Welcome to Vancouver, B.C.! - from President Rick Saville
The North American Gaming Regulators Association (NAGRA) will be celebrating its 26th year in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Situated on the Pacific Ocean with the stunning backdrop of the coastal mountain range, Vancouver is considered one of the most beautiful cities in North America and was recently host to the 2010 Winter Olympics.
In this spectacular setting, the Vancouver BC 2010 NAGRA Conference, June 26-30, will cover the rapidly expanding technological and innovative changes in both land-based and internet gaming. Government sanctioned internet gaming, now common in Europe, is operating in limited form in six of the ten provinces of Canada, and is being viewed with great interest by a number of American states. The British Columbia Lottery Corporation, operating as BCLC, provides some forms of internet gaming to residents of the province, and has recently announced its intention to provide new offerings via the internet, including games that may be conducted in two or more provinces pursuant to inter-provincial agreements. This and other significant topics will provide the basis for one of the most informative NAGRA conferences ever!
The NAGRA conference will provide regulatory members and industry trade affiliates with extensive information and education from both the legal, regulatory, technical and responsible gaming perspectives on state and provincial gaming. Come and learn about the innovation in gaming in British Columbia, a comparison of internet gaming law in Europe, the United States and Canada, cyber-crime and the internet gambling environment, strategies for detecting insider-win fraud in state and provincial lotteries, anti-money laundering strategies for casinos, conducting more effective regulatory due diligence, new developments in charitable bingo, and meeting the challenges of player protection and responsible gaming.
In addition, don’t forget to sign up for the June 26, 2010, pre-conference training session focusing on investigating organized sports bookmaking operations conducted by Tom Oberweiser, Supervising Investigator, with the Montana Gambling Investigation Bureau. Tom’s extensive knowledge and more than 20 years of gambling investigative experience will take you through the steps of detecting and investigating illegal sports betting operations. The training session will provide 8 CPE hours of instruction.
The Board of Directors of NAGRA look forward to welcoming you to Vancouver. We can promise you a very rewarding and educational experience, along with the opportunity to network with colleagues and learn best practices from across North America.
The Conference Features:
Many of our conference topics concern present and future issues and events in the gaming world, including:
Gaming in British Columbia
The Law of Internet Gaming: A Comparison between Europe, the United States, and Canada
Virtual Villainy: Cyber-fraud, Cyber-extortion and the Internet Gambling Environment
Responsible Gaming Standards for Gaming Venues
Technical Developments in Software and Verification
What are the Hot-Button Issues on Internet Gaming?
Scratch Ticket Security and Regulation
New Bingo Games, Technology and Software
Lotteries – A Review of Insider Wins
RFID Chip Technology in Table Games
Bingo Scam
Anti-Money Laundering Strategies
New National Indian Gaming Commission Leadership
Internet Gaming Technical Standards
What is New in the World of Pull Tabs
Due Diligence Case Study
Responsible Gaming and Self-Exclusion Rules
Online Regulatory Compliance
The Internet Gaming Task Force will be meeting in conjunction with NAGRA and offering insight into the Internet Gaming world. In addition, there will be a pre-conference training session on Investigation Sports Bookmaking Operations.
Pre-Conference Training Session:
Organized Sports Bookmaking - Saturday, June 26, 2010: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Organized Sports Bookmaking This presentation is intended to be a recognition course for all law enforcement and regulatory agencies as well as an introduction to the basic methods and functions of any sports bookmaking operation. At the end of this 8 hour workshop, attendees will be able to describe the basics of a bookmaking operation, to use and understand the terms associated with bookmaking, and to recognize the accoutrements and conduct of an organized bookmaking operation. The course will emphasize the dangers sports bookmaking poses to amateur and professional sports and to athletes themselves and why it has become so important to educate law enforcement, sports officials, coaches, players, teachers, counselors and parents about this organized criminal enterprise.
Qualifies for 8 CPE hours.
Pre-Conference Training Fees: $100 if also registering for the full conference and you're a NAGRA member; $175 if also registering for the full conference and you're a non-member; $225 for training session only (Not attending full conference).
NAGRA - North American Gaming Regulators Association 1000 Westgate Drive, Ste. 252, St. Paul, MN 55114 Telephone 651-203-7244 / Fax 651-290-2266
