The History of as67 — Bangladesh's Most Trusted Online Casino & Betting Platform
From a small team with a bold idea in 2018 to serving millions of players across Dhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet, and every corner of Bangladesh — this is the as67 story.
as67 — seven years of serving Bangladesh's online gaming community
Origins & Founding Story
The as67 story begins not in a gleaming corporate boardroom, but in the fast-moving, mobile-first digital culture that defines Bangladesh's young, connected population.
In 2018, a group of passionate sports enthusiasts and technology professionals — many of them cricket fans who had grown up watching the Bangladesh Tigers take on the world — identified a clear gap in the Bangladesh market. Local punters had no reliable, Bangladesh-tailored platform to bet on BPL fixtures, place T20 wagers, or enjoy international casino games using the payment methods they trusted every day: bKash, Nagad, and Rocket.
The founding team launched as67 with a simple guiding principle: build a platform that feels genuinely local. Not a generic international site translated into Bengali, but a platform designed from the ground up around Bangladeshi payment rails, Bangladeshi sporting culture, and the mobile-first habits of players in Dhaka's Banani and Gulshan neighbourhoods, the bustling port communities of Chittagong, and the tea garden districts of Sylhet.
The name as67 itself carries the spirit of that founding mission — concise, memorable, and without geographic or cultural borders. Within the first six months of launch, as67 had registered its first ten thousand players, almost all of them acquiring the platform by word of mouth. No expensive billboard campaigns, no TV commercials — just genuine satisfaction spreading organically across WhatsApp groups and cricket matchday conversations.
"We built as67 because we wanted a platform we would actually want to use ourselves. Something fast, fair, and built around how people in Bangladesh actually live and pay." — as67 founding team, 2018
Founding Principles
- Build around Bangladesh's payment infrastructure — bKash, Nagad, Rocket first
- Prioritise cricket betting with live BPL and T20 World Cup markets
- Mobile-first design for the 95%+ of Bangladeshi users on smartphones
- English-language platform accessible to educated urban Bangladesh audiences
- Provably fair and transparent game mechanics from day one
- 18+ responsible gaming policy embedded from launch
- 24/7 customer support staffed by people who understand the local context
Year-by-Year Timeline
Seven years of growth, iteration, and expansion — told one chapter at a time.
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20182018 — Launch Yearas67 Opens Its Doors to Bangladesh
as67 officially launches with a focused offering: cricket betting markets covering BPL, IPL, and international T20 fixtures, paired with a curated selection of slots from Pragmatic Play and NetEnt. The platform processes its first bKash deposit on launch day — a milestone the founding team still considers the most significant moment in the company's history. Initial player base: Dhaka-centric, 18–35 age group, university-educated mobile users.
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20192019 — Rapid User Growth100,000 Registered Players and Nagad Integration
Within 12 months of launch, as67 crosses the 100,000 registered player milestone. The team adds Nagad as a deposit and withdrawal method — responding directly to player feedback from users in Rajshahi, Rangpur, and rural districts where Nagad's postal network had deeper reach than bKash. Live casino content from Evolution Gaming is added to the platform, bringing roulette and baccarat to Bangladeshi players for the first time in a truly localised environment.
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20202020 — Resilience & Digital AccelerationCOVID-19 Accelerates Online Shift; as67 Responds
The global pandemic suspends live sports for much of the year, but as67 pivots swiftly. The platform expands its virtual sports offering, adds crash games including early Phoenix Rises prototypes, and launches a dedicated slots section with 500+ titles from Microgaming and Spribe. Player engagement actually increases during lockdown periods as Bangladeshis turn to online entertainment. The platform introduces its first responsible gaming tools — deposit limits and session reminders — in direct response to the changed social context.
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20212021 — Cricket & Live Betting ExpansionLive In-Play Betting Launches; T20 World Cup Sets Traffic Record
as67 rolls out full live in-play betting for cricket, allowing players to place wagers on individual overs, wickets, and run rates while matches are in progress. The ICC T20 World Cup in October–November 2021 drives the highest single-month traffic in as67's history to that point. Rocket is added as a payment method, extending reach to Dutch-Bangla Bank customers. The platform passes 500,000 registered players and moves its server infrastructure to a new high-availability architecture to handle peak match-day loads.
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20222022 — Crash Games & CommunityPhoenix Rises Launches; Player Community Features Roll Out
The full Phoenix Rises crash game, developed in partnership with Spribe, launches as a flagship product on as67. Within three months it becomes the most-played single game on the platform. as67 also introduces a player leaderboard system, monthly tournament prizes, and a refer-a-friend programme — cementing the community dimension that had always been part of the founding vision. The platform processes over ৳1 billion in player transactions during the calendar year for the first time.
