Today sees the first day of IGA at the Grand Hyatt, City of Dreams in Macau.

The three-day congress will see 200 gaming executives - including Bwin International and Google China - representing 26 different countries network and conduct business.

Participants were already networking online before the event had begun at the LinkedIn group that had been created for attendees. Discussions among the participants online included the launch of mobile betting services and applications in Asia, collaboration on mahjong tournaments and operations and marketing services in Singapore and Malaysia.