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Penta records more than 7.6 lakh viewership and 34 lakh watch minutes with its grassroots esports program

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Content and esports brand, Penta Esports aims to lead and develop grassroot esports by providing opportunities to aspiring esports athletes. The brand’s first initiative towards this, the Penta Amateur League, exclusively for amateur and semi-professional players, recorded a successful first season garnering more than 7.6 lakh viewership, with an overall watchtime of more than 34 lakh minutes. With an aim to go beyond metros, to tier 2 and 3 cities, the platform will enable the amateurs to carve a career as esports athletes.

The Penta Amateur League’s Season 1 launched in October 2021 and concluded in March 2022 with a total of ₹30,00,000 distributed in prize pool. It featured multiple esports titles across mobile, PC and consoles each month which were World Cricket Championship 3, Gran Turismo Sport, Valorant, Battlegrounds Mobile India, Free Fire, Pokemon Unite, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, Tekken 7, Clash Royale and Brawl Stars.

The league had 76 match days and 24 days of broadcast, including the ‘Penta Talk Show’ preceding every month’s broadcast. The matches from the league were broadcast on multiple platforms including Facebook, YouTube, Loco and Booyah, culminating in more than 116 hours of total broadcast with a peak concurrent viewership of 6,853. Social media posts about the league across social media platforms of Instagram, Facebook and Twitter had a cumulative engagement of 24%.

Said Penta Esports founder and CEO Anurag Khurana, “We launched the first edition of the ‘Penta Amateur League’ with a vision to provide opportunities to budding esports athletes across titles and platforms. This will give further impetus to the growing esports ecosystem of India and contribute to sector growth.”

Said Penta Esports co-founder and head of esports Kiran Noojibail, “Our objective with Penta Amateur League was to incentivize esports enthusiasts to start and continue their grind to becoming an esports athlete irrespective of the game and platform. We are ecstatic with the response for Season 1 and plan to announce Season 2 of the league in the coming weeks.”

The finals of each month were preceded by music performances by indie artists, like Gamini Khurana, Sushant Satija, Ashter X, Saahil Bhargava, Anindita Dey, Muktak Kanjilal and LiveIn Blues.

The entire registration and scheduling of the league was carried on Penta Esports’ platform, Pentaesports.com. The platform is a one stop destination for all things esports, including match schedules, match results, VODs of tournaments and leagues, content, news, announcements and much more.

Founded by industry veterans Anurag Khurana, Kiran Noojibail and Akshay Paul, Penta Esports aims to disrupt the ecosystem in India with a holistic approach towards the sector, including leagues, tournaments, content and much more.

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BetConstruct AI Showcases AI-Powered Solutions at G2E Asia 2026

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BetConstruct AI participates in G2E Asia 2026 (May 12–14, The Venetian Macao, Stands A1023 & A1029) — Asia’s most significant gathering for operators, innovators and industry decision-makers, and this year, the event puts AI and other emerging innovations at its centre.

The spotlight at the stands will be on the Best Sportsbook for the World Cup 2026: Special Bets, Powerfull and Bet on League form a ready-to-deploy tournament package that lets operators capture the full commercial weight of the world’s biggest sporting event — zero development cycles, zero platform risk.

For the World Cup activation – all at zero cost. New partners unlock a 50% platform setup discount applied immediately, plus 100% Core Suite Access — meaning the Sportsbook and the rest of BetConstruct AI’s offerings are completely free for the first 3 months (50% off for 4-12 months). Third-party tools come at 51% off for 3 months.

Layered on top at this event, the AI Suite — CRM AI, Umbrella AI, AI Game Recommendation System and Betting Mate — handles everything from churn prediction and risk management to real-time personalisation and conversational betting. Beyond all of this, we’re bringing the full picture: The Sportsbook Platform offers over 140,000 pre-match events and 12,000+ monthly esports live events, while the Casino Platform integrates 350+ providers via a unified aggregation API.

The Affiliate Ecosystem, with its Affigates sub-brand, offers 7000+ vetted affiliates and AI-based scoring, completing the acquisition side of the picture.

