25/06/2019 |  In order to discuss the next steps to regulate the Brazilian gaming market, Marcelo Costa, executive secretary of the São Paulo Tourism Secretariat, moderated the panel in which participated the Senator Roberto Rocha (MA), parliamentary advisors Magnho José and Bráulio Melo , and the federal deputy Evandro Roman (PR). There were mixed opinions about the installation of casinos only at integrated resorts and also outside them.

25/06/2019 |  Óscar Madureira, a lawyer for Rato Ling Lei & Cortés, moderated the panel that debated how a regulatory agency could be made feasible when regulating gaming activity. To address the issue, he invited Sissel Weitzhandler, Play'n GO compliance director; Alberto Alfieri, COO of Bet Entertainment; Georges Didier, head of government relations and business development at GLI; and Russell Mifsud, associate director of KPMG.

25/06/2019 |  Daniel Homem de Carvalho, secretary of the OAB Special Gaming Commission, moderated the closing panel of BGC 2019 that addressed the possibilities of the sector to combat inequality in Brazil. Kelly Mattos, president of Loterj; Iuri Ribeiro Castro, executive director of Caixa's Lotteries, and Filipe Rodrigues, general director of the Institute for Governance and Integrity in Sport, confirmed the creation of a special company for Caixa's Lotteries.

26/06/2019 |  The Seychelles Financial Services Authority (FSA) has chosen Gaming Laboratories International to perform a wide-ranging advisory project. The goal of the advisory engagement is to assist the FSA by facilitating the most efficient and effective oversight of the three gambling activities in the Seychelles it currently administers. GLI has been working with the FSA since 2016, previously conducting training and on-site inspection of gaming devices and systems.

24/06/2019 |  With Sérgio Alvarenga (Chairman of the Board of Intralot Brasil), Witoldo Hendrich Junior (Chief Legal Officer of Online IPS & Founder of Hendrich) and Percy Wilman, special adviser to Betgenius’ Genius Sports, the panel "Sportsbook Lessons" moderated by James Kilsby, vice president for the Americas at GamblingCompliance, discussed the practices of building a Sports Betting Platform in Brazil.

24/06/2019 |  The opening of the 6th Brazilian Gaming Congress featured a welcome speech by Federal Deputy Herculano Passos, a historic advocate of the gaming industry as a tool for the development of tourism in Brazil. "Currently, 200,000 Brazilians travel abroad to play in casinos. Also, sports betting needs to be regulated urgently to strengthen sports entities," said Passos.

24/06/2019 |  On the first day of BGC 2019, Daniel Homem de Carvalho, lawyer and member of the Special Committee on Sports, Lottery and Entertainment Law of the OAB, was the moderator of the panel that discussed the current stage of the lotteries, which was attended by Kelly Mattos, president of Loterj; Ronan Moreira, general director of the Lottery of the State of Minas Gerais; and Luiz Felipe Maia, lawyer of Fymsa.

24/06/2019 |  BMM Testlab announced the release of a new, free of charge, verification tool using GSA GAT Directory Signature Calculations. BMM has implemented this standard and has gone one step further by implementing it in its free verification tool, BMM Signatures. "Having this standard in place allows the regulator to utilize one tool for signature verification regardless of which testing laboratory tested the producto,” says Travis Foley, firm’s Chief Operating Officer.

24/06/2019 |  More than nine out of 10 adults in Spain see gambling as a socially acceptable pastime according to a new report published by the country’s leading industry trade group. CEJUEGO’s “Gaming and Society” report shows that 29 million people - 84.8% of people aged 18-75 years old - played one or several types of gambling products in 2018. According to 500 people surveyed, 92% see gaming as a leisure option, likening the money wagered to the price of a ticket for a show.