{"id":9939,"date":"2025-10-08T00:11:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T00:11:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/casino-online-best.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/08\/bill-miller-calls-unregulated-gaming-greedy-and-irresponsible-at-g2e\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T00:11:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T00:11:32","slug":"bill-miller-calls-unregulated-gaming-greedy-and-irresponsible-at-g2e","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casino-online-best.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/08\/bill-miller-calls-unregulated-gaming-greedy-and-irresponsible-at-g2e\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Miller Calls Unregulated Gaming \u201cGreedy and Irresponsible\u201d at G2E"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The Global Gaming Expo (G2E) in Las Vegas opened with a sharp message from American Gaming Association President and CEO Bill Miller, who used his keynote to defend regulated gaming and warn against the growing influence of unlicensed prediction markets and sweepstakes platforms.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Good to Know<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em><strong>Bill Miller honored late IGA Chair Ernie Stevens for strengthening tribal-commercial ties.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>He said unregulated prediction markets threaten industry integrity.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><strong>Miller called for continued protection of the legal gaming framework in the U.S.<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr>\n<h2>Honoring Ernie Stevens and the Roots of G2E<\/h2>\n<p>Before addressing today\u2019s regulatory issues, Miller took time to reflect on the origins of G2E, which began in 2001, and paid tribute to Ernie Stevens, the longtime Chair of the Indian Gaming Association who <a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/casino-news\/tributes-honor-ernie-stevens-jr-and-his-legacy-in-tribal-gaming-after-his-passing\/\">passed away<\/a> earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>He praised Stevens for uniting tribal and commercial operators under one shared vision for industry growth:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cErnie played a key role forging effective partnerships between Tribal and commercial, which helps spur gaming\u2019s growth into a thriving nationwide industry. 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They call it innovation. I call it something else. It\u2019s greedy, it\u2019s reckless, and it\u2019s irresponsible. At the AGA, we believe that [legal] system is worth protecting.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/casino-news\/bill-miller-calls-unregulated-gaming-greedy-and-irresponsible-at-g2e\/\">Bill Miller Calls Unregulated Gaming \u201cGreedy and Irresponsible\u201d at G2E<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/\">iGaming.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Global Gaming Expo (G2E) in Las Vegas opened with a sharp message from American Gaming Association President and CEO Bill Miller, who used his keynote to defend regulated gaming and warn against the growing influence of unlicensed prediction markets and sweepstakes platforms. 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