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Kazakhstan Orders Telecom Providers to Block Illegal Online Casino Payments via Mobile Balances

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Kazakhstan authorities have moved to tighten controls on illegal online gambling payments after uncovering schemes that use mobile phone balances to fund unlicensed casino activity.

The Financial Monitoring Agency (FMA) issued instructions to telecom providers to strengthen monitoring and introduce systems to detect and block suspicious transactions.

According to the FMA, mobile operators including Tele2, Altel, Beeline, Kcell and Activ were called to a working meeting where regulators demonstrated how illicit payment flows to online casinos are being processed.

To verify the issue, the FMA carried out test purchases across 10 illegal online casino websites using services from all major mobile operators. The tests confirmed that payments via mobile balances were possible.

The agency stated that the goal is to cut off financial access to illegal operators and reduce public exposure to unregulated platforms. Further enforcement actions are expected as monitoring continues.

Meanwhile, Kazakhstan is preparing to significantly tighten rules on the promotion of illegal gambling. A group of senators is advancing an initiative to introduce criminal penalties for influencers who advertise online casinos and organise “giveaways.”

In related developments, a Kazakhstani influencer has recently been arrested in Vietnam on suspicion of running an illegal gambling operation.

Furthermore, the country is also restricting citizens’ access to legal gambling options, indicating a broader anti-gambling stance towards locals while still pursuing gambling tourism.

Lawmakers introduced rules restricting access to casinos, slot machine halls and betting venues in several regions to foreign nationals only. The changes will take effect on 17 May.

In March, President Tokayev signed a law establishing four new gambling zones for foreigners in the country.

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IGT Presents Powerful Combination of Gaming and FinTech Solutions at G2E Asia 2026

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IGT has announced that it will present a dynamic portfolio of market-attuned gaming and financial technology (FinTech) solutions at G2E Asia 2026, May 12-14 at The Venetian Macao. Under the theme “TOGETHER – Built to Win,” IGT will showcase its momentum in multi-level progressive (MLP) linked content and its unique position to drive operator value through the combination of Everi,s FinTech product and the widely adopted IGT ADVANTAGE casino management system (CMS).

“As the region’s largest gaming technology showcase, G2E Asia 2026 is an opportunity for IGT to demonstrate how combining IGT systems product and Everi’s FinTech product can introduce incremental value to our customers in Asia and enhance the player journey. We will also present a localized portfolio of proven IGT games such as Rising Rockets, Money Gong and Cash Cove that reflect our focus on delivering high-performing content and helping our customers in the region diversify their gaming floors,” said Hector Fernandez, CEO of IGT.

Highlights within IGT’s G2E Asia showcase in stand #A801 will include:

Market-attuned linked MLP games: G2E Asia will be a showcase for IGT’s global MLP sensations Money Gong Link and new Rising Rockets base-game themes, Prince and Princess. Both titles will be demonstrated on the PeakCurve49 cabinet, along with the brand extension Cash Cove Lucky Catch Trio and the Asia-targeted three-pot game, San Xing Gao Zhao Link. G2E Asia will also be the global debut for the Firework Link game on the PeakDual27 cabinet. This explosively fun linked MLP includes two base game themes with distinctive math models, inventive mechanics and multiple, scalable bonuses.

Versatile cash-handling and promotional technologies: Everi cash-handling technologies and jackpot processing tools that are designed to seamlessly integrate with multiple CMSs will be a centerpiece of IGT’s G2E Asia showcase. The award-winning Everi Premium Cash Redemption Terminal (CRT) and the Everi Mini CRT bring friction-free transactions to the gaming floor and introduce convenient tap functionality. IGT will also exhibit Everi QuickDraw, a groundbreaking cloud-based promotional drawing tool, and Everi Jackpot Xpress, a module for tracking and efficiently paying out jackpot winnings that is customizable to meet individual property processes and procedures.

Next-generation systems architecture with IGT ADVANTAGE X: the Company will demonstrate how the IGT ADVANTAGE X CMS can drive operator value and player convenience throughout Asia. IGT’s Systems team will highlight IGT ADVANTAGE X’s new bus-based system architecture that helps improve network speed, stability, connectivity and uptime. This CMS enhancement allows data to quickly transfer to or from the gaming floor, enabling seamless system-wide upgrades, content downloads, service window content and more.

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