2026 BSA/AML Gaming Conference to Focus on Enforcement, Sanctions and Emerging Casino Risks
The 2026 Annual BSA/AML Gaming Conference will bring casino compliance professionals, regulators and law-enforcement officials to Planet Hollywood Las Vegas Resort & Casino from September 14–17, with the main conference programme running September 15–17 after a dedicated Fundamentals Day on September 14.
The BSA-AML Compliance Group, which organises the conference, says the programme is designed around current Bank Secrecy Act, sanctions and illicit-finance risks facing the gaming sector. Participating federal agencies are expected to include the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), IRS Criminal Investigation, IRS Small Business/Self-Employed BSA examiners, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. State regulators including the Nevada Gaming Control Board and New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement are also scheduled to participate.
Enforcement, KYC and source-of-funds issues on the agenda
Announced sessions cover recent casino and non-casino enforcement actions, OFAC sanctions enforcement, state and tribal AML regulation, law-enforcement trends, emerging know-your-customer and source-of-funds issues, and recent trends in IRS examinations and FinCEN investigations.
The programme will also examine artificial intelligence and data analysis in BSA/AML compliance, back-of-house AML investigations, proposed FinCEN AML programme requirements, and Treasury’s National Money Laundering Risk Assessment. Prediction markets such as Kalshi and Polymarket are another stated focus, including the legal, regulatory and money-laundering implications these products may create for gaming-sector compliance programmes.
The organiser says more than 560 people from 40 U.S. states, six foreign countries, dozens of Native American tribes and more than 160 gaming entities attended the 2025 conference. The 2026 programme continues that emphasis on direct interaction between compliance teams and the agencies responsible for AML supervision, sanctions and financial-crime enforcement.
For casino and gaming operators, the agenda reflects how AML expectations are expanding beyond traditional transaction monitoring toward source-of-funds analysis, sanctions exposure, emerging payment channels and technology-enabled financial crime.
