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- The Global Gaming Expo (G2E) added a September 29 main stage session to address the legal and regulatory challenges that prediction markets pose to state- and tribal-regulated gaming.
- AGA President Bill Miller will lead a coalition of industry, labor, and congressional leaders—including Unite Here and Nevada Rep. Steven Horsford—to organize a unified legislative and policy response against prediction markets.
The Global Gaming Expo has added a bonus main stage session on prediction markets for 1 p.m. on Sept. 29, putting one of the gambling industry’s fastest-growing regulatory fights at the center of this year’s event in Las Vegas.
The session matters because prediction markets are emerging as a legal and jurisdictional challenge for state- and tribal-regulated gaming, according to G2E organizers. The discussion is set to focus on how those markets affect the gaming industry and whether a coordinated response is needed.
G2E is presented by the American Gaming Association and organized by RX. The show runs Sept. 28 through Oct. 1 at The Venetian Expo in Las Vegas.
Bill Miller to host panel with labor, tribal and congressional leaders
According to the event announcement, AGA President and CEO Bill Miller will host the session. Scheduled speakers include Gwen Mills, president of Unite Here; Rodney Butler, chairman of the Mashantucket Pequot; and Rep. Steven Horsford, a Nevada congressman.
Miller said the issue reaches beyond commercial operators alone.
> “Collaboration both across and beyond the industry is critically important in preserving and protecting the state- and tribal-regulated gaming market, it’s employees, consumers, and the communities we serve,” Miller said.
He also described the new panel as a show of alignment across different parts of the industry.
> “In the midst of prediction markets brazen encroachment, our panel of leaders will showcase the strength of our unity,” Miller said.
Session reflects broader pushback from gaming and labor groups
The source article says prediction markets are creating legal and regulatory challenges for traditional gaming as litigation unfolds and regulators continue to debate jurisdiction.
That helps explain why the G2E panel brings together labor, tribal gaming and federal policymakers alongside industry leadership.
Mills said that coalition is already taking shape.
> “Unite Here, the tribal gaming industry, and the commercial gaming industry are standing side-by-side in a campaign to end illegal prediction market gambling,” Mills said.
She added: “This is a pivotal moment to come together as a coalition to face an unprecedented challenge.”
Horsford, meanwhile, tied the issue to federal policy.
> “Prediction markets are gambling dressed up as innovation,” Horsford said.
He also pointed to his proposed Prediction Markets Are Gambling Act, saying it would stop federally regulated trading platforms from “hiding sports betting and online casino-style gambling behind the label of ‘financial products.’”
What to watch at G2E
The added session signals that prediction markets will be a headline issue at this year’s conference, not just a side discussion. G2E’s full education lineup includes more than 100 sessions and more than 300 speakers.
The announcement did not specify where the session will be held within G2E, whether separate registration is required, or identify any specific prediction market platforms expected to be discussed.
Source: As reported by cdcgaming.com.
