Regulating the Game Sydney 2027

Regulating the Game 2027 takes place from 8 to 10 March 2027 at Sofitel Sydney Wentworth on Phillip Street, Sydney. It is a three-day conference on gambling law, regulation and compliance, run by Regulating the Game Pty Ltd, whose founder Paul Newson is also principal of the advisory firm Vanguard Overwatch. A news item on the official site describes 2027 as the seventh edition. The audience is regulators, policymakers, compliance staff, researchers and operator executives rather than marketers. The 2027 programme will cover practical uses of AI, product and game design, anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing, illegal gambling markets, integrity in racing and sports betting, rules for VIP customers, and gambling with cryptocurrency. Alongside the plenary programme, the Masterclass Series returns with practice-based sessions. Pitch!, where suppliers and innovators present solutions in short slots, moves from a separate evening event into the plenary on 8 March. A welcome reception closes the first day, and the RTG Global Awards gala dinner is held on the evening of 9 March. Confirmed speakers include several heads of regulators and enforcement agencies. Tim Miller, once an executive director at the UK Gambling Commission, is a keynote speaker and will chair one conference day. Daniel Tan, who heads Singapore's Gambling Regulatory Authority, also gives a keynote. Others include Stephen Dametto of the NSW Crime Commission, AUSTRAC chief executive Brendan Thomas, Carolyn Lidgerwood of the Australian Communications and Media Authority, and Paul James of New Zealand's Department of Internal Affairs. The Canadian Gaming Association's Paul Burns and Peter McMahon of the Commercial Gaming Association of Ontario are on the list, and a report on the organiser's site mentions a programme on the Canadian market. Industry voices include Entain's Kim Lindsay and OpenAI's Tamara Scarlett. Registration is open, with rates in three booking windows, the first closing on 31 October 2026; in-person passes include the welcome reception and the awards dinner. The full schedule will follow closer to the event, the organiser says, and more speakers are being added. For affiliates the relevance is indirect. There is no affiliate track, but the sessions on black market enforcement and AML, together with the presence of the media regulator ACMA, show the direction of rules in Australia, New Zealand and Canada.