The thriving Philippine gambling industry is about to see some major changes as the country gears for the presidential elections next month. On May 9, Filipino voters will decide who among the five candidates is the best choice to lead the country for the next six years.

The local gambling industry has flourished in the past decade, especially the casino sector, which investment bank Credit Suisse forecasts to generate gaming revenue of $6 billion by 2018—making the country one of the top four players in the world. The growth can be partly credited to President Benigno Aquino III’s administration that has worked hard to support the casino industry, which it regards as critical to the economy.

But now that Aquino will hand over the reins to his successor, the gambling industry’s future prospects has become uncertain.

CalvinAyre.com spoke with three executives from different areas of the Philippine gambling industry to get their thoughts on the upcoming elections, but on the condition of anonymity since the country’s Fair Election Law forbids foreign nationals from interfering in campaigns for local and national posts in the upcoming elections. Authorities have said in the past that foreigners who are found guilty of an election offense shall be punished with deportation after he has served his prison sentence.

The thriving Philippine gambling industry is about to see some major changes as the country gears for the presidential elections next month. On May 9, Filipino voters will decide who among the five candidates is the best choice to lead the country for the next six years.

The local gambling industry has flourished in the past decade, especially the casino sector, which investment bank Credit Suisse forecasts to generate gaming revenue of $6 billion by 2018—making the country one of the top four players in the world. The growth can be partly credited to President Benigno Aquino III’s administration that has worked hard to support the casino industry, which it regards as critical to the economy.

But now that Aquino will hand over the reins to his successor, the gambling industry’s future prospects has become uncertain.

CalvinAyre.com spoke with three executives from different areas of the Philippine gambling industry to get their thoughts on the upcoming elections, but on the condition of anonymity since the country’s Fair Election Law forbids foreign nationals from interfering in campaigns for local and national posts in the upcoming elections. Authorities have said in the past that foreigners who are found guilty of an election offense shall be punished with deportation after he has served his prison sentence.

GiGse 2016 kicks off on April 27-29 and five selected start-ups will highlights innovation trends in the gambling and gaming sector.

True innovation often comes from start-ups, which is why GamCrowd has once again teamed up with Clarion to give start-ups the opportunity to make their pitch in front of a panel of sought out investors and GIGse’s 700 strong crowd from chief executives to marketing experts, sales directors to game designers.

“GIGSE Launchpad always seems to be reflective of the hottest trends in the industry and this certainly holds true for this year’s GIGSE Launchpad with two daily fantasy companies, one eSports, one digital data marketing and mobile lottery”, Melissa Blau of iGaming Capital and FastFantasy told Becky Liggero of CalvinAyre.com. “We also have fantastic new judges that really know these sectors so their feedback will be really interesting to hear. I am very excited as I don’t think this year there any obvious frontrunners.”

The start-ups will be given seven minutes each to pitch in front of investors and audience, to be then quizzed by the judges and subject to the audience vote.

GiGse 2016 kicks off on April 27-29 and five selected start-ups will highlights innovation trends in the gambling and gaming sector.

True innovation often comes from start-ups, which is why GamCrowd has once again teamed up with Clarion to give start-ups the opportunity to make their pitch in front of a panel of sought out investors and GIGse’s 700 strong crowd from chief executives to marketing experts, sales directors to game designers.

“GIGSE Launchpad always seems to be reflective of the hottest trends in the industry and this certainly holds true for this year’s GIGSE Launchpad with two daily fantasy companies, one eSports, one digital data marketing and mobile lottery”, Melissa Blau of iGaming Capital and FastFantasy told Becky Liggero of CalvinAyre.com. “We also have fantastic new judges that really know these sectors so their feedback will be really interesting to hear. I am very excited as I don’t think this year there any obvious frontrunners.”

The start-ups will be given seven minutes each to pitch in front of investors and audience, to be then quizzed by the judges and subject to the audience vote.

3-Barrels of pure value including news of Olivier Busquet’s one-sided mixed martial arts victory over JC Alvarado, Gus Hansen returning home to Denmark to ‘settle down’, and the International Federation of Poker will not be joining SportAccord.

The lads told me that I was dead. I was scared. He was the hardest kid in the school and he wanted to kick my head in. There was no way I was going to fight this monster. Then in a moment of pure clarity, as the monster was spitting in my face, I saw me knocking him out.

The crowd roared.

I stood over his twitching corpse.

Leicester City’s Riyad Mahrez and Tottenham Hotspur’s Dele Alli have won the top two awards in a botched 43rd Annual Professional Footballers’ Association Awards ceremony in London.

The 43rd Annual Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA), Awards Ceremony, will go down as one to forget for the organisers.

The PFA were forced to reveal the Premier League Team of the Year prematurely on Thursday, after a ‘member of the public’ got their dirty hands on a copy of the official awards ceremony brochure and leaked the details to the general public.

Things got even more ridiculous, after Spurs rather stupidly posted an extract of their Monday night match day program congratulating Dele Alli for winning the PFA Young Player of the Year award several hours before the announcement was made.

Leicester City’s Riyad Mahrez and Tottenham Hotspur’s Dele Alli have won the top two awards in a botched 43rd Annual Professional Footballers’ Association Awards ceremony in London.

The 43rd Annual Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA), Awards Ceremony, will go down as one to forget for the organisers.

The PFA were forced to reveal the Premier League Team of the Year prematurely on Thursday, after a ‘member of the public’ got their dirty hands on a copy of the official awards ceremony brochure and leaked the details to the general public.

Things got even more ridiculous, after Spurs rather stupidly posted an extract of their Monday night match day program congratulating Dele Alli for winning the PFA Young Player of the Year award several hours before the announcement was made.