SBC’s Football Odds Expert Jeevan Jeyaratnam takes a look at one of the more ambitious football leagues in the world – the Chinese Super League – and asks how betting can benefit. Respectable news sources have recently been suggesting that the Chinese government have offered soon-to-be out of contract PSG star Zlatan Ibrahimovic an insane £59M per annum to ply …
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Elmer Funke Kupper has announced his resignation as Chief Executive of the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) as he faces potential allegations of bribery committed during his tenure as CEO of gambling operator Tabcorp. The Australian Federal Police are investigating bribery charges made against Tabcorp Holdings relating to a $200,000 payment made to family members of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen. The …
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Today is the last chance to RSVP your place at the Manila Social hosted at the Salon de Ning at Peninsula Hotel Makati, for what promises to be an epic networking and partying night before the start of the iGaming Asia Congress in Macau! SBC and Asia Gaming Brief (AGB) expect a full turnout for this Social, so all networkers …
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Fantasy sport is making its mark in India, and Fandromeda have become the latest product to tap into this market with a World T20 Cricket Fantasy game. Since its launch two weeks ago, Fandromeda has racked up over 30,000 free-to-play users, with a cash prize of over Rs.5 lakh when the World T20 tournament ends on 3 April. In the qualifying stages …
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Virtual games specialist Kiron Interactive is to offer its portfolio of virtual sports products on the platform of fellow supplier Betinvest. The new agreement will see Kiron’s portfolio of games rolled out to sports betting clients of the international supplier on a single wallet, omni-channel basis. Using its combined Betman online and retail game servers, Kiron will provide their suite …
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Peter Greenhill, recently recruited as Head of eBusiness by Equiom Group, explains how his new firm fits into the gaming eco-system and why it decided to become a sponsor of the Asian Spring Social, organised by AGBrief and SBC. SBC: Hi Peter, great to catch up. As a gaming and eBusiness leadership veteran, what attracted you to join the Equiom Group …
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Manila and Isle of Man sports betting operator Dafabet has confirmed the appointment of Comtrade Gaming as its igaming platform provider. Dafabet will integrate Comtrade Gaming’s iCore gaming platform provisions as its core solution. The iCore system will include a full suite of player management services, back-office capabilities and data intelligence functions. Comtrade will now be a core supplier to …
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Alibaba Group, Asia’s biggest online retailer, has agreed to buy a majority stake in Hong Kong-listed lottery technology provider AGTech Holdings for HK 2.4 billion ($308 million). The deal which will be processed through Alibaba investment subsidiary, Ali Fortune Holdings will see the retailer enter the rapidly growing Chinese lottery sector. Issuing a public filing with the Hong Kong Stock …
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New York listed Chinese sports lottery operator 500.com has posted its third consecutive no-revenue quarter for Q4 2015. The troubled lottery operator continues to be impacted by its ‘temporary’ lottery services suspension imposed by China’s Ministry of Finance (first sanctioned in February 2015) As a result of the suspension, the operator posted Q4 revenues of RMB 0.7 million ($0.1 million), …
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Leading global gaming technology group Novomatic, and Len Ainsworth, founder and majority shareholder of Ainsworth Game Technology (AGT), have announced that they have signed a purchase agreement for the shares of Len Ainsworth in AGT. The 92-year-old gaming veteran will retain his role as chairman, and Novomatic expects to keep the stake at about 53 per cent and retain Ainsworth’s ASX listing. …
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