Jason Lane

chief executive

Jersey Gambling Commission, British Channel Islands

Session

Monday 19 October | 15:45-16:30
FOLLOW THE MONEY: AML/CFT, GAMBLING PAYMENTS, AND ORGANIZED CRIME RISK
Financial crime controls are now central to gambling regulation, market integrity, and the fight against illegal supply. This session will examine how typologies, beneficial ownership data, payment flows, digital wallets, suspicious transaction reporting, and technology-driven monitoring can help regulators and operators detect criminal risk earlier, strengthen AML/CFT compliance, and support more effective enforcement. It will also explore how these tools can contribute to suspicious betting detection, integrity monitoring, and the identification of match-fixing and other organized criminal threats.

Biography

Jason Lane has been Chief Executive of the Jersey Gambling Commission in the British Channel Islands since the organisation was created in 2010, having previously worked as a policy advisor on regulatory issues for the Government of Jersey.  He joined IAGR in 2002 to assist in developing the framework for the new gambling regime in the Island and subsequently joined and served in a number of positions within GREF, the European regulatory association, becoming Chair 2014-16.  Lane became a Trustee of IAGR in 2018 and was elected Vice-President in 2020, before being elected President in 2021 for a two-year term.

Lane believes that the diversity of its membership, their different geographical, cultural and sectoral approaches to regulation is what makes IAGR the leading association for co-operation and education within the gambling space.  His career has shown the necessity of building effective networks between regulators and the value of sharing experience of different policy approaches, both of which are core areas of focus for IAGR.

Outside of work, Lane is Chair of the Island’s Police Authority with responsibility to the Minister and legislature for effective oversight of the police service.  He holds a PhD in policing from the Queens University of Belfast (1999) and degrees in Politics and International Studies.  He commits his spare time to scuba diving, target shooting and his long-suffering family.