Vanguard Overwatch is positioning itself as an essential partner for gaming venues and wagering operators, supporting them in navigating regulatory complexities and enhancing their operational integrity. Under the leadership of founder Paul Newson—whose impressive career spans regulation, governance, and public policy across several key domains—Vanguard Overwatch has launched a rigorous accreditation programme that redefines industry standards for anti-money laundering (AML) and responsible gambling practices.

Vanguard Overwatch, under the leadership of founder Paul Newson, has launched an accreditation program to help gaming operators strengthen compliance with anti-money laundering (AML) and responsible gambling practices. 

Paul Newson’s vision for Vanguard Overwatch extends beyond meeting existing regulations; it sets a benchmark for excellence that builds trust and promotes industry sustainability. Through rigorous assurance and ongoing evaluations, Vanguard Overwatch enables organisations to enhance their operations, protect their reputations, and demonstrate leadership in responsible gambling and compliance.

Having humiliated Star Entertainment’s board and management team with a second inquiry, run its CEO and chairman out of town, scared off punters and potential recruits, and almost sent the company broke, just how bad does the casino owner’s plucky regulator really think it is?

The CEO of Australian AML watchdog AUSTRAC, Brendan Thomas, has been named as a featured speaker at next year’s Regulating the Game conference, to be held at Sydney’s Sofitel Darling Harbour from 10 to 13 March 2025.

As the Gambling Commission launches its financial risk checks pilot today (30 August), iGB dissects the debate and highlights where uncertainty remains for the industry.

The grand elephant hunt NSW’s casino regulator unleashed on Star Entertainment and its top executives has returned with a barely a mouse.

To gain insight into the Australian gambling landscape and the potential implications of Adam Bell SC’s second inquiry into The Star Entertainment Group, Focus Gaming News spoke to Paul Newson, a principal at Vanguard Overwatch and the founder of the gambling law and regulation conference Regulating the Game held in Sydney and London.

Can the people of NSW have confidence its casino regulator is really up to the job?

After a string of stunning revelations from The Australian during the week, there has to be reasonable doubt hanging over the NSW Independent Casino Commission. It seems it has been more intent on chasing headlines than real reform.

Paul Newson, Gambling Insider contributor and gaming regulation expert, provides an overview of Australian casinos’ continued regulatory issues. As NSW, mired in another regulatory inquiry, struggles to steward casino reform, the Victorian regulator declares Crown Melbourne suitable and lifts it hardened lens to the wider gaming market…

Paul Newson, Gambling Insider contributor and gaming regulation expert, provides an overview of Australian casinos’ continued regulatory issues. As NSW, mired in another regulatory inquiry, struggles to steward casino reform, the Victorian regulator declares Crown Melbourne suitable and lifts it hardened lens to the wider gaming market…

Australia’s money laundering watchdog AUSTRAC said Thursday it has accepted an Enforceable Undertaking from Sportsbet Pty Ltd – the country’s market-leading online sportsbook – to uplift its compliance with Australia’s anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) laws.

Regulating the Game 2025 will bring together a diverse collection of stakeholders to engage in an immersive program designed to deliver expert content, provoke thinking and discussion, build capabilities, deepen sector knowledge, and drive the conversation on evidence-led policy and best practices in gambling regulation. The conference will feature an array of topics including innovative regulatory policies and practices, leadership and ethics, cashless gambling solutions, game design, product compliance and innovation, crypto gambling, regulatory technologies, emerging research and trends and much more.

Regulating the Game is thrilled to announce the launch of its exciting exhibition packages for its 2025 Sydney event, designed to showcase cutting-edge innovation and technology that elevate sector and regulatory capabilities and performance.

Gambling law and regulation conference Regulating the Game has announced the launch of its exhibition packages for its 2025 edition in Sydney, set to take place on March 10 - 13. The event's upcoming edition is "designed to showcase cutting-edge innovation and technology that elevate sector and regulatory capabilities and performance," according to organizers.

Sydney regulatory conference Regulating the Game has announced the launch of exhibition packages for its Sydney event in 2025, the first time the annual conference has incorporated an exhibition element.

“By participating, you'll join a network of leaders and changemakers working together to influence robust regulatory frameworks, enhance industry supervision, and promote safer, more sustainable gambling practices while facilitating the conditions for industry innovation.”

Regulating the Game Sydney is spearheaded by Paul Newson, the former President of the International Association of Gaming Regulators and Trustee of the New South Wales (NSW) Responsible Gambling Fund.