BetConstruct will support Jade Entertainment and Gaming Technologies with the launch of its new, Philippines-facing sportsbook. The launch of Jade Entertainment’s new sportsbook offering comes “just in time for the new season of the NBA and the FIFA World Cup” and will offer both retail and remote gaming. Joe Pisano, Chief Executive at Jade Entertainment, said: “We are thrilled to …
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Champion Sports Asia Business Development lead Skyler Cheng provides an on-the-ground perspective of Asian betting market’s development and growth prospects for global betting stakeholders. Though opportunities are often misunderstood, Cheng tells SBC that Asia faces its next betting evolution as ‘grey markets’ begin their long journeys towards regulation… _____________ SBC: The industry seems laser-focused on the North American market …
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Rodrigo Duterte, the outspoken and hardline President of the Phillipines, has seemingly backtracked on a softer approach to online gambling regulation and moved to close it down entirely in the country. In a speech which followed the announcement of the 2017 national budget Duterte stated that he would be “ordering the closure of all online gambling (firms)… All of them. …
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The Sports Betting Community/Asia Gambling Brief social networking evening will now be held on Thursday 4 September in Manila. The Monsoon Meetup will once again be held in Makati’s exclusive 71 Gramercy after a hugely successful night at the same venue in February. The event is sponsored by First Cagayan, DFNN, Betcoin Tech, Neustar and EveryMatrix, with CalvinAyre.com the event’s …
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Over 100 iGaming executives from Metro Manila and beyond gathered at the city’s most exclusive new bar last Friday, 28 February, to join Sports Betting Community Asia and Asia Gambling Brief for the third installment of their networking drinks event. Dubbed ‘Winter Warmer’ after the recent cold spell in the city, and sponsored by Ezugi, EveryMatrix, First Cagayan and Footballbet,com …
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