World iGaming Festival SiGMA Asia opens today at the SMX Convention Center in Manila

The Asia leg of SiGMA is now open at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City, Metro Manila, from July 19 to 22. The iGaming festival and trade show expects 15,000 delegates, more than 150 speakers, and more than 200 gaming exhibitors.

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The SiGMA Summits, organized by Sigma Play, are considered as some of the most significant and largest international B2B and B2C iGaming and casino-focused conferences in the world.
The Asia leg has a jam-packed four-day agenda with Day 1 activities kicking off with a golf match, a tour to the historic side of Manila, a poker tournament in Okada Manila (for some ticket holders only) preceding the launch of the exhibition proper.
The succeeding days will see the various topic talks on regulation, discussions on payments and e-Commerce in gaming, challenges in marketing, crypto, web3, emerging tech and eSports.
The week-long networking event will culminate in a closing party succeeding after an MMA event by Centurion FC. The event will be attended by a roster of industry leaders from the private sector, and government officials, including PAGCOR officials Alejandro Tengco and Philippine Security and Exchange Commission Commissioner Kelvin Lester K. Lee.
PAGCOR Chairman Tengco, in a press release, expressed full support to the event, which will underscore the Philippines’ readiness to adopt new technologies that will help local gaming achieve greater heights.

“We welcome the holding of the summit in the country as we believe that we will gain so much from this event and keep us abreast with the latest trends in global gaming and digital economy,” Tengco explained.

According to SiGMA founder Eman Pulis, they could not have chosen a better place to hold the summit as Manila is one of the most vibrant and dynamic cities in Asia.

“Manila, thanks to the government’s and PAGCOR’s efforts, remains the gaming hub of Asia. Now that COVID is out of the way, we’re doubling down our efforts and leaving no stone unturned to launch a conference in Manila and bring our vast network in the West closer to Asian suppliers, operators and affiliates,” Pulis said.