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Welcome
Sportsbetting and Lotteries Asia, the region’s only dedicated sports betting conference, took place at the Hyatt Regency in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong from 20-22 July. Perfectly timed in between the 2010 World Cup and the 2010/2011 football season, the event gave operators and key players in the market the opportunity to share best practice on a number of regulatory and operational issues, such as:
- Operators’ experience of this year’s World Cup in terms of where increased revenue came from and what type of new customers were gained
- Measuring the effectiveness of sponsorship in sports betting
- Successfully pricing events and balancing a liability book
- New developments in in-play betting
- Update on sports betting in casinos
- iPhone applications and driving multi-betting
- Lottery opportunities in Singapore and Asia-wide
- Professional sports betting from a punter’s and bookmaker’s perspective
- Making soccer betting more interactive and exciting
- Due diligence and fraud management
Leading operators who spoke at the conference included:
Magnus Grinneback, Business Area Director, BETSSON
Bill Mummery, Executive Director, SBOBET
Aris McKay Lacuna, Executive Director, SG8 INTERNATIONAL
Andy Dennis, VP Business Development, SILVER HERITAGE
John Teo, CFO, SINGAPORE POOLS
Kim Heng Teo, VP Sales and Business Development, SINGAPORE TURF CLUB
Christian Heap, International Buiness Director, SPORTECH
James Burnett, National Wagering Manager, TAB Sportsbet, TABCORP
Dennis Verrios, Director, Business Development, TOTE TASMANIA
Erik Backlund, Head of Sportsbook, UNIBET
Gregg Rathbone, Head of Sportsbook, VIVAROBET
For the rest of the speaker line-up please click here.
With a 100% satisfaction from the attendees these are just a few of the comments from participants about the event:
“Excellent!”
“Very informative and well run”
“Well managed and very informative”
“Informative, entertaining and a great place to network”
“Well run, interesting subject matter in a world class venue”
“A high quality event professionally delivered”
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