SBC News BOS Sponsor Profile – Nick Hawke – Lysis Gaming Compliance

BOS Sponsor Profile – Nick Hawke – Lysis Gaming Compliance

Nick Hawke, Lysis Gaming Compliance.Lysis Gaming Compliance has been confirmed as an Event Badge Sponsor for Betting on Sports 2016.

Lysis Gaming Compliance, part of the Lysis group, provides compliance strategy, anti-money laundering services and consultancy to the gaming industry. The company provides qualified and experienced teams from a City of London headquarters and near-shore centres, delivering efficient and cost-effective KYC and FATCA processing, remediation and client on-boarding.

Nick Hawke, Head of Governance Risk and Compliance, spoke to SBC News to provide more information about the Lysis brand, and to share his excitement over sponsoring the upcoming event.

SBC: What do you find most interesting about sports betting?

NH: Betting on sports has emerged through recent technological advances to be an engaging and accessible leisure pursuit. It offers easy and exciting opportunities to anyone with a passion for sport or sports betting. Sports betting is engaging, as it enables individuals to make educated and informed predictions based on knowledge and experience of their chosen game. Unlike random games such as roulette, sports betting brings the player much closer to excitement of the action and the final result.

SBC: What are you looking forward to being debated in the conference area?

NH: The challenges the industry faces through increasing regulation and compliance requirements, as the industry rapidly continues to grow in size.

SBC: What can you tell us about the Lysis Gaming Compliance brand and services?

NH: Lysis Gaming Compliance provides compliance strategy and consultancy services to the gaming industry to support gaming firms in efficiently managing their compliance obligations. Lysis Gaming Compliance is part of the Lysis group of companies, which provides compliance and anti-money laundering services to the financial services and legal services industries.

SBC: What does the rest of 2016 have in-store for you?

NH: The increasing regulatory burden faced by organisations in this sector is being met by Lysis Financial and Lysis Gaming Compliance, as we continue to help and support our growing client portfolio through enhanced services and solutions. We’re looking forward to building and strengthening our relationships at the Betting on Sports conference and beyond.

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