Conferences
Gambling, technology and society : regulatory challenges for the 21st century
Rex Hotel, Sydney
7-8 May 1998
This conference was organised by the Australian Institute of Criminology in association with the Australian Institute for Gambling Research.
Contents
Introduction
This conference examines the key regulatory and social issues relating to new technologies in the gambling industry in Australia. Topics covered include: responses to the Internet and interactive gambling; gambling and Australian society; the market; criminal applications to interactive and Internet gambling; controlling the technology; the public good; towards smarter regulatory strategies; and legal issues and options.
Conference papers
- Setting the scene : Australian responses to the Internet, electronic commerce and interactive gambling
Senator the Hon Amanda Vanstone, Minister for Justice - Keynote address : Gambling and Australian society expanding opportunities, expanding markets and issues for policymakers
Professor Jan McMillen, Executive Director, Australian Institute for Gambling Research, New South Wales
The marker : opportunities and threats
- Gaming
Mal Weston, Coms21, Australian Capital Territory - Sports, betting and racing
Terry Lillis, Centrebet, Northern Territory - New technology - opportunities and threats for lotteries
Jan Stewart, Lotteries Commission of Western Australia, Western Australia - Opportunities and threats facing the club industry
Steve Parker, CMP Marketing, New South Wales
Crime and control
- The technical feasibility of regulating gambling on the Internet
Roger Clarke and Gillian Dempsey, Australian National University - Controlling the technology or controlling the games
Steve Tonneguzzo, Global Gaming Systems, New South Wales - Techno gambling : stepping outside the cyber-gambling square
Bob Clark, New South Wales Police Service
Public interest
- Gambling and the Internet - an Australian overview
Senator the Hon Grant Chapman, South Australia - Gambling, money laundering and the proceeds of crime : a trifecta?
Elizabeth Montano, AUSTRAC
Regulatory challenges
- State views
David Ford, Office of Gaming and Racing, Queensland; and Brian Farrell, Casino Gaming Authority, Victoria
Law and money
- Law and money : legal issues and options
Jamie Nettleton, Norton, Smith and Co, New South Wales
Policy issues
- Developing policy on Internet gaming in New Zealand
Tim Horner and Gaynor Bradfield, Department of Internal Affairs, New Zealand - Money laundering methodologies and international and regional counter-measures
Rick McDonnell, National Crime Authority
Social issues
- Social issues
Rev Tim Costello, Inter-church Gambling Task Force, Victoria - Social issues
The Hon Nick Xenophon, Legislative Council, South Australia - Gambling, Technology and Society: Social Issues
Alun Jackson, University of Melbourne, Victoria