SAFEPLAY and the future of player protection

IAGR members are invited to the second webinar in our award winners’ series, featuring two representatives from the Lagos State Lotteries and Gaming Authority (LSLGA): Bashir Are, Chief Executive Officer, and Faruq Hassan, Manager of Strategy and Global Engagement and SAFEPLAY Champion.

Together they will share the story behind SAFEPLAY — Africa’s first regulator-led, multi-operator self-exclusion platform and winner of the 2025 IAGR Regulatory Innovation Award.

About SAFEPLAY

Developed by the LSLGA, SAFEPLAY addresses a structural gap in player protection: self-exclusion lists held by individual operators lacked visibility across the industry. A player excluded from one venue could access another. SAFEPLAY closes that gap.

The platform is centrally managed by the regulator and integrated with operator systems across both online and land-based environments. It provides real-time identity verification, a shared exclusion registry, and compliance intelligence accessible through a single regulatory dashboard.

The session will cover:

• The regulatory gap SAFEPLAY was designed to solve
• How the platform works across online and land-based channels
• The role of public awareness and community partnerships in responsible gambling
• Lessons for regulators considering centralised player protection systems

Webinar details

• Date: Thursday 21 May 2026
• Time: 3:00pm Lagos / London | 10:00pm Singapore | 11:00pm Tokyo | Midnight Sydney (Friday 22 May) | 7:00am Las Vegas
• Free and exclusive to IAGR members
• The session will be recorded and shared with all registrants

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