{"id":5687,"date":"2020-04-16T12:37:40","date_gmt":"2020-04-16T12:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=5687"},"modified":"2026-04-24T06:02:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T09:02:51","slug":"illegal-gambling-covid19-cases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/illegal-gambling-covid19-cases","title":{"rendered":"Illegal gambling sites take bets Covid-19 cases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Illegal gambling sites are targeting punters in Singapore and other countries with markets on the number of new Covid-19 cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Singapore.- Illegal gambling sites are targeting punters in Singapore and other countries to bet on the amount of new Covid-19 cases each day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to The New Paper, five sites are known to exist, all of which have a similar betting interface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sites encourage punters to place bets on the last digit of the number of new daily cases announced in Singapore, as well as offering similar bets on Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Punters also have the option to bet on whether the daily figure is an even or odd number, and if the latest number in the aforementioned countries is higher or lower than the previous day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Daily odds and results are offered with other sports betting options. According to The New Paper, the Covid-19 markets have taken on &#8216;more prominence&#8217; than football betting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was revealed last week that <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/singapore-gambling-authority\"><strong><em>a new gambling authority will be established<\/em><\/strong><\/a> in Singapore in 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Illegal gambling sites are targeting punters in Singapore and other countries with markets on the number of new Covid-19 cases.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Unregulated online gambling platforms are exploiting public health data, specifically COVID-19 case numbers, to offer illicit betting markets in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia. These platforms are reportedly gaining significant traction, overshadowing traditional sports betting. This development coincides with Singapore's impending establishment of a new gambling authority in 2021, highlighting the urgent need for robust regulatory frameworks.","focusai_entities":"The New Paper","focusai_location":"Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), affiliate_publisher (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Response Efficacy","query":"What specific enforcement mechanisms and cross-border collaborations will Singapore's new gambling authority implement to effectively combat such sophisticated, multi-jurisdictional illicit betting operations?"},{"label":"Market Integrity Impact","query":"How will the proliferation of these unregulated COVID-19 betting markets impact the GGR and NGR projections for licensed operators in Southeast Asia, and what are the long-term implications for market integrity?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,161,439,16333],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-daily-news","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5687","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5687"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19791,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5687\/revisions\/19791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}