News – Letter from the President
IGSA Regulatory Outreach
The IGSA Regulatory Committee, at the request of its Chair, held a special session where the Chairs of the Cyber Resiliency, Ethical AI, and Emerging Technology committees provided an update on their activities. The Regulatory Committee is only open to members of the Regulatory community, who may participate in the committee without having to formally join IGSA.
Following the update, IGSA received a request from several regulatory authorities seeking to ask members of the Cyber Resiliency Committee direct questions on what they should consider when crafting cyber security requirements. This led to a special meeting of the Cyber Security Committee, allowing regulators to attend and to ask those questions.
The hour-long meeting went by quickly, and there was a very good exchange of questions and answers, as well as thoughtful insight and idea sharing. We encourage regulatory authorities to ask for similar meetings related to any IGSA committee, Standard, or Best Practice. We look forward to hosting similar meetings in the future.
News You Can Use!
IGSA Annual Meeting October 8 2025
Members, partners and the public are invited to join IGSA for its 2025 Annual Meeting, held in conjunction with the G2E trade show in Las Vegas, NV:
The Venetian Resort and Casino – The Expo Halls
3355 Las Vegas Blvd., South
Las Vegas, NV 89109 USA
The meeting will be held in the meeting rooms just outside of the show floor.
Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2025
Meeting Room: Casanova 501
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. (Pacific Time)
Breakfast: 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m.
Register here for the Annual Meeting!
IGSA Technical Summit (GSATS) November 12-13 2025
We are very excited and honored to announce that Mr. Mike Dreitzer, Chairman of the Nevada Gaming Control Board, will be giving the GSATS Opening Day Keynote address.
Chairman Dreitzer has had an amazing career in the gaming industry and brings years of experience as a C-suite member for several gaming companies, both in gaming law and gaming compliance.
We’d like to give a big thank you to our sponsors whose generosity is allowing GSATS to be free for all attendees this year:
- Platinum – Eclipse Compliance Testing;
- Gold – Aristocrat, Konami, Light & Wonder, and VISA;
- Silver – Continent 8, Gaming Laboratories International;
- Hospitality – Howard & Howard and INTEL.
We have a great agenda and are quickly filling the speaker / panelist / moderator spots.
In addition to Mr. Dreitzer, other confirmed speakers include:
— Steve Bonilla, Wynn | Encore Resorts & Casinos — Chris Fleenor, OH CCC
— Travis Foley, BMM — Rita Garry, Howard & Howard — Nick Farley, Eclipse Compliance Testing
— Christopher Granger, VISA — Cynthia Hays, FireKeepers Casino Hotel
— Matt Holt, former IC360 Andrew Crowe, Nuvei — Martin Lycka, former Entain — Jonathan Michaels, Michaels Strategies — Shane ODonnel, Centric Consulting
— Michelle Prince-Glenn, CentralAMS — Nimish Purohit, Aristocrat Technologies — Rich Rader, Umpqua Indian Development Corp. — Karl Rempel, AGCO
— Tonya Roedell, Broader Reach Consulting — Jennifer Shatley, ROGA
— Brian Teuscher, INTEL — Joe Watkins, Worldpay.
Register here for FREE GSATS tickets!
If you are interested in being a Sponsor or a Speaker, please contact Mark at mpace@igsa.org or Michelle at michelleo@igsa.org.
COMMITTEE UPDATES
ETHICAL AI
The Ethical AI committee did not meet in August due to vacations and other commitments. The next meeting will occur in September.
CYBER RESILIENCY
The Cyber Resiliency committee last met on July 29th and, as described above, held a special session to address regulatory authority questions. The next meeting is September 9, 2025.
EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
The Emerging Technologies committee last met on July 29th and agreed to tackle Blockchain, also known as Distributed Ledger, technology. Given the recent signing of the Genius Act and renewed interest in Cryptocurrencies, the committee believes that creating a data dictionary of terms and definitions and a set of Best Practices, would be of great benefit to regulators. The committee will meet again in September.
PAYMENTS
The Payments committee had a KYC 2.0 workgroup kick-off meeting. Several committee members participated and discussed the areas of KYC that require updating. The Payments Committee will have meetings in September.
RESPONSIBLE GAMING
Progress is being made on creating a coalition of organizations working in the player protection space to define terms, align messaging, and collaborate on providing education, tools and services to the industry. Please stay tuned!
Eligible Members wishing to participate in any committees should send a request to michelleo@igsa.org.
UPCOMING IGSA & INDUSTRY EVENTS
- Ethical AI Committee Meeting – September TBD
- Cyber Resiliency Committee Meeting – September 9
- Payments Committee Meeting – September TBD
- Emerging Technologies Committee – September TBD
- Board of Directors Meeting – No meeting in September
- G2E 2025 – Las Vegas, NV | October 6 – 9
- IGSA 2025 Annual Meeting – Las Vegas, NV | October 8
- IAGR 2025 – Toronto, Canada | October 20 – 23
- GSATS 2025 – Phoenix, AZ | November 11 – 12
- ICE 2026 – Barcelona, Spain | January 19 – 21
Non-IGSA events underlined indicate IGSA personnel will be attending / speaking at the event
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