Inside Asian Gaming

INSIDE ASIAN GAMING MARCH 2018 46 “I think a good case can be made for legalizing football betting in Hong Kong. It would make it easier to police and could also provide funds which could be used to combat corruption and/or develop the sport. At the moment we face the worst of both worlds.” – Mark Sutcliffe Congress are Chief International Officer of Daily Fantasy Sports giant DraftKings, Jeffrey Haas; Chairman of the Singapore Cybersports Online Gaming Association, Nicholas Aaron Khoo; CEO of LeTou, Paul Fox; CEO of eSports Pools, Scott Burton; co-founder of Neomancer LLC and Spawn Point, Hai Ng; Founder of Internet Vikings Rickard Vikström and many more. iGA will also feature two Keynote Speakers, with Editor in Chief of Gaming Law Review and Economics Sue Schneider to discuss, “What I would have done differently (10 years ago) if I had known what I know now” and CEO of Hong Kong Football Association (HKFA) Mark Sutcliffe discussing the growing synergy between sports and sports betting in Asia. As Sutcliffe points out, “It’s currently illegal to bet on Hong Kong football in Hong Kong and yet we know that circa HK$50 million is wagered on every Hong Kong Premier League match, roughly half on overseas internet betting sites and half through unregulated illegal markets. When you add this up TRADE SHOWS