Saudi Arabia is moving aggressively with its investments in more gaming companies, the Canadian industry veteran steering the kingdom’s push to become a global hub for the sector told AFP Friday.
The kingdom has already been spending heavily with a $38-billion push into gaming under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s Vision 2030 programme, part of a plan to diversify the economy away from oil.
Campaigners say the gaming push — accompanied by similar drives in football and other areas — belies a dire rights record where dissidents are imprisoned and executions are common.
