Regulating the Game 2027 will focus on cross-border gambling crime in Sydney from March 8 to 10, 2027

Regulating the Game 2027 is shaping up as a meeting point for regulators, law enforcement and financial intelligence teams trying to pin down illegal gambling, money laundering and cross-border enforcement. For operators and PSPs, the value is not the conference badge; it is the mix of jurisdictions and the signals it gives on where scrutiny is heading.

1. Stephen Dametto, commissioner of the New South Wales Crime Commission, has been confirmed as a speaker at the event. The conference will take place at the Sofitel Sydney Wentworth in Australia from March 8 to 10, 2027, with the seventh edition running from Monday 8 to Wednesday 10 March 2027.
2. The programme is built around the pressures on regulated markets, especially the scale and persistence of illegal supply and the financial crime moving through licensed channels. Sessions will cover regulatory practice, market oversight and financial crime, with illegal gambling and money laundering firmly in the frame.
3. Dametto leads the New South Wales Crime Commission, the state body responsible for investigating serious and organised crime and recovering criminal assets. The commission’s 2022 inquiry into money laundering through electronic gaming machines in hotels and clubs mapped how criminal proceeds move through a licensed venue network. He was appointed commissioner in February 2026 after close to three decades in Australian and international law enforcement, including as an Assistant Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police and in senior operational roles in the United Kingdom.
4. AUSTRAC CEO Brendan Thomas is also confirmed as a speaker. AUSTRAC holds the national picture assembled from sector reporting, and the conference material points to a practical focus on what that reporting reveals about how money laundering is moving through gambling businesses, how the sector’s exposure compares with banking, digital currency, real estate and the professions brought into the regime during 2026, and where vulnerabilities across the wider economy now sit.
5. Confirmed speakers also include regulatory leaders from Singapore, New Zealand and Australia. Canada is the second most represented jurisdiction on the programme so far, with a dedicated session on its changing gambling market. Nominations for the 2027 RTG Global Awards close on December 21, 2026, and winners will be recognised on March 9, 2027.

For high-risk operators, the useful detail here is the jurisdiction mix. Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Canada and the UK are all represented in a programme centered on illegal gambling, AML and enforcement, which usually means the conversations are less about theory and more about how licensed channels are being used, and abused, in practice.