Lewis Pek Editor
Comment
June 2019
In a month packed with amazing interviews, including the former Governor of Nevada, Brian Sandoval, the former head of the Control Board of Nevada, AG Burnett, and an exclusive interview with the new CEO of Olympic Entertainment Group, Corey Plummer - one of the most unexpected, left-field interviews was with Juan Espinosa Garcia, Director-General for the Spanish Directorate General for Gambling Regulation.
The topic he’s sharing at the IAGA Summit at the start of June is Artificial Intelligence - great when Alexa making an order from JustEat - not so great when’s it’s wrestling control from pilots. What’s interesting, talking to Mr. Espinosa, is that he’s taking his thoughts on AI from Spain over to California, the home of Silicon Valley and the space in which arguably more is being done with AI than anywhere else in the world. What Mr. Espinosa brings is the experience of regulators in Europe who have been mixing AI with gambling, and the protection of personal data. In America, where the constitution is always quoted as protecting citizens, unfortunately the founding fathers didn’t foresee AI - and there is no equivalent GDPR law in the United States.
THE USE OF AI NEED NOT BE NEGATIVE. INTERVENTIONS CAN BE PRE-PROGRAMMED INTO THE ALGORYTHMS TO IDENTIFY ISSUES
Abuse of such power has seen tech companies in the US insidiously hit the news last month for aggregating data from fitness apps and selling the information to companies regarding the health of employees. An algorithm works out the likelihood of an insurance claim based on health scores and even shares pregnancy details. In the realm of gaming, online operators and credit card companies are already using AI to track players, noting their choices in order to rank potential gaming spend, with algorithms changing the relationship between players and operators. Moving to an online model for sports-betting in the US with such ‘low bar’ protections and unfettered AI use, means the potential for abuse is high.
However, as Mr. Espinosa points out, the use of AI need not be negative. Interventions can be pre-programmed into the algorithms to identify issues and head-off problematic behaviour. It doesn’t have to be a dystopian vision of the future in which AI is used to make things much worse, but rather create a safer environment for players. That said, there’s always the fear that so much control is being handed to ‘unfeeling’ machines by entities driven by the need to satisfy investors, rather than have the best interest of players at heart. This is where strong regulation plays a part and where hopefully Mr. Espinosa’s message will be clearly understood.
EDITORIAL
G3 Magazine Editor Lewis Pek
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Espinosa Garcia, Vasilios Chrios, Hermio Ozaeta Jr., Maire
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