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IAGA SUMMIT New York 2017


Nevada Gaming Control Board The Esports Integrity Coalition (ESIC) has signed an information sharing Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGBC). The MOU allows the two organisations to share information about suspicious bets and other information related to betting fraud and match manipulation in esports without further formality. This facilitates the real time exchange of vital data aimed at preventing corruption in esports and enhances the activities of ESIC and its other betting and regulatory partners globally as they work together to combat betting fraud in esports.


Ryan Morrison: Same answer as above. And it's esports. Te capital S can start wars!


What are regulators currently doing to protect players and ensure operators are abiding to the rules set out in gambling legislation?


Ryan Morrison: In esports? Nothing I'm aware of, outside the Washington State Gambling Commission poking at Valve. Eager to see where that goes.


Ian Smith: Good regulators are doing a great deal (UGGC and Nevada GCB spring immediately to mind) and others are decades behind – there is a lot of ignorance about what esports is and, therefore, what gambling on it entails. Is it akin to sports betting and should it be regulated as such? I would say an emphatic “Yes”, but it’s pretty funny how difficult a question that is for some people – semantics is a strange hurdle to get stuck behind while gambling on esports grows exponentially and the threat to esports integrity grows at the same speed.


Should eSports games by controlled in the same way as gambling products, requiring certification from testing laboratories?


Ian Smith: No. Games are not designed for gambling – gamble on games at your own risk.


Ryan Morrison: Gambling through casinos or bookies should be regulated similarly. Otherwise esports should be untouched by government bodies.


How should the industry deal with unlicensed websites jumping on the back of popular video games and encouraging players to gamble?


Ryan Morrison: Te game publishers, governments, and anyone else possible should stop it from happening. Can you get them all? Of course not. But Tom Syndicate, one of Britain's most popular internet


stars, got away with this scott free. Tat's embarrassing for everyone.


Ian Smith: Tis is a commercial question for each publisher to answer depending on the perceived commercial damage the sites are doing to them. On the other side, the issue of illegal gambling websites is an issue for regulators. Te big problem here is that gambling regulation is stuck in the 19th century as it tries to deal with a 21st century challenge. A person can operate a gambling site from a laptop anywhere in the world. Regulators are stuck with borders and lengthy and expensive legal procedures – we’ve all got a long way to go in dealing with these problems and it’s not fair to put the whole burden on the publishers, although some are more complicit that other, of course, when it comes to facilitating gambling, even inadvertently.


The UK Gambling Commission believes that the existing regulatory framework, rigourously applied, is sufficient to mitigate the risks of eSports “even where they do manifest themselves differently.” Do you agree?


Ian Smith: Yes – I thought their response to the consultation was very sensible.


Ryan Morrison: Nope! Hard to explain how different they are in a few sentences, but I think it's the height of lunacy to pretend esports, its fanbase, or its match making system parallels traditional sports in more than superficial ways.


eSports integrity is highlighted as a particularly difficult issue to address without overwatch - ongoing risk assessments, monitoring of suspicious betting activity, codes of conduct and rules on integrity, effective investigation of misconduct with penalties and fines, player education programmes; and transparent controls governing commercial agreements between companies and eSports teams.


Esports Integrity Commissioner Ian Smith said, “We are delighted that the Nevada Board have agreed to work with us as they start their journey in the regulation of esports wagering. The GCB is the gold standard in the regulation of sports betting in the US and it has already been a pleasure working with them. Adding the experience and vital information of our other partners in the information exchange to the Board’s intelligence database and vice versa will undoubtedly strengthen all our efforts considerably.”


Nevada Gaming Control Board Chairman, AG Burnett, added, “As wagering on esports grows in Nevada, it is important for the GCB to work with integrity-focused groups such as ESIC. This MOU will allow for the exchange of information and sharing of data that goes toward our mutual goals of ensuring wagering on esports is done safely, with integrity and a focus on removing the chances of issues arising with esports betting.”


IAGA


The International Association of Gaming Advisors (IAGA) will hold its 36th annual International Gaming Summit May 30-June 1, 2017 at the JW Marriott Essex House, New York, US.


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