Pitch! night will provide participants with an opportunity to showcase the next generation of products and services, compliance tools and industry technology solutions, according to organizer Vanguard Overwatch, while presentations on emerging research, practices and trends in industry supervision, safer gambling and anti-money laundering arrangements are also welcomed.

Regulating the Game London 2023 will bring together industry leaders from across the globe to discuss responsible gambling, regulatory policy, and anti-money laundering. September 2023 will see London’s first Regulating the Game conference. The hugely successful immersive 5-day program is already well-established in Australia and focuses on leading-edge research, regulatory policy and practice and ethical leadership in the gambling sector.

September 2023 will see London’s first Regulating the Game conference. The hugely successful immersive 5-day program is already well-established in Australia and focuses on leading edge research, regulatory policy and practice and ethical leadership in the gambling sector.

By Gambling Insider

London's first Regulating the Game conference is set to take place September 2023, event organizers have announced. The immersive 5-day program, already well-established in Australia, focuses on research, regulatory policy and practice and ethical leadership in the gambling sector.

The latest edition of the Regulating the Game conference concluded in Sydney with two keynote addresses, marking the end of an eventful week. The gathering brought together heavyweights from the gaming industry and focused on shaping the future of regulatory practices. Organizers are now bringing the event to London in late September 2023.

Paul Newson, Principal at Vanguard Overwatch and Australian gambling regulation expert, discusses the regulatory journey a gambling market must inevitably undergo - but warns of the risk of over-correction.

Since becoming a dedicated gambling and casino regulator on 1 July last year, the Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission is quickly making its mark, says CEO Annette Kimmitt AM.

Tabcorp’s Managing Director and CEO Adam Rytenskild told industry representatives on Wednesday that the current state-based model of regulation – which sees Tabcorp licensed in seven states and territories while many corporate bookmakers need only be licensed in the Northern Territory – is no longer effective in providing necessary community safeguards.

Australian gaming giant Tabcorp announced a commitment to ending primetime gambling advertising during Sydney's gambling law and regulation conference Regulating the Game. Leaders and specialist practitioners in areas such as financial crime and safer gambling came together for a series of presentations and panel discussions to examine the issues facing the industry, including that of excessive advertising.

Anti-money laundering and responsible gambling were the focus for the second day of Regulating the Game Australia’s leading gambling law and regulation conference in Sydney and today was all about leadership, integrity and ethics.

Watchdog has warned industry officials it had ‘identified serious non-compliance in a number of businesses’

Speaking at the Regulating the Game conference in Sydney this week, Jane Lin – Executive Director, Regulatory Operations and Enforcement, Liquor & Gaming NSW – said a recent blitz by the regulator’s enforcement team found that 80% of NSW venues had “some sort of signage that might indicate the presence of gaming machines inside.”

Leagues clubs want police to issue blanket bans on suspected money launderers from entering licensed venues, as they continue to grapple with the NSW Crime Commission’s finding that billions of dollars in dirty money is flowing through the poker machines in pubs and clubs.

Annette Kimmitt told Inside Asian Gaming that implementation of a strategic plan for Crown’s worst-case scenario was a key initiative of the VGCCC as it prepares to make a decision on the operator’s suitability early next year.

Annette Kimmitt AM, CEO of the Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission (VGCCC) has opened Australia’s leading gaming regulation and compliance conference in Sydney today, highlighting the challenges facing the gaming industry and the role of regulation in fostering a safe and responsible gaming environment.

Ahead of this year’s “Regulating the Game” gambling regulation education program, to be held at ICC Sydney from 6 to 10 March 2023, Inside Asian Gaming catches up with Creina Chapman, Deputy Chair and CEO of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), to discuss their mission against illegal gambling operators.

Exclusive interview.- Earle G. Hall, the CEO of the fintech AXES.ai, gave Focus Gaming News an exclusive interview to talk about the future of the gaming industry and its integration with digital payment methods.

Carl Brincat, CEO at the Malta Gaming Authority, speaks about the gambling sector in Malta, MGA’s strategy and its presence at Regulating the Game in 2023.

Exclusive interview.- Focus Gaming News caught up with Carl Brincat, CEO at the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) to talk about the regulator’s work and strategy, responsible gaming, AML controls and his expectations for Regulating the Game

Former President of the International Association of Gaming Regulators and Vanguard Overwatch regulatory and gambling specialist Paul Newson, said it’s important that all stakeholders are engaged and active in the public square, contributing knowledge and insights, and hearing contrasting perspectives, to best inform public policy thinking and discussions, and help influence efficient and effective regulatory settings to best secure sustainable industry.

Vanguard Overwatch is bringing its unique and specialised gambling policy and regulation program, Regulating the Game, to London, 25 – 29 September 2023 to be held at One Moorgate Place.

The action-packed event, which took place from March 7th to March 11th, was a huge success. The event included multiple partners and key industry players who provided invaluable insights for the gambling regulation.

During a keynote presentation on how Crown has been managing risk in the wake of the various royal commissions and inquiries, Crown Resorts’ chief risk officer Steven Blackburn said that the operator has faced “interesting challenges” when the responsibilities of state and federal regulators overlapped.

Speaking remotely at Regulating The Game 2022, Alan Feldman, a Distinguished Fellow in Responsible Gaming for UNLV’s International Gaming Institute, and Dr. Anatasia Hronis, a Clinical Psychologist and founder of Australian Institute for Human Wellness argue that whilst the industry has been improving, it is still too reactive when it comes to player health and gambling-related harm – intervening only when signs of harm have surfaced.

Crown Resorts’ Group Chief Risk Officer Steven Blackburn concedes the company was guilty of many of the allegations brought by financial crimes watchdog, AUSTRAC, but said extensive work has already been carried out to solve the problems.

Exclusive interview.- Australia is finally opening its borders after nearly two years of a strict no-entry policy on Covid-19, and it comes just in time for what promises to be a ground-breaking international education programme on gambling regulation.

There are just two weeks to go until the long-awaited return of “Regulating the Game”, a 5-day gambling regulatory education program to be held in Sydney, Australia from 7 to 11 March 2022.

We recently interviewed Fiona Cameron, an authority member of the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) and asked about the challenges facing authorities in stamping out illegal online gambling operators in Australia. Cameron will also be speaking at next month’s Regulating the Game 2022, a five-day education program held at the International Convention Center in Sydney from 7-11 March 2022.

Gambling regulation program “Regulating the Game” looks set to welcome international visitors in 2022 following news this week that the New South Wales government will remove quarantine requirements for international arrivals into the state from 1 November.