Leading Australian gambling law and regulation forum Regulating the Game has announced Andy Cunningham, Principal of Praxis Integrity, to the independent judging panel for the 2027 RTG Global Awards – taking the total number of panelists to 12.
Nominations for the 2027 RTG Global Awards, featuring 12 award categories, close on 21 December 2026 with finalists to be announced on 1 February 2027 and winners recognized at the RTG Global Awards Gala Dinner on the evening of 9 March 2027, the second night of the RTG conference.
Cunningham, the latest addition to the judging panel, brings more than 20 years’ experience in sports integrity and has supported sporting bodies, law enforcement agencies, betting regulators and wagering operators around the world in the prevention, detection and investigation of integrity issues and match fixing, according to the event’s organizer.
He is Principal at Praxis Integrity, assisting the sports and wagering industries to protect their stakeholders from integrity threats and gambling harm. He previously led Sportradar’s Integrity Services Partnerships Team for over a decade, working closely with sporting bodies and government agencies globally, including the US major leagues and college sports organizations, Australia’s largest sporting codes, international federations and leading esports publishers. Before Sportradar he spent 10 years heading up Betfair’s integrity team, overseeing the systems and processes used to monitor wagering patterns, identify suspicious activity and report findings to regulators and sports.
He has acted as an expert witness in match fixing disciplinary proceedings and criminal court cases and has testified in US state legislative hearings on sports betting regulation and integrity best practice. He has served on International Olympic Committee, United Nations and Australian government expert working groups on countering corruption in sport.
His appointment therefore adds extensive experience to the assessment of two categories introduced for 2027, the Sport & Wagering Integrity Initiative and the Black-Market Disruption Initiative.
The 2027 judging panel sits outside Regulating the Game and comprises former regulators, sector leaders, integrity specialists and researchers. All 12 judges will review entries across the full program of twelve categories.
The panel as it now stands is:
Khalid Ali, Chief Executive Officer, International Betting Integrity Association
Kai Cantwell, Chief Executive Officer, Responsible Wagering Australia
Peter Cohen, Director of Regulatory Affairs, The Agenda Group
Andy Cunningham, Principal, Praxis Integrity, and former Senior Vice President, Global Partnerships, Integrity Services, Sportradar
Professor Paul Delfabbro, School of Psychology, Adelaide University
Don Hammond, Chief Executive Officer, Leagues Clubs Australia
Richard Howarth, Managing Director for Asia Pacific, Gaming Laboratories International
Tim Miller, Founder and Managing Director, GamReg Consulting, and former Executive Director of the UK Gambling Commission
Tracy Parker, Senior Vice President, Accreditation, Advisory and Insights, Responsible Gambling Council
Dan Rule, General Manager, Regulatory and Compliance, Endeavour Group
Tess Salmon, Principal and Founder, Aube Communications
Dan Waugh, Partner, Regulus Partners
The program doubles from six categories to 12 for 2027. The six returning categories are Leadership Voice, Safer Gambling Champion, Compliance Excellence, RegTech Solution, Community Impact Initiative and Emerging Leader. The six categories introduced for 2027 are Gambling Harm Prevention Campaign, Research Impact, Sport & Wagering Integrity Initiative, Compliance Advisory, Black Market Disruption Initiative, and Distinguished Contribution.
According to the organizer, thes six additions were selected against the policy problems common to regulators and operators in very different jurisdictions: exposure to financial crime, gambling harm, the leakage of activity into illegal markets, the integrity of sport and wagering, and the few who capably bridge research into regulatory and sector practice.
Nominations are open worldwide to individuals, organizations and initiatives with eligible work undertaken or materially advanced within the past 12 months. Self-nominations, third party nominations and joint submissions are all accepted.
“These awards exist to give standing to the stewards of this sector: the people hardening operators and markets against financial crime, lifting compliance and regulatory capability, reducing harm, protecting the integrity of sport and wagering, and carrying research into practice,” said Paul Newson, founder of RTG and Principal at Vanguard Overwatch.
“That work is done carefully and quietly, and sits largely unseen beneath the scrutiny and criticism this sector attracts, and the awards are an attempt to bring it into view.
“The panel brings senior expertise and standing to that assessment. Twelve judges with regulatory, integrity, research and operational experience across several markets assess the categories to which they are assigned. Andy Cunningham brings two decades of sports integrity work conducted at an international level. I would encourage the people doing this work to put it forward, and to do so with confidence.”
To nominate or to read the criteria for each category, visit www.regulatingthegame.com/global-awards or contact Paul and his team at awards@regulatingthegame.com.
