NCLGS, Spectrum Gaming Group Collecting Information On Key State Gaming Legislative Issues

CLEVELAND, Feb. 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Council of Legislators from Gaming States (NCLGS) and its executive director, Spectrum Gaming Group, are developing a repository of gaming-legislation information and issues designed to be shared with and discussed among member states to promote best practices.

Spectrum will be collecting information from NCLGS member states in the rapidly emerging fields of sports betting and online gaming, as well as casino expansion. NCLGS will then share this information with member states, and organize an online meeting this spring among legislators and regulators to discuss issues of common concern.

"NCLGS is committed to making sure that legislators, tribal councils, lottery commissions and regulators are communicating effectively to address issues, and to share concerns and ideas," said incoming NCLGS President William P. Coley II, a Senator from Ohio.

Among the information requested from legislators and gaming regulators are:

• Sports Betting
• Distribution channel: land-based, online or omni-channel
• Definition of "gray" or "black" markets
• Excluded, if any, sports or leagues
• Cross-border transactions with other legal sports betting states
• Entities that would be eligible to operate sports betting
• Involvement of major sports leagues
• Tax scheme
• Responsible-gaming requirements/policy
• Online Gaming
• Entities that would eligible to operate online gaming: lotteries, land-based operators, third parties?
• Liquidity pooling with other legal online gaming states
• Use of skins
• Gaming tax rates between land-based and online
• Anti-money-laundering and Know Your Customer requirements
• Privacy and personally identifiable information
• Geolocation requirements, goals
• Responsible-gaming requirements/policy
• Casinos/Racinos
• Tax treatment of promotional slot credits
• Potential adjustments in gaming-tax rates
• Authorization of additional casino locations
• Issues regarding treatment of commercial and tribal casinos in the same state

"We have contacted legislators and regulators across the nation and look forward to learning from, and assisting, each other," Coley said.

NCLGS Vice President of Government Affairs Wayne Marlin will collect and collate the data. He can be reached at [email protected].

The insights gleaned from this effort will serve as an important topic for discussion at the NCLGS Summer Meeting to be held July 13-15 in Cleveland.

"Spectrum professionals have been involved in gaming legislation and regulation for four decades, and we have long recognized that states have to get it right the first time, and NCLGS provides the perfect forum to help its members reach that goal," Spectrum Managing Director Michael Pollock said.

About NCLGS: NCLGS is the only organization of state lawmakers that meets on a regular basis to discuss issues relating to gaming. NCLGS does not promote or oppose gaming but is primarily concerned with proper regulation of the industry. The NCLGS Foundation is the educational and research arm of NCLGS.

About Spectrum Gaming Group: Spectrum, based in Linwood, NJ, has performed advisory and consulting work to gaming operators, regulators and legislatures in 36 states and 47 countries on six continents. Spectrum serves as the Executive Director for NCLGS and its sister companies include Spectrum Gaming Capital, based in New York, and Spectrum Asia, based in Bangkok and Tokyo.

SOURCE Spectrum Gaming Group