Convicted Singaporean match-fixer Wilson Raj Perumal has made claims that he assisted in the qualification campaigns of international football sides Honduras and Nigeria in reaching the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. In a new book published this Monday, the self confessed match fixer sheds details on how his company Football4U helped fix matches, bribe players and influence FIFA …
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The introduction of casino legislation in Japan will lead to the development of a raft of creative agencies hungry to win the marketing budgets of integrated resort offerings, according to Chris Wieners, managing director of the Macau based HOGO Marketing. Wieners, whose session at May’s Japan Gaming Congress (JgC) is entitled ‘Finding your customer – unique challenges and opportunities that …
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The National Crime Agency’s investigation into spot-fixing in UK football has stepped up a level with the agency arresting 13 footballers this week. Six of the men were originally arrested back in December in connection with an investigation into individuals suspected of Conspiracy to commit acts of Bribery and Money Laundering relating to conduct during football matches. They were interviewed …
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Kambi Sports Solutions, the B2B division of Swedish stock listed igaming operator Unibet Plc, has announced a partnership with Cambodian leisure operator – Nagaworld Ltd. The agreed partnership to supply Nagaworld with a fully managed retail sports betting services, will be Kambi’s first partnership targeting the growing Asian betting market. Kambi will begin its sports betting services to Nagaworld from …
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Dr Peter Chadha, Managing Partner of E-gamingexperts.com, and CEO of DrPete Inc – has been an advisor on technology to some of the largest e-gaming companies in the world. Through working closely with board directors and senior management during M&As and IPOs, he has experienced close hand the challenges stakeholders face, and reflects upon what is needed to survive. The …
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Hong Kong Jockey Club Horse Race Betting Limited (HKJC) and Webis Holdings have confirmed a partnership to allow Webis Holdings’ WatchandWager.com brand access to promote HKJC “pari-mutuel” pools. Webis Holdings commented that the deal was the first of its kind, as “no other wagering operator in the world is currently able to wager internationally into these betting pools.” Connecting into …
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Professor Leighton Vaughan Williams, Director of the Betting Research Unit of the Nottingham Business School at Nottingham Trent University, contemplates whether simply studying probabilities can increase the chance of finding something important. I was once told a story about the value of crowd wisdom in turning up buried treasure. The story was that by asking a host of people, each …
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Asian bookmaker SBOBET has donated £1,000 to a charity linked to football club West Bromwich Albion. The gambling operator donated the cash to the Albion Foundation and its ‘Walk the Albion Way’ challenge. SBOBET chairman Mr Wong Yew Choy said: “It is a special privilege to learn of the fantastic work by the Albion Foundation in the community. SBOBET as …
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Peter Lord, director of Australian sports betting operator Canbet, which has terminated its operations leaving customers from Australia, UK, India and Eastern Europe short changed,has said the operator is currently working on a solution to refund customers. Australian news source abc.net.au reports that the operator owes more than AUS $1 million to customers. Lord further stated that Canbet operations would …
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The Ministry of Home Affairs of Singapore (MHA) recently issued a public consultation paper seeking feedback on its proposals to restrict remote gambling in Singapore. Whilst the provision of gambling is prohibited in Singapore under the Common Gaming Houses Act and the Betting Act (unless specifically permitted by way of a licence or exemption), these laws do not expressly apply …
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