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SEVILLA FC SECURES TLCBET AS OFFICIAL ASIA BETTING PARTNER

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Leading Asia-facing betting brand and perennial La Liga force continue well-established co-operation

 TLCBet has renewed its ongoing partnership with Spanish La Liga football club Sevilla FC as its Official Asia Betting Partner.

The collaboration cements Sevilla’s long-held commitment to a strategic plan of internationalisation, with a special emphasis on the Asia-facing market, where the TLCBet brand has carved out a progressive profile for fan engagement, thanks to its robust acquisition and retention rates.

The six-time Europa League champions will gain access to more exclusive content, offers and experiences from the operator throughout current and future campaigns, as both entities bid to foster deeper engagement with consumers across established and emerging Asia markets.

Sevilla also intends to leverage the club’s global social media accounts, Weibo and Wechat, for the Far East and China, a pivotal market where the club hopes to expand its footprint in the immediate future alongside TLCBet.

A spokesperson for TLCBet said: “We’re thrilled to bolster our ongoing association with one of the most decorated European sides of recent times in Sevilla FC. Working alongside a club that boasts such a track record of sustained success at the elite level underscores our ongoing commitment to growing Spanish La Liga followers. We can’t wait to witness the club scaling greater heights in both La Liga and on the European stage throughout 2021/22 and beyond.”

TLCBet enjoys a stellar history in football with a sponsorship portfolio to match.”

Jorge Paradela, Business General Manager at Sevilla FC, added: “In keeping with Sevilla FC’s grand project of international growth, it’s vital for us to couple our brand with growing, innovative companies like TLCBet. This enduring Asia Betting Partner deal marks another important step for our club and another key building block internationally, even against the challenging economic backdrop which is facing many elite clubs across the planet.”

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Just the Beginning: Kwalee Expands Bangalore Office With Opening Ceremony

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50+ vacancies at Bangalore studio as enlarged premises secured, following doubled UK office space

Multiplatform games publisher Kwalee has expanded its Bangalore office space to accommodate a fast-growing team in the ‘Silicon Valley of India’.

Kwalee first expanded into India back in May 2020, although COVID-19 restrictions meant that all recruitment and working had to be done remotely for several months. Since then, a fantastic office has been secured in one of the city’s vibrant technology parks and the team in Bangalore has soared to well over 60 members.

With enough current vacancies in Bangalore to see that headcount double, and a projected investment of $30 million in the India studio over the next five years, Kwalee has cleared the way for further growth by revealing a significantly expanded office space in an official opening ceremony.

This office expansion in Bangalore follows the acquisition of expanded premises at the Leamington Spa headquarters too, with both offices effectively doubling in size in a commitment to future team growth.

With CEO David Darling, co-founder and former CEO of Codemasters, and a host of other senior UK-based team members able to safely visit the Bangalore studio for the first time, it was the perfect moment for a ribbon-cutting to mark how much progress has already been made.

As well as this, it was also the first opportunity for Bangalore and Leamington Spa-based colleagues to meet one another in person for the first time ever, despite having collaborated extensively on successful projects like the recent Traffic Cop 3D (6 million+ downloads in three weeks and a #1 app in the USA). A hybrid working model is now in place at Kwalee across all office locations, combining the best of in-studio collaboration and remote working.

“We’re delighted to be expanding our office space in India as part of our continuing commitment to global growth,” said Kwalee CEO David Darling. “It’s been great fun meeting the team in Bangalore for the first time in person and getting to know them even better. The team here has been pivotal in our successes since we set up the studio and it’s amazing to see the Bangalore team growing in size and influence.”

Kwalee’s team now includes more than 180 people across offices in Leamington Spa, Bangalore and Beijing. Combining these locations and permanent remote workers all around the world, Kwalee has employees across 14 countries

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Squid Game-Inspired Squid Royale Now Available in Made-in-India Silly World

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The ‘Red Light, Green Light’ game from the Netflix show, ‘Squid Game’ is now in made-in-India social deduction game Silly World in the form of Squid Royale, a limited time mode that will host other games from the popular show. Players will be able to enjoy the free in-game mode in early access from November 16, 2021 by completing the following steps:

  • Play 10 games of Silly World
  • Add five friends
  • Achieve 1200 IQ
  • Share the game on Instagram

Playing Red Light, Green Light in early access rewards players with 1,000 in-game gold and exclusive skins.

