Asia Liking Sports
Slowly but surely the Asian gambling and sportsbetting industry is beginning to
grow just as analysts for the online casino gambling industry had predicted.
Asian gamblers lately have been keenly open to a whole array of new gambling
interests, several months ago reports indicated that poker is becoming quite
popular. In consideration of the fact that online casinos are still illegal in
the market, the China-facing World Sports Network (WSN) has launched strong
efforts in this market – and according to the company, they’re being
well-received by the Chinese sports enthusiasts.
WSN China just announced a new appointment to the board that will have many in
the online casino gambling industry giving a thumbs-up for support. Mark
Blandford is a veteran in the industry and a well-known businessman to boot. His
previous and most successful venture was Sportingbet – Blandford founded this
hugely popular online sportsbetting site. WSN announced that Blandford is now
joining the board of the China-facing WSN site, cn.wsn.com.
In addition to joining the board, Blandford’s company, Valhalla Investments has
provided some initial venture funding for the sports site so that the WSN can
continue to grow in the market and meet the unique needs of the Asian sports
culture. One of the first projects on the docket for the Sports Network is the
addition of new sports available to the Chinese site users. Initial information
indicates that some of the newly planned projects will be implemented
immediately (before the new year), while others will perhaps involve other
sectors of the online casino gambling industry and develop throughout 2009. |