National Council of Legislators from Gaming States (NCLGS) 2026 Winter Meeting

NCLGS (National Council of Legislators from Gaming States) holds its 2026 Winter Meeting from 9 to 12 December at the JW Marriott Savannah Plant Riverside District in Savannah, Georgia. NCLGS is a non-partisan group of state lawmakers who sit on the committees that oversee gambling in their legislatures. It says it neither promotes nor opposes gaming, and its sessions are open to regulators, industry executives and members of the public as well as legislators. With the meeting in Georgia, the first full day, Thursday 10 December, looks closely at the host state. A panel of companies and lawyers will discuss Georgia's business climate and the policy questions it would face as a gaming market, and the Casino Committee follows with a session on what the state should weigh before allowing destination resorts and other land-based casinos. Gretchen Corbin, chief executive of the Georgia Lottery Corporation, gives the luncheon keynote, and NCAA president Charlie Baker appears in an on-stage conversation. The afternoon covers mobile and online gaming, artificial intelligence and sports integrity, and a look at which states may take up gaming bills in 2027. Friday's programme turns to prediction markets. A general session examines the court fights and state enforcement actions against prediction-market operators and the wider clash between state and federal authority, and the Committee on Lottery asks how state lotteries can hold on to revenue as these markets and other new verticals compete for players. On Saturday the Committee on the Judiciary takes up licensing questions raised by prediction markets, sweepstakes, skill-based and social gaming, followed by a session on protecting athletes from betting-related harassment and a closing legislator and regulator roundtable. NCLGS president Al Williams, a Georgia state representative, opens the meeting; United Gaming and Brightstar sponsor the two evening receptions. Most panellists had not been named as of 31 October 2026, and NCLGS notes that the agenda may change. For affiliates the relevance is indirect but real: the sessions on online gaming, sweepstakes and prediction markets deal with the state rules that decide where US online casino and betting brands can operate and be promoted.