Second Annual Responsible Gaming Day: 2

The second annual Responsible Gaming Day conference definitely hosted some of the online casino industry’s heavy hitters. Online casinos were heavily discussed but surprisingly were not the main topic of discussion. The conferences had three main themes. The first conference was on the online casino industry and it was called The Internet: Blessing or Curse in Terms of Integrity? Blogs and online casino forums have spent years discussing this issue and it surely was not a topic that was short on opinions. The next topic on the agenda was Sports and Bookmaking: A Question of Ethics? As usual, ethics are playing a big part in the decisions from the big organizations. The last topic that was discussed at length was Sports Betting: How to Tackle the Risks?

There were a number of speakers that got up and discussed the issues in front of the entire online casino and internet gambling industry. Some of those invited speakers included such names as: Leon Thomas the Head of Regulatory Compliance Party Gaming, Brian Pomeroy the Chairman of the UK Gambling Commission and Michal Kejza the Head of Unit, Sport, European Commission. But before all of those distinguished people spoke at the conference the opening remarks were heard by none other than the Minister of Education, Youth and Sports for the Czech Republic, Mr. Ondfej Liska. The final address of the internet gambling conference was given by the Co Chief Executive Officer of BWin, Norbert Teufelberger.

As expected, professors from highly respected schools such as Cardiff and Harvard were in attendance. Online casinos are still banned in the United States but continue to be a highly studied topic in the States, which probably explains why professors from the Ivy league, Harvard, were in attendance. The European event was a success and hopefully took out some of the worries that people had regarding the online casino and sports bookmaking industries.