In the run up to Squid Royale, SuperGaming has seen vocal interest from Silly World’s players and newcomers alike, both pre-registering to be the first to check out the mode when it’s available.

“Squid Royale is poised to be the most popular mode added to Silly World, clocking in over 700,000 pre-registrations in the first week,” says Christelle D’cruz, co-founder and General Manager, Silly World. “We’re humbled and grateful for the response from our fans for the mode and hope they have as much fun playing it as we had making it.”

Squid Royale will allow upto 12 players to participate in the ‘Red Light, Green Light’ game. Players can make it to the finish line by tapping on the walk button when the doll is turned away and stop when the doll turns toward them. Winning at Squid Royale grants access to skins inspired by Squid Game such as Frontman, Old Man Nam, and more.

Furthermore, developer SuperGaming has collaborated with Silly World’s passionate community to give the Squid Royale event unique songs with lyrics from the game’s biggest fans.

This is the first of the many free Squid Game-inspired games in Silly World’s Squid Royale. In the coming weeks others such as Dalgona Cookie, Tug of War, Glass Bridge, and Marble Game will be playable too, so follow the official Silly World Instagram account to know when these are available.

Squid Royale joins Silly World’s popular Jail Break, Hide & Seek, and Murder Mystery modes. Silly World is available to download for free on the App Store and Google Play.

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FUN88 CELEBRATES THE 10th YEAR OF ITS BETTING PARTNERSHIP WITH TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR IN ASIA & LATAM

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FUN88 has renewed its association with English Premier League football club Tottenham Hotspur as its Official Betting Partner for Asia and Latin America, marking the milestone 10th anniversary of the partnership.

FUN88 will continue its ongoing work with the club across a series of activations to engage with fans in both mature and emerging Asian markets. The brand has also developed a popular presence on social media, bolstered by Tottenham Hotspur’s global following, with thousands of Spurs supporters interacting with its accounts and many benefitting from its competitions and prize giveaways over the past decade.

The cohesive collaboration will also leverage an increasing number of dedicated local channels and promotional activity, all focused on engaging and retaining this established audience both pre-game and in-play.

In addition, FUN88 will renew its branding presence on LED perimeter boards inside the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, the largest club stadium in London, and amongst the most commercially valuable and premium pitch-side media spaces in the Premier League.

While FUN88 continues to develop its online offerings for sports fans around the world, this latest landmark underscores its commitment to international growth and fostering fan-friendly engagement within a responsible gaming culture.

Todd Kline, Chief Commercial Officer at Tottenham Hotspur, said: “We are delighted to renew our partnership with FUN88, building on a 10-year relationship. We look forward to this next phase and working together to continue to engage our fans in Asia and Latin America.”

A FUN88 spokesperson said: “We are naturally thrilled to extend our relationship with Tottenham Hotspur. Indeed, we have seen our brand grow and develop in tandem with Tottenham Hotspur over the last ten years.”

“FUN88 is confident that this continued collaboration will help us to consolidate our position as one of the leading gaming and entertainment platforms in Asia. Our members will see much more in terms of Tottenham Hotspur team interaction and exclusive offerings, so keep an eye out for a range of forthcoming campaigns with the club!”

FUN88 provides one of the widest offerings of markets and odds for the sports bettor. Customer satisfaction and entertainment is at its heart, via the latest technology and games, alongside impeccable and personalised customer service.

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NowBetNow goes live with automatic, multi-lingual bet suggestions across Azerbaijan for eTopaz

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Automated content specialist NowBetNow has gone live with delivery of automated, personalised and multi-lingual betting prompts for state-owned Azerbaijan-based operator eTopaz. Offers, combos and other betting suggestions are now being delivered to eTopaz customers throughout Azerbaijan – in English, Russian, Azerbaijani and Turkish languages simultaneously.

