[8:30 AM-10:00 AM] Registration Open - Continental Breakfast
[10:00 AM-10:15 AM] Opening Remarks
[10:15 AM-11:00 AM] Money Laundering and Illicit Finance in the Casino Industry
[11:00 AM-11:15 AM] Break
[11:15 AM-12:15 PM] Title 31 BSA Overview: An Introduction to the Regulatory Landscape
This session provides an overview of the legal and regulatory landscape of BSA/AML rules and expectations: what laws apply; who enforces them; when actions are civil or criminal; and the consequences of noncompliance.
[12:15 PM-1:15 PM] Lunch
[1:15 PM-2:00 PM] AML Program Requirements: The Six Pillars, Risk Assessments, and KYC Issues
Understanding the basic requirements for your AML Compliance Program is both an explicit part of following the rules of the Bank Secrecy Act, but is also key to the other BSA requirements. In this session, you will learn about the most critical requirements to ensure that your risk-based program meets IRS and FinCEN requirements.
[2:00 PM-3:00 PM] Suspicious Activity Investigation and Reporting
The trend for SAR filings is increasing every year. This session will provide a comprehensive review of SAR compliance. Attendees will gain extensive information about suspicious activity identification, narrative writing, reporting, and documentation. This session will equip casino compliance professionals with a solid understanding of SAR investigative requirements that can be used to enhance the SAR program to mitigate potential non-compliance risks.
The CTR session will include an overview of CTR tracking and all related reporting requirements.
[4:00 PM-4:30 PM] OFAC Compliance, BSA Recordkeeping and 314 (b) Information Sharing
In this session, we will learn the basics about OFAC and how to ensure compliance, as well as BSA recordkeeping, and FinCEN's voluntary (but strongly encouraged) 314(b) information sharing program.
[4:30 PM-5:00 PM] Q&A Forum - Ask the Experts
September 9-11 - Main Conference
FULL AGENDA TO BE ANNOUNCED SOON
Explore the Most Pressing Issues in AML for the Gaming Industry
Join top experts, regulators, and industry leaders as we dive into the latest challenges and innovations shaping anti-money laundering efforts in casinos and gaming operations.
Topics include:
• Understanding Chip Walks and Player Movement Risks
Tracking chip redemption patterns and suspicious player behavior.
• KYC and Source of Funds: Getting It Right from the Start
Enhancing due diligence with practical strategies and lessons from recent cases and regulatory guidance.
• SAR Narrative Writing and Continuing SARs
Improve the quality and effectiveness of your reporting to better support law enforcement, to meet regulatory demands, and to make sure that your SAR narratives are clear, efficient, and actionable.
• New and Unregulated Gaming Models
AML implications of sweepstakes, skill games, persistence games, and event-based contracts.
• Enforcement Spotlights: Wynn, Resorts World, Lake Elsinore, and MGM Cases
Deep dives into recent actions and what they reveal about regulator expectations.
• Let’s Not Just Make a Federal Case Out of It
Updates and insights from various state and tribal regulators about what they’re seeing, what they’re watching, and what they’re doing about it.
• Emerging Trends in AML and Gaming Compliance
A fast-paced overview of current issues, risks, illicit finance typologies, and innovations in the space.
• It’s all About the Money: Navigating Cashless Wagering, iGaming, and Cryptocurrency
Understanding evolving payment methods and their AML implications.
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