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20232023 — Platform Maturity1 Million Active Players; Mobile App Optimisation
as67 reaches one million active monthly players — a landmark that validates the founding team's original conviction that Bangladesh was an underserved market with enormous appetite for a quality localised platform. The user interface is completely redesigned with a mobile-first framework, cutting load times by 60% on 4G connections typical across Chittagong, Sylhet, and Khulna. Upay is added to the payment roster, and the as67 VIP programme launches with tiered rewards for high-volume players.
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20242024 — Expansion & Innovation5,000+ Games; Live Dealer Studios Go Bangladesh-Specific
The as67 game library surpasses 5,000 titles spanning slots, live casino, crash games, virtual sports, and table games. A dedicated Bangladesh-language live dealer studio is piloted with Ezugi, featuring dealers who understand local sporting conversation — particularly cricket and kabaddi — during live sessions. The BPL season drives a new single-day betting volume record. as67 also launches its seasonal promotions calendar, with special bonus events tied to Eid al-Fitr, Pohela Boishakh, and Victory Day (16 December).
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20252025 — Present Day3 Million Registered Players; as67 Enters Its Next Chapter
as67 enters 2025 as Bangladesh's most-recognised online casino and sports betting brand, with over three million registered players and a platform that processes millions of transactions each month via bKash, Nagad, Rocket, Upay, and card payments. The platform continues to invest in responsible gaming infrastructure, game variety, and payment speed — remaining true to the founding principle of building a platform that Bangladeshi players can genuinely trust and enjoy.
3M+ Players Market Leader RG Infrastructure
as67's platform growth has tracked Bangladesh's mobile internet boom year by year
Platform Growth & Milestones
Every number in the as67 growth story reflects a real player in Bangladesh who chose to trust the platform with their time and their money.
Registered Player Growth by Year
Key Platform Milestones
Cricket Betting Legacy
Cricket is not just a sport in Bangladesh — it is a shared national identity. as67 was built to reflect that truth from day one.
When as67 launched in 2018, the Bangladesh Premier League was in its sixth edition and the Bangladesh Tigers were building a reputation as genuine contenders in T20 cricket. The founding team understood that cricket betting would be the primary acquisition channel — not as a secondary feature, but as the centrepiece of the entire platform identity.
Over seven years, as67 has covered every major cricket tournament that matters to Bangladeshi fans: every BPL season, every IPL edition, every ICC T20 World Cup, every Bangladesh home and away Test series, and the Asia Cup. The depth of available markets has grown from simple match-winner bets in 2018 to over 200 in-play markets per fixture by 2024, including over-by-over run predictions, player performance specials, and partnership run totals.
The 2021 T20 World Cup remains the single highest-traffic event in as67's history — surpassing every BPL season and every other tournament to date. The Bangladesh Tigers' performance in the tournament drove record registrations in Sylhet, traditionally a strong cricketing city, as well as a significant spike in players from the expatriate Bangladeshi community accessing the platform from the UK, Middle East, and Southeast Asia.
BPL Coverage
Every Bangladesh Premier League season since 2018 covered with full pre-match and in-play markets, team news, and live score integration.
ICC Tournaments
T20 World Cup, ODI World Cup, and Champions Trophy markets available from the platform's first full year, with competitive odds and rapid payout processing.
200+ In-Play Markets
Live in-play betting launched in 2021 with over 200 markets per fixture, covering every over, wicket, and individual player performance during live matches.
IPL & Asia Cup
Indian Premier League and Asia Cup markets are among the most-wagered events on as67 each year, drawing heavy interest from players across Dhaka, Chittagong, and Sylhet.
Cricket Betting Highlights by Year
- 2018: BPL Season 6 — as67's first major cricket betting season. Match-winner, top batsman, and total runs markets available.
- 2019: ICC Cricket World Cup coverage added. Over 50 markets per England 2019 fixture. Bangladesh group stage matches drive peak traffic.
- 2020: Virtual cricket introduced during COVID-19 sports suspension. Player retention maintained through simulated BPL-style content.
- 2021: Live in-play cricket betting launches. T20 World Cup sets all-time traffic record. Bangladesh vs. Scotland match draws highest single-game wager volume.
- 2022: Asia Cup and T20 World Cup double header. as67 adds player performance props — individual century markets, bowling economy specials.
- 2023: ODI World Cup India. Bangladesh's seven-match group campaign generates record cumulative wager totals across the platform.
- 2024: T20 World Cup West Indies & USA. Bangladesh's first Super 8 appearance brings platform a new single-day registration record.
- 2025: Champions Trophy and full BPL season. 200+ in-play markets per fixture now standard across all formats.
Payment Method Evolution
The story of as67's payment infrastructure is the story of Bangladesh's own fintech revolution — and as67 has been there at every step.
When as67 launched in 2018, bKash was already Bangladesh's dominant mobile financial service with over 30 million registered accounts. The decision to integrate bKash on day one was not a commercial calculation — it was simply the only logical choice for a platform serious about serving Bangladeshi players. In those early months, processing a bKash deposit and seeing it reflect in a player's game wallet within 30 seconds was a genuine technical achievement that the founding team spent months perfecting.
