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Some 50 days since joining iGaming Ontario as the president/CEO of the conductor and manager of the province’s competitive sports betting and online gambling market, Joseph Hillier was our guest on the Gaming News Canada Show presented by Bede Gaming.
Hillier, who was introduced as Martha Otton’s success at the end of August and joined iGO in early September, talked about the process that led him to accept the position and leave the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario after 19 months as the AGCO’s chief strategy officer and corporate secretary. And how he can parlay his experience at the AGCO, and in the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General during the time the province’s private sector-driven igaming market was created around the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
We also asked the new boss about the first weeks in his new office and his priorities, which we highlighted in the newsletter just days before Hillier’s start date – including the implementation of improved technology (especially with regards to data collection and reporting mechanisms), a long-awaited centralized self-exclusion program and improved protocols around anti-money laundering.
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Preventing Money Laundering in Canada’s Online Gaming & Sports Betting Industry
The prevention of money laundering in the Canadian gambling industry, especially in the still-young world of online gaming and sports wagering, is a hot-button issue with all stakeholders.
To dig into the topic, with suggestions to bring Canada’s anti-money laundering laws in sync with the new world of gaming, a new episode of the Get to Know Canadian Gaming podcast brought together CGA President/CEO Paul Burns and Senior Advisor Amanda Brewer, and Derek Ramm – the Global Head of Advisory Services for Kinectify and a member of the CGA board of directors.
Ramm, who has an extensive background in AML issues including time with the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario, shone a spotlight on the current laws in Canada and the concerns with them from the gaming industry. Burns talked about the current efforts by the Canadian Gaming Association to advocate changes to the laws with the federal government, and working with stakeholders to do business under the current laws. Brewer, who hosted a panel on AML at the Canadian Gaming Summit in June, discussed the key takeaways from that discussion.
The panel also weighed in on the current AML landscape in the Ontario market, and the conversations that are taking place around the imminent opening of a regulated, competitive marketplace in Alberta.
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