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US – IAGR names Birgitte Sand as new President
By Phil - 26. studenoga 2014
The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR) has announced its 2014 to 2015 Officers/Trustees at the 2014 Annual Business Meeting held in Philadelphia, USA in conjunction with its annual conference.
Ms. Birgitte Sand of Denmark was inducted as President during the association’s conference in Philadelphia. Ms. Sand is the Director of the Danish Gambling Authority. Mr. Bheki Mlambo of South Africa was inducted as Vice President of IAGR. Mr. Mlambo is the Chief Executive Officer of the Mpumalanga Gambling Board. Treasurer A.G. Burnett, Chairman of the Nevada State Gaming Control Board, and Secretary Trude Felde, Senior Advisor of the Norwegian Gambling and Foundation Authority, retained their respective offices for the next two years. In addition, four new Trustees were elected to the Board.
The 2014-2015 Officers/Trustees are:
Birgitte Sand, Director, Danish Gambling Authority (President)
Bheki Mlambo, Chief Executive Officer, Mpumalanga Gambling Board (South Africa) (Vice President)
A.G. Burnett, Chairman, Nevada Gaming Control Board (Treasurer)
Blair Cairncross, izvršni direktor, Novozelandska komisija za igre na sreću
Dale Fuga, Chief Operating Officer, Liquor and Gaming Authority of Manitoba
Susan Hensel, direktorica licenciranja, Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board
David Rebuck, direktor, New Jersey Odsjek za provođenje igara na sreću
Michael Sarquis, izvršni direktor Ureda za regulaciju pića i igara na sreću Queenslanda
Håkan Hallstedt, Director General, Swedish Gambling Authority (incoming Board member)
Jerry See, Chief Executive, Casino Regulatory Authority of Singapore (incoming Board member)
Fortune Sekgaphane, Chief Executive Officer, North West Gambling Board (South Africa) (incoming Board member)
Nick Tofiluk, Director of Regulatory Operations, Gambling Commission (United Kingdom) (incoming Board member)
The conference, which was held October 27 to 29, 2014, gathered over 200 attendees from 32 countries. Among the topics covered during the conference were:
• Bitcoin: Regulating the Next Generation Payment Solution
• Problem Gambling – A Glimpse Around the World
• Current & Future Trends in Social Gaming
• Testing; Probity & Investigations
• Audit & Compliance
• Internet Gambling; Integrity in Sportsbettting
• Is Horse Racing a Dying Industry?
• How to Build a Gambling Authority; and The Future of Gaming – 2014, 2015 and Beyond.
The conference featured an opening address from Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter and special keynote address by Kevin Slavin of the MIT Media Lab.
Započet 1980-ih, IAGR radi na unapređenju djelotvornosti i učinkovitosti regulacije igara na sreću u cijelom svijetu i pruža forum na kojem se regulatori igara na sreću iz raznih zemalja mogu sastati, razmijeniti mišljenja i informacije te raspravljati o pitanjima politike.
Osim toga, IAGR stvara sredstvo za poticanje suradnje između regulatora igara na sreću u obavljanju njihovih službenih dužnosti i središnja je točka kontakta za upite vlada, regulatornih agencija i osoblja za igre na sreću te predstavnika međunarodne industrije igara na sreću.
IAGR will hold its next annual conference in Lima, Peru, October 2015.
