Now in its sixth edition, Regulating the Game has established itself as a forum for rigorous, cross-jurisdictional examination of gambling regulation and sector performance, with a particular focus on how regulatory frameworks, market structures and organisational capability interact in practice. The 2026 program brings together regulators, policymakers, operators, advisers and technology leaders to examine how regulatory intent is translated into operational reality, and how industry systems, governance and behaviours are evolving in response to heightened scrutiny and reform
A Program Framed Around System Performance and Regulatory Reality
The 2026 conference program is structured to move deliberately from context to analysis to application, examining how gambling regulation, market design, organisational capability and leadership interact to shape real-world outcomes. Across three days, the program explores not only the direction of regulatory reform, but how those reforms are absorbed, operationalised and contested within complex gambling environments undergoing sustained scrutiny and change.
Sessions span public policy, regulatory practice, sector performance and innovation, addressing:
- The strategic direction of gambling regulation, enforcement and supervision, and how regulatory posture is evolving post-inquiry and reform
- The operational reality of compliance, including AML/CTF supervision, financial crime risk, and implementation challenges and opportunities
- Safer gambling governance, consumer protection frameworks and the application of RegTech at scale
- Market structure, black and grey market dynamics, and the unintended consequences of regulatory design choices
- Technology, data governance, RegTech and the use of AI to support integrity, oversight and organisational decision-making
- Leadership, accountability, culture and the capability required to translate policy intent into durable operational outcomes
The agenda integrates keynote addresses, moderated panels, expert masterclasses and Industry Spotlight sessions, designed to support informed debate while grounding discussion in real-world regulatory and operational experience.
Pitch!, Exhibition and Sector Engagement
The conference program is complemented by Pitch!, Regulating the Game’s forum for examining both emerging and established approaches to regulatory, compliance and safer gambling challenges. Pitch! surfaces research, practical technologies, operating models and ideas that are being deployed, or tested, within regulated environments, and examines how innovation is adopted, governed and scaled alongside existing systems and controls.
Paul Newson, Founder of Regulating the Game and Principal at Vanguard Overwatch, said the 2026 event reflects the maturity and seriousness of the current regulatory moment:
“Regulating the Game exists to engage honestly with how gambling regulation, sector performance and organisational capability intersect in practice - not just policy intent, but how expectations are interpreted, implemented and sustained over time.
The Global Awards sit alongside that purpose. They recognise and help surface leadership, stewardship and practical work that is lifting capability, strengthening governance and positioning organisations - and the sector more broadly - for more resilient and sustainable operation. The intent is to cultivate credible leadership voices and highlight work that is demonstrably improving outcomes.”
