UNLV’s International Center for Gaming Regulation is forming a regulators organization to discuss sports betting policy issues.
Jennifer Roberts, associate director of the UNLV International Center for Gaming Regulation and an adjunct law instructor at UNLV’s William S. Boyd School of Law, is coordinating the forum.
Stakeholders include state gaming and lottery regulators; tribal regulators; state and federal law enforcement; sports leagues and athletic conferences; and sports betting operators.
Roberts said the intention is for the group to meet on a regular basis to provide reports and updates on sports betting in legal jurisdictions and to provide dialogue and guidance that may benefit the sports betting industry.
“The primary goal of this Forum is to ensure that sports betting in the U.S. is conducted with integrity free from criminal and corruptive elements,” Roberts said.
The organization was formed following a US House of Representatives subcommittee meeting in late September that discussed legalized sports betting and whether the federal government should intervene. During last week’s Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas, the US State Gaming Regulators Forum came together to create the US Sports Betting Forum.
