Rome, the capital city of Italy, will host a major iGaming industry event, the first edition of IGE – Italian Gaming Expo & Conference, which will take place on April 18 and 19 at the Palazzo dei Congressi.

The event will bring together over 60 speakers from various countries located both in Europe and the rest of the world. There will also be over 30 companies from the industry involved and over 10 key Italian and European institutions: Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli, Coni, Agcom, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Agriculture, State Police, Finance Police, Europol, Interpol, as well as the Italian Government and Parliament.

Foreign regulators such as the U.K. Gambling Commission and the Malta Gaming Authority will also be represented at the event, alongside several international entities like the International Association of Gaming Regulators and the United Lotteries for Integrity in Sports.

The Italian Gaming Expo & Conference was created as a brand new business-to-business event dedicated to the iGaming and sports betting industry in Italy, a key regulated market in Europe. The event will focus on content and will try to define the guidelines for companies that want to evolve in this industry in future years through innovation and sustainability.

The event will bring together institutions, experts, scholars, influencers and companies which will have an open dialogue on various topics that are very important for the future of the industry in the Italian regulated market and beyond.

Perfect Timing

The Italian Gaming Expo & Conference couldn’t have come at a better time since 2024 is marked by the intention of the Italian Government and Parliament to reform the gaming sector in the country, along with the issuing of tenders for the renewal of the current licenses.

The Italian online casino and sports betting market has been the subject of gradual regulation over the past twenty years and overall it has been a success since other jurisdictions have attempted to copy the model in recent years.

The event has put together a Scientific Committee that has illustrious components, scholars and industry professionals that are well-known in the field. Among the members of the committee we can mention Lucio Lamberti, Professor of Marketing Analytics and Analytics for Business Lab at Politecnico di Milano, Francesco Rodano, Chief Policy Officer at Playtech and Former Online Gaming Regulator, and Ludovico Calvi, Honorary President United Lotteries for Integrity in Sports.

The first edition of the Italian Gaming Expo & Conference will end with the first edition of the Italian Gaming Awards, which will reward the Italian gaming operators and suppliers that have proven their excellence and commitment to the best practices.

Source: “ITALIAN GAMING EXPO & CONFERENCE THE FUTURE HAS ALREADY BEGUN AND LOOKS AT SUSTAINABILITY”. European Gaming. April 2, 2024.

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Regulatory compliance software specialist US Integrity has unveiled a new agreement with Conference USA, an American intercollegiate conference. As agreed, the former party will provide its reliable solutions to the league.

An expert in compliance, US Integrity analyzes data sets to crack down on fraud in sports betting. Thanks to its robust solutions, the company is able to monitor events and identify suspicious patterns. The data is then presented via a fully customized, easy-to-use dashboard that companies and leagues can use to access information in real-time.

In addition to that, US Integrity will also supply Conference USA with a variety of educational materials for student-athletes, coaches, league staff and officials. The league will gain access to the Prohibet system, which is US Integrity’s fully encrypted decentralized cross-monitoring and notification platform. Conference USA, for example, will use Prohibet to make sure that its athletes, coaches and officials do not engage in sports betting.

Prohibet allows leagues to maintain their integrity by ensuring adherence to local regulations. The product is developed in collaboration between US Integrity and Odds On Compliance, a major tech consultancy serving the sports betting and gambling sectors.

As a partner of US Integrity, Conference USA joins an extensive league portfolio, which includes the Southeastern Conference, the Big 12, the Pac-12, the West Coast Conference, The Big West, the Big Sky, MLB, the NBA, UFC and the PGA Tour.

US Integrity Is Excited to Support Conference USA as It Grows

Conference USA’s commissioner Judy MacLeod expressed her thoughts on the partnership with US Integrity, emphasizing its importance to her team. She admitted that navigating the betting ecosystem can be a daunting task, which is why the compliance specialist’s help would be welcome.

With all of the uncertainty in the gambling space in college athletics, USI provides peace of mind that we are doing our part to manage any illegal activity that may compromise the games being played while providing an essential role in educating and protecting our campus administrators, coaches, student-athletes and officials.

Judy MacLeod, commissioner, Conference USA

Matthew Holt, US Integrity’s co-founder and chief executive, also commented on the new alliance, saying that his team is “thrilled to be working with Conference USA.” He said that his company would gladly support the league as it continues to experience rapid growth.

Holt concluded: “The core values of our partnership will provide their student-athletes with educational training services and ProhiBet’s state-of-the-art encrypted data transfer system.”

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The partnership sees US Integrity, a specialist that focuses on integrity and monitoring, deliver its range of tools and solutions, along with its monitoring software, to Big 12.

Big 12 Wants Its Games to Have Integrity

The companies will focus on monitoring betting activities surrounding college games, and it comes at a time when the NCAA is rocked by a large scandal involving student-athletes and coaches who may have been betting on their own games.

Sports wagering is prohibited by participants in competitions, and Big 12 wants to ensure that it has the means to monitor and police its players and staff. Commenting on this new tie-up, Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark had this to say:

The Big 12 Conference is thrilled to partner with U.S. Integrity as a continuation of its commitment to sports betting compliance. Given the current landscape of sports betting in our industry, it’s more important than ever to double down on ensuring sport integrity across our Conference.

Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark

Big 12 will gain access to the ProhiBet technology which is designed as a secure and transparent method for sportsbook operators and sports properties to track betting activity and flag instances where it’s suspected that student-athletes, coaches, or administrative staff may have had something to do with the outcome of an NCAA athletic contest.

Matt Heap, ProhiBet managing director, spoke about the significance of the partnership and what it meant for Big 12. Thanks to PhohiBet’s advanced system and Big 12’s dedication to ensuring that its contests have integrity, this partnership will allow the conference to ensure the transparency and trustworthiness of collegiate sports betting activities.

NCAA Looking to Ensure Integrity of College Sports

Big 12 is also looking to presently strengthen the way it disseminates its data and is working closer with partners to ensure that suspicious betting patterns are tracked in a timely manner. In the meantime, the NCAA has been stepping up its efforts into potential breaches of the association’s betting rules.

In July, the NCAA confirmed that there were 175 infractions on record with 17 ongoing investigations tying them up.

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