INSIGHT IAGA SUMMIT BOSTON - JUNE 27-29, 2022
James, the issue of cross-border licensing has been a perennial topic for at least the past three decades. What are the challenges at play preventing greater progress?
I wouldn’t describe them as challenges; I would describe them as beneficial and necessary differences. First, let’s backtrack just a bit. Regulators have made great progress in this area over the past 30 years. For example, around issues such as licensing, regulators all collect a subset of the standard data that factually enables their decision-making on licensing. Tey are drawing from the same data pool and do work together in terms of determining suitability for companies and their licenses.
While the forms used around the world are similar, but not identical, this has helped to streamline things for most companies. For instance, at GLI, we have a team of just three people who submit background for our company in more than 480 jurisdictions and for 1,500 employees. Let’s talk numbers to further illustrate the point. In just the past year, that team processed 1,000 forms related to 230 corporate licences, 1,030 individual licences, and 400 annual licences. Tat volume simply would not be possible if all the forms were completely different.
It's safe to say great strides have been made in the licensing process, and decisions are much more consistent than might first meet the eye. So when we talk about challenges in cross- border licensing, we are most likely talking about some inconsistencies that may arise from time to time based on legislative differences, and it’s our position at GLI that those differences are necessary.
It is important to note that the differences in process or decisions don’t start with regulation – they start with policy in the local jurisdictions amongst lawmakers. Tat policy becomes legislation; and then that legislation becomes regulation. It’s only then that regulators must try to unify their processes with the rest of the world while upholding the policy given to them. As an industry, we are better when we embrace the fact that individual states, provinces, tribes, and other governmental entities express their local values in their regulation. It is critical that industry discussions around regulation must start before legislation is adopted, as it is often too late during the regulatory rule adoption process.
What are the significant developments down this path that have proved useful/positive – and where and why were they introduced?
Tere are two key areas that help suppliers in this area. Te first is a unified licensing application that IAGR and other regulatory groups champion and drive. Te next are GLI standards, which are used worldwide by regulators and by suppliers in development. Tis is an area of passion for us at GLI, and we continually update standards based on evolving technologies and other factors. Tis helps to give
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INSIGHT IAGA SUMMIT BOSTON - JUNE 27-29, 2022 Crossing
Borders Licensing
As gaming continues to expand internationally and products and services become more diverse and cross more borders, is it time for the industry’s regulators to work together to streamline and harmonise gaming licence
applications and product testing requirements? At the IAGA Summit in Boston, GLI’s James Maida tackles this subject with a host of regulatory experts.
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