Asia

Indonesia is ramping up its efforts to stop online gambling in the country with the creation of a new task force.  All types of gambling in Indonesia are currently illegal for both local residents and foreigners.  At a meeting in Jakarta hosted by President Joko Widodo, a new special task force created by the government was announced that will implement …

The UK Tote Group (UKTG) has signed an agreement with Singapore Pools to bring their pools together.  Through the agreement, liquidity with customers of Singapore Pools betting will be combined into the UK Tote’s pools on British racing meetings to create bigger UK pools, better customer experience and improved financial return.  Simon Leong, Chief Product Officer of Singapore Pools, said: …

The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) has welcomed lawyer Wilma Eisma as its new President and Chief Operating Officer (COO).  Eisma took her oath as the first woman to hold these roles in a ceremony held in Malacanang in front of PAGCOR’s Executive Secretary, Lucas Bersamin.  PAGCOR Chairman, Alejandro Tengco, commented: “We are happy to welcome Atty. Wilma Eisma …

For the third consecutive year, TotoGaming hosted the “Power Has No Gender” awards ceremony, once again bringing together successful and accomplished women in their field.  Gaming operator TotoGaming has once again celebrated female achievements with its annual third edition of its “Power Has No Gender” awards.  The ceremony was hosted in Armenia’s capital, Yerevan, and showed support for women in …

The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) has suffered what appears to be either a hack or a coding error on its website.  For a period of time, anyone visiting IBIA’s webpage to check for the latest updates was met with an out-of-place promotion of an online slots company clearly aimed towards South East Asian consumers.  Not only was it strange …

China’s sports integrity standards have been put under question after a suspicious finale at the Beijing Half Marathon drew criticism from the public.   He Jie, a Chinese marathon record holder, was the first runner to cross the marathon’s finish line by clocking in at 1 hour, 3 minutes, and 44 seconds.  A commendable time some might say, and they wouldn’t …

The Chinese Men’s Professional Basketball League (CBA League) will go into its 29th season with extended support from Sportradar to grow the league’s global presence and ensure integrity standards.  Through the partnership’s extension, Sportradar will continue to distribute content from over 550 games in various formats such as highlights and short-form video from across the season. Shirley Lv, CBA Senior …

Digitain has announced that it will provide its turnkey solution to Mongolian-based NZGM LLC – the licensed operator of MNBET.mn. The deal will see NZGM LLC access Digitain’s GLI-certified turnkey solution, which includes a proprietary sportsbook with more than 1,000 in-house risk managers and sports traders for over 100 sports. Ani Mkrtchyan, Digitain’s Chief Sales Officer, commented: “NZGM LLC is …

Alejandro H Tengco, the Chair and CEO of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR), has announced the reduction of gross gaming revenue (GGR) remittance rate for online and on-site betting.  The changes by the state gaming regulator are expected to come into force on 1 April with the goal of attracting more foreign investments into the Philippines’ gaming sector.  …

Sportradar’s Integrity Services unit has released its latest anti-corruption report on suspicious betting activity spanning throughout 2023. For that year alone, the match-fixing prevention specialist managed to monitor around 850,000 events and matches across 70 sports with the help of AI. A total of 1,329 matches were lit up as suspicious, constituting 11 sports across 105 countries. This rate ‘remains …