Jeff Mann's passing leaves a gap in PH gaming

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Jeff Mann, Managing Director of MegaSportsWorld and former CEO of the Asian Poker Tour, has died. The Philippine gaming industry is mourning his passing. Mann was a long-standing figure whose career touched two of the sector's more distinct verticals: regulated sports betting and live poker tournament operations.

Why it matters

Mann was not a peripheral figure. MegaSportsWorld is an active participant in Philippine sports betting, and the Asian Poker Tour shaped how live poker developed its regional identity across Southeast Asia. He held relationships in both spaces simultaneously, which is uncommon. That kind of cross-vertical connectivity is not easily replaced.

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