Join speakers from MNP, Canadian Centre to End Human Trafficking, Responsible Gambling Council and others for a half-day in-person eventAbout this Event
Join the Association of Certified Gaming Compliance Specialists (ACGCS) in Toronto for a focused half-day forum, hosted by MNP, bringing together gaming compliance professionals, operators, regulators, and industry experts for an afternoon of practical insights, emerging trends, and meaningful discussion.
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MNP is also the proud sponsor of the ACGCS Toronto Chapter, supporting opportunities for gaming compliance professionals across the region to connect, share knowledge, and engage with key industry issues.
The ACGCS Gaming Compliance Forum is designed for professionals who want to better understand the evolving regulatory and compliance landscape across the gaming sector. Sessions will explore key challenges facing the industry today, including navigating different compliance requirements across jurisdictions, responsible gambling across different markets, human trafficking risks, and other emerging compliance priorities.
With a strong emphasis on real-world experience and practical application, the summit provides an opportunity to learn from experienced practitioners, exchange perspectives with peers, and build valuable connections with professionals from across the gaming industry.
Whether you work in compliance, AML, responsible gambling, investigations, risk, audit, security, legal, or regulatory affairs, this event offers a valuable opportunity to strengthen your knowledge, expand your professional network, and engage with the issues that matter most to gaming compliance professionals today.
Forum Agenda
1:00–1:15 PM | Welcome & Opening Remarks
ACGCS & MNP
1:15–1:45 PM | One Country, Two Markets: Navigating AML Compliance in Ontario and Alberta
An operator perspective on managing AML obligations across two distinct provincial gaming markets, including what can be standardized nationally and what must be adapted to local regulatory and operational requirements.
1:45–2:15 PM | Responsible Gambling Across Markets: Building Consistent Player Protection in Different Regulatory Environments
Responsible Gambling Council
A practical examination of how responsible gambling programs are adapted across different jurisdictions, including player monitoring, intervention, self-exclusion, reporting, technology, staff responsibilities and regulatory expectations.
2:15–2:30 PM | Networking & Refreshment Break
2:30–3:00 PM | Human Trafficking and Casino Gaming: Risks, Indicators and Prevention
Canadian Centre to End Human Trafficking
An examination of the risks associated with human trafficking in gaming environments, potential indicators for gaming employees and compliance teams, and the role the industry can play in prevention, identification and reporting.
3:00–3:30 PM | Strengthening Player Identification and Verification Through OSINT
MNP
A practical look at how open-source intelligence can support player identification, enhanced due diligence, investigations and broader gaming compliance processes.
3:30–4:15 PM | The Future of Gaming Compliance: Alberta and Beyond
Panel Discussion
A forward-looking discussion examining the evolution of Canada's gaming regulatory landscape, Alberta's emerging market, lessons from Ontario, emerging technologies, player protection, AML, regulatory expectations and the challenges facing compliance professionals as gaming continues to evolve.
4:15–5:15 PM | Networking Reception
An opportunity for attendees to continue the conversation with speakers, compliance professionals, regulators, operators and other industry participants
Event venue
MNP LLP - Accounting, Business Consulting and Tax Services, 1 Adelaide Street East, Toronto, Canada
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