From 1 July 2026, gambling providers will be subject to Australia's expanded AML/CTF regime under Tranche 2. This regulatory shift is not just a compliance requirement — it’s a fundamental change in how the industry must operate. The gambling sector has long been recognised as high-risk for money laundering, and AUSTRAC is stepping up enforcement to close loopholes and strengthen Australia’s financial integrity. These reforms will require you to implement robust risk assessments, reporting processes, and AML/CTF programs. Businesses that fail to comply risk significant penalties, reputational damage, and the loss of essential financial services. Now is the time to prepare — not only to meet your obligations but to demonstrate your commitment to ethical, responsible operations.

Presenters

Lachlan Gepp, Special Counsel, Addisons
Businesses in the gambling, sports and media industries face into complex and risky decisions every day. Lachlan is an expert advisor and problem solver for these businesses across operational, intellectual property and media rights matters to ensure they achieve the best commercial outcome in highly competitive markets. Lachlan’s clients also lean on his advice to navigate complex regulatory issues and engagements, including those involving key Australian gambling, money-laundering, media/advertising and consumer regulators. Lachlan has significant experience supporting clients in commercial and intellectual property disputes in the Federal Court of Australia and state Supreme Courts. Lachlan’s advice to his clients is always pragmatic and is given with a close eye on broader business strategy and objectives. This approach is Lachlan’s winning differentiator, and he brings a unique insight to his client’s problems with deep in-house counsel experience leading the legal team at a major Australian sporting code and the country’s largest online wagering operator.


Hong Viet Nguyen, Partner, Ashurst
Hong-Viet Nguyen is a Partner at Ashurst, focusing on financial services regulation. She advises a diverse range of clients, including banks, payments companies and fintechs, on navigating the Australian financial services regulatory regime. Her expertise spans financial services regulation, regulated consumer lending, payments, licensing, prudential regulation, and compliance. Hong-Viet has a wealth of experience includes regulatory change projects, financial services laws (including anti‑money laundering and counter-terrorism obligations), scams, payments, and the rise of new technologies (such as blockchain and digital assets). She also represents clients in responding to regulatory requests, providing strategic advice and support. With her comprehensive knowledge and client-focused approach, Hong-Viet is a trusted advisor to financial institutions and other stakeholders navigating the complexities of financial regulation.


Chris Kerrigan, Partner, Allens
Chris is a partner in the Allens Sydney Disputes & Investigations practice group, and a member of the firm's Risk & Compliance Advisory team. Chris regularly helps clients to design and undertake compliance risk assessments, policies and procedures reviews, gap analyses and uplift programs to improve their approach to compliance. Areas of compliance focus include bribery and corruption, money laundering, fraud, sanctions, market manipulation, insider trading, BEAR, modern slavery, AFSL obligations and whistleblower obligations. When compliance issues or risks do arise, Chris is experienced in undertaking internal investigations, responding to regulatory investigations and compulsory notices to produce, and negotiating outcomes to resolve liability. Chris has worked across a range of jurisdictions and with a range of regulators including ASIC, AUSTRAC, APRA, AFP, NSW Crimes Commission, the UK Serious Fraud Office, UK Financial Conduct Authority, UK Prudential Regulatory Authority, the US Department of Justice and US Securities & Exchange Commission. Before joining Allens, Chris worked at Linklaters (London and Moscow) for nine years, a year of which he spent on secondment at the UK Serious Fraud Office, in the bribery and corruption division.


Steve Blackburn, Partner, Ashurst Risk Advisory
Steve is an internationally recognized expert in financial crime prevention, risk management, and compliance. He is the Global Chair of Ashurst Risk Advisory's Financial Crime practice, with extensive experience in regulated sectors like financial services, gaming, wealth management, and superannuation. Previously, Steve served as Chief Financial Crime Officer at two multinational banks, leading transformations in anti-money laundering, counter-terrorism financing, and anti-bribery programs. He also served as Chief Risk Officer for Australia's largest gaming and hospitality group, overseeing major risk and compliance reforms. Steve has represented industries before government committees and regulators globally.


Jon Yeats, Senior Manager, Financial Crime Intelligence & Capability, Endeavour Group
Jon recently joined Endeavour Group as Senior Manager Financial Crime Intelligence and Capability. Prior to that he was in a leadership role within Crown Resort's Financial Crime Operations team. While at Crown, Jon contributed to the development of Crown's financial crime capability in response to various public and regulatory findings. Before joining Crown, Jon enjoyed a 20 year law enforcement career with Victoria Police, the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission. While Jon's career spanned a range of Policing disciplines, he was extensively involved in the investigation of transnational organised crime and money laundering.


Dr. Jamie Wiebe, Executive General Manager Responsible Gaming, Crown Resorts Ltd
Jamie is an advocate for global public health, research and development and is most passionate about utilising evidence-based policies to create impact. Holding a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) from the Department of Medicine, Community Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba and has more than 20 years of direct experience in gambling harm prevention, research and operationalisation harm minimisation programs. Throughout her leadership, Jamie has provided strategic direction and guidance in the design, analysis and interpretation of countless research projects to help the gambling industry understand ways to reduce potential harm to players. Jamie is currently the Group Executive General Manager of the Crown PlaySafe Strategy Team at Crown Resorts. During her at Crown, she has led the way for Crown Resorts’ safer gambling transformation, initiating and leading world-first gambling reforms such as technologically led solutions for assessing and preventing gambling harm, investment in neuroscience and behavioural staff training and implementation of robust guardrails for marketing activity across the group. Her commitment to best practise sees her working collaboratively with industry experts and community stakeholders, recognising safeguards are needed across the industry for the collective prevention of gambling related harms. Prior to joining Crown, Jamie held senior leadership roles overseas including Director of Player Health at BCLC, and Managing Director of Advancement and Best Practices at the Responsible Gambling Council, both based in Canada. Her innovative work has bridged the divide between industry and research, resulting in significant positive impacts to culture and embeddedness of safer gambling principles within organisations and tangible impacts to player safety and wellbeing.