Nagad came next in 2019. Operated through Bangladesh Post Office infrastructure, Nagad had particularly strong penetration in districts outside Dhaka — Rajshahi Division, Rangpur, Mymensingh, and Barisal — where bKash's agent network was thinner. Adding Nagad meaningfully extended as67's effective reach into previously underserved player communities.
Dutch-Bangla Bank's Rocket joined the payment roster in 2021, followed by UCB's Upay in 2023. Each addition was driven by direct player requests rather than a top-down product roadmap — as67's customer support team maintained a running log of payment method requests, and the engineering team prioritised integrations based on genuine demand signals from active players.
International card payments — Visa and Mastercard issued by BRAC Bank, City Bank, Islami Bank, Sonali Bank, and other Bangladeshi commercial banks — have been available throughout the platform's history for players who prefer traditional card-based transactions. Bank transfer options for larger amounts above ৳50,000 were introduced in 2022 to serve the growing segment of high-value players on the platform.
Payment Timeline
- 2018 — bKash & Visa/Mastercard at launch
- 2019 — Nagad integrated for rural reach
- 2021 — Rocket (Dutch-Bangla Bank) added
- 2022 — Bank transfer for ৳50,000+ deposits
- 2023 — Upay (UCB) added to roster
- 2024 — Sub-30-second processing across all MFS methods
- 2025 — 24/7 withdrawal processing, no fees charged by as67
Instant bKash and Nagad deposits have been central to as67's growth story since 2018
Game Library Expansion
From a focused launch catalogue of 200 titles in 2018 to over 5,000 games by 2024 — the as67 library has grown to reflect the full breadth of what Bangladesh players want to play.
Slots — From 50 to 3,000+
as67 launched with 50 curated slots from Pragmatic Play and NetEnt. By 2020 the catalogue had grown to 500 titles. Today, the slots section carries over 3,000 games from Pragmatic Play, NetEnt, Microgaming, Relax Gaming, Play'n GO, and dozens of specialist studios — making it the deepest single-category library on any Bangladesh-focused platform.
Live Casino — Evolution & Ezugi
Live casino content was added in 2019 via Evolution Gaming, bringing blackjack, roulette, baccarat, and game show titles to the platform. Ezugi joined in 2022, adding South Asian-themed live dealer tables with chat features that resonate with players in Dhaka and Chittagong who want a social dimension to their live casino experience.
Crash Games — Phoenix Rises & Beyond
Crash games first appeared on as67 in 2020 as an experimental category. By 2022, Phoenix Rises — co-developed with Spribe — had become the single most-played game on the platform. The crash games section now carries titles from Spribe, Turbo Games, and Pragmatic Play, catering to Bangladesh players' appetite for fast-paced, high-engagement formats.
Table Games & Virtual Sports
The table games catalogue — including multiple variants of roulette, blackjack, baccarat, poker, and andar bahar — expanded steadily from 2019 onwards. Virtual sports were introduced during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns and proved so popular that they became a permanent fixture on the platform, with virtual cricket, virtual football, and virtual kabaddi among the most-played titles in the Bangladeshi market.
Exclusive & Featured Titles
From 2023 onwards, as67 has worked directly with game studios to feature exclusive promotional tournaments tied to specific titles — giving Bangladesh players early access to new releases and higher prize pools than available on comparable platforms. The monthly Featured Games rotation now includes curated picks across all categories, spotlighted in the platform's main lobby for easy discovery.
Regional Reach Across Bangladesh
as67's player community spans every division of Bangladesh — from the capital to the coast and from the hills to the northern plains.
When as67 launched, its user base was concentrated almost entirely in Dhaka — specifically in the educated, digitally connected neighbourhoods of Gulshan, Banani, Dhanmondi, and Mirpur. The first six months were essentially a Dhaka-only story, which reflected the reality of mobile internet penetration in Bangladesh at the time.
The Nagad integration in 2019 was the catalyst for genuine national expansion. Nagad's postal-office-backed agent network reached districts where bKash had limited physical presence, and as67 saw its first significant player cohorts emerge from Rajshahi, Rangpur, Mymensingh, and Barisal divisions within weeks of the Nagad launch. By the end of 2019, Chittagong had become the platform's second-largest player city — driven partly by the port city's large population of young professionals and partly by the strong cricket culture in the region.
Today, as67 has active registered players in all eight administrative divisions of Bangladesh. Sylhet — with its proud cricket heritage and large diaspora population — has grown particularly strongly since 2021. Cox's Bazar, Khulna, and the Chattogram Hill Tracts have all seen accelerating player growth as smartphone penetration and 4G coverage have expanded into previously underserved areas.
Active Player Presence by Division
From Dhaka to Cox's Bazar — as67 serves players in every corner of Bangladesh
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