In a recent article, I speculated that gambling regulators would face more and more scrutiny. I expounded on this on the , noting that the demand for competent gaming regulators far outstrips the supply. That means a lot of gambling regulators (often political appointees) are tasked with learning on the job, and gambling is a job with a near-zero margin for error.

But how else can one learn about the gambling industry? You could always hire from within the industry itself. Still, then you’re competing for talent against the deep-pocketed industry, something most state’s budgets don’t allow for – there’s a reason the professional door swings from regulatory positions to compliance departments and rarely the other way around.  

The good news is, several schools of higher learning are stepping in to fill the void.

Existing Gamling Law Programs

Betting USA has covered some of the newly formed programs that have popped up since the repeal of PASPA in 2018, including the US Integrity course at Ohio University and a course offered at Widener University Commonwealth Law School.

There is also a gaming law program at the University of New Hampshire offered by Michael McCann and Daniel Wallach and the at San Diego State University created by Katherine Spilde.

And this week, two new entrants have come to light.

University of New Haven Sports Integrity Program

One of the programs is at the University of New Haven in Connecticut.

The UNH program is run by Declan Hill and teaches students to identify and investigate match-fixing. 

“The existential issue for sports is corruption, and cleaning it up, and making sure that it’s not there,” . “There are lots of jobs in this industry and I think it’s one of those things that America is coming really late to a tsunami of corruption and match-fixing, which has hit sports around the world.”

According to the , “The Certificate of Sports Integrity is the first program in the United States to train students to guard sports from corruption, doping, abuse and match-fixing. You will learn skills, tools and resources that will help you succeed in your passion for safeguarding sports.”

Gaming Law Executive Program at UNLV

The second program is offered by UNLV’s William S. Boyd School of Law, in a partnership with Entain. , the eight-course curriculum is dubbed the Gaming Law Executive Program “features online training programs in gaming law and regulation, and is open to operators, regulators, lawyers and others working in the gaming industry.”

The impetus for the program is similar to the UNH program, filling a demand.

“We took notice of the demand, and ultimately decided we could provide an academic source of information for the demand that’s out there in the industry,” Anthony Cabot, a Distinguished Fellow in Gaming Law at the Boyd School of Law, told CDC.

Per the , the three-month course begins on January 10, but it will be offered asynchronously.

Topics will include:

•  with Anthony Cabot
•  with William Buffalo (formerly Resort Casino Law)
•  with Kathryn Rand and Steven Light
•  with Alan Feldman and Dayvid Figler