{"id":31782,"date":"2022-07-15T02:22:54","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T05:22:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=31782"},"modified":"2026-04-23T06:51:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T09:51:24","slug":"genting-malaysia-warns-over-sites-using-its-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/genting-malaysia-warns-over-sites-using-its-name","title":{"rendered":"Genting Malaysia warns over sites using its name"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Genting Malaysia has warned customers about several websites using its name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Malaysia.-\u00a0Genting Malaysia Bhd\u00a0has issued a press release to warn the public that several websites are attempting to pass as the casino operator. It didn&#8217;t mention the addresses of the sits in question but clarified that<strong>\u00a0it has no online gambling presence in Asia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company said: We would like to clarify that Genting Malaysia is not associated with these websites in any way. Please do not click on the link and refrain from circulating it.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Genting Malaysia offers online casinos and sportsbooks through Gentingcasino.com, which is licenced in Alderney. This year, it <strong>launched ResortsWorldBET<\/strong>, a sports betting website for the New York mobile market.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Analysts at\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/genting-malaysia-to-benefit-from-borders-reopening-in-h2\" target=\"_blank\">Hong Leong Investment Bank<\/a>\u00a0have recently said the casino operator will be one of the \u201cprime beneficiaries\u201d of the reopening of Malaysia&#8217;s borders. Its new\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/genting-skyworlds-to-launch-next-week\" target=\"_blank\">SkyWorlds theme park<\/a>, which opened in February, is seen as a particular draw for tourists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Malaysia has surpassed its target of 2 million inbound tourists for the full year as of June 21, although this is still only 17 per cent of pre-pandemic levels for the same period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Genting Malaysia has warned customers about several websites using its name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":18062,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Genting Malaysia has issued a public warning regarding fraudulent websites impersonating its brand for online gambling activities in Asia, clarifying it has no such regional presence. The company's legitimate online operations include Gentingcasino.com (Alderney) and ResortsWorldBET (New York), while its land-based operations in Malaysia are poised for recovery with border reopenings and the SkyWorlds theme park.","focusai_entities":"Genting Malaysia Bhd, Hong Leong Investment Bank","focusai_location":"Malaysia, Asia, Alderney, New York","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.85), affiliate_publisher (0.75), tech_data (0.7), marketing_crm (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.95), gambler_consumer (1.0), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Combatting Brand Impersonation?","query":"What specific measures is Genting Malaysia implementing to combat brand impersonation and intellectual property infringement by these fraudulent online entities, and what is the efficacy of current enforcement actions?"},{"label":"Digital Expansion Strategy?","query":"How does this incident impact Genting Malaysia's long-term strategy for digital expansion, particularly concerning its stated lack of an Asian online gambling presence versus its licensed operations in other jurisdictions?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16333],"tags":[19394],"class_list":["post-31782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-genting-malaysia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31782"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31822,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31782\/revisions\/31822"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}