In the first three weeks of October over 4,500 different pieces of priced, dynamic and clickable content were generated, displayed and tracked in the four languages for eTopaz’ mobile app and web.

As well as delivering offers in Azerbaijani bettors’ language of choice, NowBetNow’s translation service accommodates local format nuances and conventions associated with shortening of sports team names, displaying of odds and bet types. NowBetNow also ensures content is produced and surfaced in multiple languages at the optimum time for bet suggestions to be taken up.

Stewart Vassie, Co-founder of NowBetNow, explained:

“eTopaz needed to ensure that its compelling content was available in all major languages used in Azerbaijan– hence the four different languages we provide for them. It’s great to see this new multi-lingual capability is now live across the country for all eTopaz customers.”

Zarifa Mirzeyeva, Senior Manager – Product Strategy at eTopaz, added:

“NowBetNow has given us the ability to build much deeper engagement with a larger number of Azerbaijanis – simply because we are providing timely betting offers in their language of choice.”

NowBetNow already provides multi-lingual, highly personalised and automated content to Come On Group’s 27 sports betting and casino brands based around Europe. It delivers this content in seven different languages simultaneously.

 

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Trinity Gaming forays into South India, set to create influencer marketing roadmap for talents of Blind Esports

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Trinity Gaming—India’s top gaming talent management company, has strengthened its influencer’s management portfolio by signing Blind Esports, which are known to have the best esports rosters and content creators on board in the southern part of the country.

With an aim to provide best talent management services to the dynamic professional players of the team, the partnership will create opportunities to connect them with brands and support them in monetising their craft.

Commenting on the partnership, Abhishek Aggarwal, Co-Founder & CEO of Trinity Gaming, said: “We have always strived to provide best of services to our content creators and helped them financially to stabilise their career in gaming. We are extremely delighted to have professional players of Blind Esports on board as it will open more opportunities not only for the esports team but also for Trinity Gaming as we will be able to explore deeper bonds in the southern part of India as an agency.”

Blind Esports have emerged champions in some of the biggest esports tournaments including BGMI titles in Thug Invitational, Nimo TV Cup, KPL Season 3 and were the finalists in PMCO Fall Split 2019 and, Free Fire titles in FFCO 2021 and Booyah Summer League 2021. The team also finished fourth in the India Cup Open in Call of Duty Mobile.

Trinity Gaming will help Blind Esports creators to not only grow but also provide them with graphic assistance, PR, educate them about social media presence, outreach and engagement and how to benefit from all such activities both monetarily as well as establishing themselves in the gaming industry. The agency will also educate the talents to develop best content for audiences, facilitate brand deals for the influencers, and get notable attention for both brand and influencers.

“We have always been aiming to partner with an esports talent management sector to provide better opportunities to our players and we are delighted that Trinity Gaming would be helping us in carrying forward that vision for our team. We aim to create a national footprint for ourselves and our players and creators,” said the owner of Blind Esports Arjun Suresh, who is popularly known as ‘Blind Satan’.

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AGB confirms return of ASEAN Gaming Summit in March, 2022

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Asia Gaming Brief, the organizer of regional gaming conference the ASEAN Gaming Summit, has confirmed the much-awaited return of its yearly conference on 21-23 March, 2022, at the Shangri-La at the Fort in Manila.

The conference, known for gathering influential gaming executives from the Philippines and across Asia, has been on a two-year hiatus as Covid-19 made it impossible to safely host a physical event.

However over the last few months, Manila in particular, has been making enormous strides to reopen its economy. Just this week, Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chairman Benjamin “Benhur” Abalos Jr. announced that Manila’s population is expected to reach 92 percent vaccination status by December. This has given Asia Gaming Brief confidence about the viability of its planned March dates in 2022.

“We’re excited to be able to bring back the ASEAN Gaming Summit next year, and we are encouraged by the rapid vaccination rate in the Philippines, particularly Metro Manila,” said Felix Ng, conference director at Asia Gaming Brief.

