Expert Insights from IAGA Members and Partners
With a worldwide membership that includes experts across all gaming industry areas of expertise, we are pleased to offer this forum for them to share updates, insights and more. Have something you feel needs to be shared with the industry? Submit it here!

May 2020

• Maryland Enacts Sports Betting Legislation, ‘Stripped-Down’ Due to COVID-19. Insight provided by Mark Hichar, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig.
• New British Gambling Commission Guidance for Online Operators. Insight provided by Jessica Wilson, Associate, Harris Hagan
• Virginia Legislature Passes Casino Gaming and Sports Betting Bills. Insight provided by CJ Fisher, Partner and Robert Baldassarre, Associate, with Fox Rothschild
• Would gaming industry regulatory affairs be under the Secretary for Security? Insight provided by Pedro Cortés, Senior Partner at Rato, Ling, Lei & Cortés – Advogados
• Nevada’s Preliminary Finding of Suitability for New Gaming Market Entrants. Insight provided by Mark Clayton, Shareholder and Erica Okerberg, Associate, Greenberg Traurig
• Private Equity Investments in the Nevada Gaming Industry
  Insight provided by Mark Clayton, Shareholder and Erica Okerberg, Associate, Greenberg Traurig

April 2020

• Online Gambling Faces a Pivotal Moment. Insight provided by David Clifton, Director, Clifton Davies Consultancy Limited
• What to Expect in the Macau Gaming Industry During 2020? Insight provided by Pedro Cortés, Senior Partner, Rato, Ling, Lei & Cortes

March 2020

• Illegal & Unregulated Gambling in America: How New Game Designs are Eroding State and Tribal Public Policy. Insight provided by Kevin Mullally, Vice President of Government Relations and General Counsel, GLI
• Macau - Why Not? Could Online Gaming be a Pain Killer to Mitigate the Economic Impact of a Virus Outbreak. Insight provided by Carlos Eduardo Coelho, Senior Associate, MdME Lawyers, Macao.
• Compliance Committee: Caring How Business is Done. Insight provided by BMM Testlabs. 

February 2020

• Coronavirus and Contract Performance - Macau Perspective. Update provided by MdMe Lawyers, Macau, ROC
  

January 2020

• Record 26 Million Americans to Wager on Super Bowl LIV. Update provided by David Forman, Senior Director - Research, American Gaming Association.
• Generation Z by the Names and Numbers. Insights provided by Robin Bernhard, Director of Channel Operations at RG24seven and BMM Test Labs. 
• Massachusetts Law & Practice Update in Chambers and Partners Global Practice Guide. Update provided by Mark Hichar, Preston Barclay, Amanda Carney and Thomas Richardson, Greenberg Traurig

December 2019

• Gaming in the Digital Age: Expansion and Risk Considerations. Update provided by Elise Lebourg, Manager and Bob Boyle, Senior Manager, Forensic & Integrity Services practice of EY
• Sports Betting & AML: Don't Gamble On Compliance. Update provided by Vasilios P. Chrisos, Partner; Melissa Jameson, Director; and  Abby Singley, Senior Associate - Financial Services Advisory, PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services
  

November 2019

• E-Sports Betting - A New Addition to the Sports Betting Menu in New Jersey. Submitted by CJ Fisher, Partner, and Harry S. Jackson III, Associate in the Gaming Department at Fox Rothschild. 
• Observations on the Gaming Industry: Business-2-Business Anti-money Laundering Risks and Trends. Submitted by Fiona Davies, Head of Gaming - Risk Intelligence, Acuris Risk Intelligence. 
• What's Happening in Ireland. Submitted by Joe Kelly, Partner, and J.J. McLoughlin, Solicitor, A & L Goodbody
• Macau - New Regulations on Overseas Gaming Activities. Submitted by Rui Pinto Proença, Partner and José Leitão, Partner, MdME Lawyers, Macau.
• Using The Right Data, The Right Way To Identify Risk In Gaming. Submitted by Michael Carter, Senior Director, Alvarez & Marsal.