Asia

Growing up, I’d hazard a guess that Michael Chopra never thought he’d be one day be telling the press of his wishes to follow in the footsteps of Sachin Tendulkar. The former England U-21 striker recently signed for the Kerala Blasters, and will participate in the inaugural Indian Super League (ISL) which commences in October. Discussing his move he stated: …

 Asian focused betting operators Mansion and SBOBET have announced that they will no longer accept wagers from UK customers; the move sees both operators withdraw operations and marketing from the UK ahead of new industry regulations. Both operators will stop betting services to their UK player bases as of the 15th of September, the day before the UK Gambling Commission …

Eilon Arad of BetcoinTech, one of the sponsors of the SBC Asia/Asia Gaming Brief Monsoon Meetup in Manilla on 4 September, explains what bitcoin can do for gambling operators. Why should operators consider adding bitcoin? Bitcoin is the perfect solution for the online gambling industry. Bitcoin is the biggest and most popular cryptocurrency which is best described as an encrypted …

The next Sports Betting Community Asia and Asia Gambling Brief iGaming Industry Networking Evening will be held on Thursday the 4th of September at the exclusive 71 Gramercy lounge and nightclub in Makati. Dubbed our ‘Monsoon Meetup’, the best networking event in Asia is as always free to attend and made possible by our generous sponsors. The SBC Asia and …

Chinese sports betting and lottery operator 500.com, have announced the promotion of  Zhengming Pan the Company’s current Chief Financial Officer to the new position of company President. Mr. Pan will be succeeded as Chief Financial Officer by Mr. Min Yu. Both appointments will be effective September 1, 2014. Mr. Yu previously served as a vice president at Deutsche Bank in …

Chinese sports lottery operator 500.com, has entered a strategic partnership with China Mobile Limited, to become the sole provider of online and mobile sports betting and lottery for China Mobile Points Mall, the digital rewards marketplace for China Mobile subscribers. The agreement will see 500.com products integrated into the China Mobiles subscriber reward system, providing the operator with access to …

The Football Association of Indonesia (PSSI) underlined its commitment to protecting the integrity of the country’s key football competitions by signing an agreement with Sportradar. Under the agreement, Sportradar’s Fraud Detection System (FDS) will provide the PSSI with unrivalled intelligence about global betting on the Indonesia Super League and various other competitions until the end of 2016. Sportradar’s FDS, which …

Sportradar has penned an agreement with the Thai Premier League to monitor betting during the 2014 season. The association builds on the organisation’s existing partnerships in the region with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and Football Federation Australia (FFA), and will see Sportradar scrutinise betting behaviour and patterns for all 380 games of the campaign, including those games that were completed earlier in the year. Speaking about …

Finnplay, the Finnish based iGaming platform provider, which specializes in tailored gaming solutions today, announced the launch of infinitybet.com Asia’s newest online gaming operator using Finnplay’s BillFold gaming platform solution. For infinitybet, Finnplay built a completely customised betting product to meet the requirements of infinitybet as well as a tailored website with casino, racing and sports book included to target …

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 …