Japan's Softbank to take bets on horseracing via Internet (AFP)
6th Sep 2005, 13:00 GMT
AFP - Softbank said it would become Japan's first Internet group to take bets on horseracing, starting with races in a rural region, in a move to diversify its online business.
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