Soccer betting in Malaysia

You may finally be able to bet on World Cup matches in Malaysia, legally.

This will happen after all the fiasco on soccer betting in Malaysia is finalised and all politicians are consistent in any news announcement.

The long and short of it
Ascot Sports Sdn Bhd is a company 70% owned by Sri Vincent Tan. Tan had first obtained the football betting licence way back in 1987 but due to less than ideal conditions, he  “asked the government to take it back”. Tan, however,  retains the right of first refusal if the government decided to re-issue the licence in future. This means that the soccer/ football betting license will be awarded to him first, if he choose to accept it in future.

On 12th May 2010, Berjaya Corp issued a filing that Ascot Sports Sdn Bhd had been re-issued the prized football/ soccer betting license which was returned on 1987. Why did Berjaya Corp make the announcement on Ascot Sports Sdn Bhd? Because Berjaya Corp has an intention to buy over all 70% of Ascot Sports Sdn Bhd held by Vincent Tan, worth some RM$525 million.

Berjaya Corp’s CEO and Chairman is also Vincent Tan.

Berjaya Corp Logo

And then the fiasco started.

12th May 2010 – Berjaya Corp share prices started to rise, after filing is made that “the Minister of Finance (Malaysia) had given its approval for the re-issuance to Ascot of the licence to carry out sports betting operations upon certain terms and conditions”

6th Jun 2010 – Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng (Penang) said the state government would deny Ascot Sports Sdn Bhd, which has been given a sports gaming licence, to carry out such betting activities in the state. In addition, all three Pakatan Rakyat (PKR) states of Selangor, Penang and Kedah have banned sports betting – indicating that they will revoke the premises licence of betting outlets that collect sports bets.

7th Jun 2010 – Prime Minister Najib told Parliament that the government is still discussing the licensing terms and conditions for the sports betting license while getting feedback from various parties. It is consideringissuing the licence to help reduce illegal betting activities in the country. Prime Minister Najib is also the Finance Minister, whose ministry awards any football betting license.

This means that the license had not been issued – against the filing made by Berjaya Corp Read on…

2 comments June 13th, 2010

RTM Signal Scrambled on Starhub

If you had been able to receive RTM TV1 or TV2 channels via Starhub Channel 118 and planned to watch World Cup 2010 via this channel, be in for a disappointment. 

Nothing surprising and similar to the previous World Cup, Starhub had confirmed yesterday that they will be scrambling the signal from Channel 118 for all World Cup matches. 

This means that all you will see is Gaussian white noise on Channel 118 during World Cup matches. 

RTM TV1 Signal Scrambled on Starhub

Time to go back to the good’o technology days when people buy long or fishbone antenna and extend it beyond their windows to get over-the-air signal. See a video contributed by one of our readers when she uses the long tail antenna in Singapore to capture over-the-air RTM TV1 signal:

 

See related posts below: 

http://www.limsimi.com/leisure-entertainment-johor-bahru/rtm-world-cup-schedule/
http://www.limsimi.com/leisure-entertainment-johor-bahru/watching-world-cup-in-johor-bahru-or-on-malaysia-rtm-network/

6 comments June 11th, 2010

RTM World Cup Schedule

For those of you who have not subscribed to the Singtel-Starhub World Cup 2010 package and do not intend to, we have listed down the RTM World Cup Schedule for your reference.

Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) is slated to broadcast most of the World Cup matches and presents an alternative (and free) option if you are able to receive RTM network within your vicinity in Singapore. World Cup 2010 schedule is listed against local time in Singapore and Malaysia.

A nice alternative then paying lucrative subscription fees to Singtel and Starhub, nor do you need to travel to pubs or entertainment joints to join in the action.

Download a softcopy (in PDF) of the RTM World Cup schedule Read on…

40 comments June 6th, 2010