News – Letter from the President
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:
Rob Bolton, Continent 8 — Steve Bonilla, Wynn Las Vegas
Joe Bunevith, GLI — Tim Cotton, NIGC
Andrew Crowe, Nuvei — Jeremy Eberwein, NVGCB
Nick Farley, Eclipse Compliance Testing — Chris Fleenor, OH CCC
Travis Foley, BMM — Rita Garry, Howard & Howard
Christopher Granger, VISA — Cynthia Hays, FireKeepers Casino Hotel —
Matt Holt, former IC360 — Kevin Kealy, Light & Wonder
Martin Lycka, former Entain — Jonathan Michaels, Michaels Strategies
Victor Newsom, IGT — Shane ODonnel, Centric Consulting
Michelle Prince-Glenn, CentralAMS — Nimish Purohit, Aristocrat Technologies
Rich Rader, Umpqua Indian Development Corp. — Sangeeta Reddy, GLI
Karl Rempel, AGCO — Paul Resch, PAGCB
Errol Rice, Konami — Tonya Roedell, Broader Reach Consulting
Jennifer Shatley, ROGA — Jared Swimmer, Continent 8
Brian Teuscher, INTEL — Joe Watkins, Worldpay — Rose Zwirn, Sightline
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.
MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
Coming Soon to the IGSA Newsletter!
The Member Spotlight section will focus on how IGSA Members are using IGSA Standards and Best Practices, why they believe Standards and Best Practices are important, and share their ideas for other areas of technology or gaming industry processes may benefit from Standardization or the creation of Best Practices. We will be interviewing our Members in alphabetical order by Membership Level.
If you are a Member, start thinking about what you want to share when it’s your company’s turn to be in the Member Spotlight section!
COMMITTEE UPDATES
ETHICAL AI
The Ethical AI committee met on September 29, and continued working on the Definitions section of the FAQ. The discussion has identified some additional Best Practices that may need to be created, especially ones dealing with AI-based applications built on top of third-party black-box AI tools. The next meeting will be in late October.
CYBER RESILIENCY
The Cyber Resiliency committee last met on September 9 and 23, and is moving forward rapidly on Best Practices. The committee has reached consensus on several. The next meeting date is to be decided.
EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
The Emerging Technologies committee met on September 22, and continues to make progress on defining how the BMM-donated Blockchain Standard can be converted into Best Practices regarding usage and testing. One of the challenges is to explain Blockchain without overly relying on highly technical language. The next meeting will be announced later in October.
PAYMENTS
The Payments committee’s KYC 2.0 workgroup has been meeting regularly, and have defined the scope of the work they intend to tackle. They expect to create a number of case studies, with the first one outlining KYC protocols at the federal level and KYC state gaming policies. In addition to the workgroup, the Payments Committee will look to meet in late October.
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 – October TBD
- Cyber Resiliency Committee Meeting – October TBD
- Payments Committee Meeting – October TBD
- Emerging Technologies Committee – October TBD
- Board of Directors Meeting – October 21
- 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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