Vetting an HR or Screening Vendor Before They Touch Licensing Data
The Problem Most operators bring in an HR or background-screening vendor the way they would bring in any other supplier,…
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Fundamentals
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Evaluating a Responsible Gambling Monitoring Vendor
The Problem Most operators now accept that behavioural analytics, affordability and risk scoring, and self-exclusion technology are no longer nice…
Problem Gambling and Gambling Harm Are Not the Same Thing
The Problem A board sitting in front of a player protection update usually sees one headline figure: the proportion of…
Building a Compliance Career Path Inside an Operator
The Problem Most operators can tell you who is running compliance today, but ask where that person’s replacement is coming…
How a Safer Gambling Alert Turns Into a Risk Case File
The Problem An alert firing on a customer account is not a decision but a starting point, and the gap…
Vetting a Senior Hire in Africa, South America and the Gulf
• South Africa licenses gambling employees at the provincial level through boards such as Gauteng and the Western Cape, so…
Vetting a Senior Gambling Hire in Europe (Part 2 of 2)
• The US has no federal gaming licence, so vetting runs state by state. A compliance director covering a Nevada…
Vetting a Senior Gambling Hire in Europe (Part 1 of 2)
• In the UK, Malta and now Gibraltar, a senior gambling hire cannot start the job until a regulator has…
What fit and proper means to a regulator
Most nomination committees treat fit and proper as a one-time background check conducted at the point of appointment, then filed…
What a ransomware attack actually costs an operator
Ask a board what a ransomware attack costs, and the answer that comes back first is almost always the ransom…
What Vulnerability Actually Means to a Gambling Regulator
Ask most compliance teams to describe a vulnerable customer, and you get a version of crisis: someone who has clearly…
US Prediction Markets: Board Briefing Framework
Prediction markets moved from niche experiment to boardroom agenda item in under 18 months. If your leadership team hasn’t asked…