“We’re now gearing up to bring the industry its first conference in Manila post-pandemic, aimed at reigniting growth in one of Asia’s biggest gaming jurisdictions. We look forward to welcoming anyone looking to reconnect with the gaming industry in Asia once again.”

The three-day event is expected to bring around 300 gaming executives from Asia’s land-based and online gaming industry, including the region’s regulators and government officials.

“Our 2022 event will be bringing back our world-class conference, with a packed agenda made up of some of the industry’s most influential players. Taking center stage this year will be our networking activities – which are aimed at bringing business partners together, new and old,” Felix Ng highlighted.

The ASEAN Gaming Summit will be held on March 21-23, 2022 in Manila.

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Gaming Apps Block Access in Karnataka as Ban Takes Effect

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Gaming apps have blocked user access in Karnataka after the state imposed a ban on online betting games.

Sequoia Capital-funded Mobile Premier League (MPL) was among the first few gaming startups that began blocking access to users in the Indian state of Karnataka on Wednesday following a ban on online gaming.

On Wednesday morning, MPL’s gaming app showed messages to users in Karnataka that said: “Sorry! The law in your state does not permit you to play Fantasy sports”, “Fantasy games are locked” and “cash games are locked”.

The law, which came into effect last Tuesday, bans online games involving betting and wagering, and “any act or risking money, or otherwise on the unknown result of an event including on a game of skill”.

The latest ban has intensified concerns that growing state regulations could hit the nascent but booming gaming sector in India, where foreign investors have pumped in millions of dollars in recent months.

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Asiabet33 Becomes Official Asian Betting Partner of Fulham Football Club

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Asiabet33 has become the official Asian betting partner of Fulham Football Club for the remainder of the 2021/2022 season.

Established in 2017, Asiabet33 is a pioneer for gaming technology in Asia. The organisation’s cutting-edge technological framework has been adopted by various industry players in the market across the continent. Asiabet33 and its subsidiaries currently operate in Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, and Japan with expansion plans in place for the rest of Asia.

“Asiabet33 is thrilled to be partnered with Fulham Football Club’s to service the Asian market. This partnership is a monumental opportunity for us to grow from strength to strength as a prominent player in the Asian gaming technology industry. Working with Fulham provides us with the necessary resources to hone the skill sets of our team members and deliver the best possible experience for our clients,” Leo Li, Managing Director and Co-Founder of Asiabet33, said.

“We are delighted to have Asiabet33 on board as our betting partner in the Asian region and look forward to working with them further to develop our global fanbase,” Jon Don-Carolis, Sales Director at Fulham FC, said.

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Chennaiyin FC onboard BatBall11 as Associate Sponsor

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Two-time Indian Super League (ISL) champions Chennaiyin FC are delighted to welcome on board fantasy sports platform BatBall11 as an Associate Sponsor for the upcoming season of the Hero Indian Super League.

This is BatBall11’s first partnership with a major sports franchise. BatBall11 will look to reach out to Chennaiyin FC’s passionate fan base and communicate with them through various assets that the club will offer to the brand, through the season. BatBall11 allows users to engage with sports like football, cricket and kabaddi.

Welcoming BatBall11 on board, Chennaiyin FC co-owner Vita Dani said: “I’m pleased to welcome BatBall11 on board the Chennaiyin FC family. We are pleased to be working together with the team at BatBall11 to create interesting engagement avenues for fans of Chennaiyin FC.”

“We are extremely excited to join hands with Chennaiyin FC for the upcoming ISL season. We at Batball11 are committed to providing our users with an astounding experience, and believe that this association will help us connect with Chennaiyin FC’s passionate and loyal fan base. We look forward to a successful collaboration and wish the team the very best for the season ahead,” said Darshan P Parmar, Director of BatBall11 on the association with CFC.

The BatBall11 logo will find its place on the top half of the right sleeve of Chennaiyin FC’s match and training kits in the eighth edition of the ISL that kicks off in Goa this November.