are found to have a fever or be in poor physical condition after checking the temperature at the entrance to the facilities, you will be refused entrance.

Facilities already open for betting ticket sales

PARK WINS	Sapporo Racecourse, Hakodate Racecourse, Fukushima Racecourse, Hanshin Racecourse, Kokura Racecourse
WINS	Sapporo, Kushiro, Tsugaru, Morioka, Mizusawa, Yokote, Sanbongi (Sunday only), Shin-Shirakawa, Ginza, Korakuen, Kinshicho, Asakusa, Shiodome, Shinjuku, Shibuya, Tachikawa, Kawasaki, Yokohama, Shin-Yokohama, Ami, Urawa, Isawa, Nagoya, Kyoto, Namba, Dotombori, Umeda, Kobe, Himeji, Rinku Town, Yonago, Hiroshima, Ogori, Takamatsu, Sasebo, Yatsushiro, Miyazaki
EXCEL	Hamamatsu, Hakata
J-PLACE	Nakashibetsu, Kushiro (Aiba), Shizunai, Asahikawa, Chitose, Takigawa, Ebetsu, Iwamizawa, Tomakomai, Ishikari, Sapporo-Chuo, Sapporo-Ekimae, Otaru, Noboribetsu Muroran, Hakodate-Minato-cho, Urakawa, Kushiro (Furlongs), Kitami, Obihiro, Asahikawa Kitasaito, Kotoni-Ekimae, Nayoro, Fukagawa, Abashiri, Osato, Taneichi, Hitachinaka, Isezaki, Narita, Kisarazu, Nakago, Kanazawa, Nagoya, Yatomi, Isobe, Kasamatsu, Ena, Yokawa, Wakayama, Tottori Iwami, Mitoya, Fukuyama-Ekimae, Yanaizu, Kochi, Sukumo, Aizumi, Kannonji, Arao, Tosu

Racecourse where races will be held

Racecourse	Niigata Racecourse, Tokyo Racecourse, Kyoto Racecourse

Closed facilities

EXCEL	Tanashi, Isezaki
J-PLACE	Mombetsu, Oi

 

JRA MEASURES TO PREVENT SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE

The following measures will be taken at JRA facilities.
- Before beginning work, employees will take their temperature and make note of their physical condition. Hands will be thoroughly washed and disinfected.
- Employees will wear masks to prevent the spread of infection. Also, face shields and gloves will be worn by those coming in direct contact with the public.
- Facilities will be sufficiently ventilated.
- Plexiglass barriers and vinyl curtains have been installed to prevent airborne exposure.
- Places often touched by customers will be cleaned and disinfected frequently.
- In order to maintain proper distance from others, employees will refrain from guiding customers

 

REQUESTS TO CUSTOMERS

Temperature and health check

All customers are required to check the temperature when entering racing facilities and we ask you to refrain from entering the premises if you are feeling unwell or have a fever, cough, sore throat or other symptoms.
If you are found to have a fever or be in poor physical condition at the entrance to the facilities, you will be refused entrance.
We will also refuse entrance in the following cases:
- If, within the past 14 days, you have come into close contact with a person who has travelled to a region or country that has been placed under government restriction or that requires those arriving from such to stay under observation, or if you have come into close contact with a resident of such region or country.
- If you have come into close contact with a person testing positive for the coronavirus infection.

Wearing a face mask

• - A mask is required to be worn upon entering all venues. Those not wearing masks will not be permitted entrance.
• - Please observe proper etiquette when coughing or sneezing.
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Maintaining distance from others

• - There are marks at the venues indicating the proper distance to be kept from other people. Please use these as your guide.
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Washing and disinfecting hands

• - Hand sanitizer is provided at the entrance to a facility and at the exit. Please make use of this to disinfect your hands.
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OTHERS

• - Customers with smartphones are encouraged to download and register with the "COVID-19 Contact-Confirming Application" https://www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/seisakunitsuite/bunya/cocoa_00138.html (connect to external site)
• - On the way home from WINS etc., please avoid the "Three Cs" -- Closed spaces, Crowded places and Close-contact settings.
• - When visiting a racing facility, please keep in mind those who are at the greatest risk of infection and in the gravest danger in case of it -- the elderly and those suffering from chronic illness. Please consider how your actions may affect others.

 

REGARDING OPERATIONS WITHIN THE FACILITY

• - For the time being, live race footage and odds information will not be provided at the off-track betting facilities. We ask customers to keep your visits as short as possible and to return home quickly after placing your bets.
• - For the time being, teller betting windows will be closed.
• - The media hall, chairs and smoking areas within the venue cannot be used.
• - There will be no shops open and no complimentary beverages offered.
• - Please note Crowds can be expected shortly after the facility opens and shortly before it closes. We advise you to avoid these times if possible.
• - In the case of congestion, entrance may be restricted.

Along with the resumption of business operations on Saturday, September 12, 2020, the expiration date for cashing in betting tickets sold between (Sat.) Dec. 28, 2019 through (Sun, Nat'l Holiday) Feb. 23 has been extended collectively until (Sat.) Nov. 14, 2020. Those customers who have yet to cash in their betting tickets, please do so at your earliest possible convenience. Betting tickets purchased on or after (Sat.) July 11, 2020, will expire the 60 days after the date of purchase.