Responsible Gaming is a longstanding priority for lotteries
The panel session on Innovations and Global Perspectives in Responsible Gambling, examined the latest trends in responsible gambling programs worldwide and how the industry is addressing the negative community impacts of betting, including player health and youth protections, and compared international approaches to self-exclusion.
It considered funding models for research, prevention, and treatment, offering a candid look at what works, and doesn’t, across different jurisdictions.
Sarah Taylor, Executive Director of the Hoosier Lottery, and Chair of the WLA CSR Committee, joined a high-level panel on responsible gambling innovations. Alongside regulators and operators from across the globe, Taylor contributed the lottery sector's perspective to discussions on player protection, RG funding models and self-exclusion programs.
Asked directly about the WLA's role in supporting lotteries' RG efforts, Taylor highlighted how the Association helps members develop and expand their programs. Her participation underscored a key message:
Responsible gambling is not a recent priority for lotteries. It is embedded in their operating model and public interest mission. From funding models to player protection frameworks, lotteries have long led by example.
Moderated by David Whyte, a Partner with Harris Hagan, other panelists included:
- Stephen Martino, Chief Compliance Officer, MGM International
- Sarah McCarthy, CEO, Responsible Gambling Council, Canada
- Jamie McKelvey, Deputy Attorney General and Responsible Gaming Coordinator, New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement
- Kane Purdy, Managing Director, Gamesys Operations Limited, and Chair, GamProtect, UK
On the agenda
The event covered many other topics, among others:
- Prediction markets
- Balancing regulation with constant change
- Sports integrity and combating match fixing
- Compliance programs
- The ethics of AI: legal perspectives and best practices in gaming
- Combating illegal markets using data-driven strategies with real results
- Advertising versus responsibility
