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14 Gaming L. Rev. & Econ. 1 (2010)

handle is hein.journals/gmglwr14 and id is 1 raw text is: GAMING LAW REVIEW AND ECONOMICS Volume 14, Number 1, 2010 DMary Ann Liebert, Inc. DOI: 10.1089/glre.2010.14101 A Message from the IMGL President Tony Coles Tony Coles As MANY READERS wiLL KNow, the International Mas- ters of Gaming Law (IMGL) was established in 2002 by a group of prominent gaming lawyers and has now grown significantly and has members in many jurisdictions throughout the world. But the founders' vision of an orga- nization that would be an international educational force among gaming professionals continues and since its for- mation IMGL has achieved, and now exceeds, its goals of promoting the understanding of the gaming industry and the proper regulation of the industry. I am proud to have been elected as IMGL's first pres- ident from outside North America and I believe that this move emphasizes IMGL's policy of international expan- sion and will enhance the way in which IMGL serves the industry. IMGL's educational work will continue to ex- Tony Coles, the president of the International Masters of Gaming Law, is also a partner at Jeffrey Green Russell in London. Editorial pand in 2010 with two conferences, one in New York City in the spring and the other in Madrid, Spain in Oc- tober. IMGL will continue its publication of Casino Lawyer, Canadian Gaming Lawyer, and European Gam- ing Lawyer magazines and, for the first time, IMGL will introduce La Ley del Juego as its first gaming law mag- azine dedicated to Spanish speaking jurisdictions, and published in Spanish. IMGL is widely regarded as the leading international network for the best specialist gaming professionals around the world, and the jurisdictions where IMGL has members are continually increasing. This will continue throughout 2010, with the result that the industry will be better served by the expertise of the IMGL gaming law experts. IMGL is also constantly increasing its affiliate membership of consultants, regulators, and other spe- cialist experts in the gaming industry, and the number of young gaming lawyers who are affiliated to IMGL con- tinues to grow indicating that the industry will be well- served by IMGL expertise into 2010 and well beyond. As the 2010 president of IMGL, I take over from my brilliant predecessor Robert Stocker from Illinois who has served IMGL so very ably as its president in 2008 and 2009. I am also proud that I will be supported by Kelly Duncan (Louisiana) as vice president, Joerg Hofmann (Germany) as secretary, Michael Zatezalo (Ohio) as treasurer, Douglas Florence (Nevada) as affili- ate vice president, and I. Nelson Rose (California) as vice president-educator. This team, with all of our other dis- tinguished colleagues, will ensure that in 2010 IMGL will continue to serve the industry in the best possible way. In 2010 we know that we will see the business and regulatory environment for the industry change signifi- cantly in many parts of the world. From my own juris- diction, the UK, we will watch the possible introduction into the United States of a new regime for Internet gam- ing (something which the UK did some years ago), and there are also expected to be important changes to regu- lation in France, Italy, Denmark, and, possibly, Spain. With the developments in gaming regulation planned in South Africa and the ongoing discussions in Australia and Ireland, we also know that we will be seeing a very challenging and interesting year. 1

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