IAGR2025 session:
Managing competing priorities towards sustainable gaming
Co-presented with Carrie Torrisi, Chief of Sports Watering Division, Massachusetts Gaming Commission
How can regulators and operators balance commercial goals with meaningful harm prevention? This session from the Massachusetts Gaming Commission explores early steps taken to examine player wager limits and VIP programs through a lens of sustainability. Mark Vander Linden and Carrie Torrisi from the Massachusetts Gaming Commission will share insights into their review of operator practices and discuss how regulatory frameworks might evolve to better manage risk while supporting a healthy gambling environment.
About Mark:
Since 2013 Mark Vander Linden has served as Director of Research and Responsible Gaming for the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC). In this role he manages an extensive research agenda to advance an understanding of responsible gaming, gambling disorders and the social and economic impacts of sports wagering and casino gambling in Massachusetts. Additionally, he works collaboratively with gaming operators, advocates, and other stakeholders on a range of initiatives to build a sustainable and socially responsible casino and sports wagering industry in the state.
Prior to joining MGC, Mark was the Executive Officer of the Office of Problem Gambling Treatment and Prevention with the Iowa Department of Public Health.
Mark serves on the Board of Directors of the International Center for Responsible Gaming. He received his Masters in Social Welfare from the University of California, Berkeley.
