Public Gaming Magazine January/February 2016

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10 // PUBLIC GAMING INTERNATIONAL // January/February 2016
PUBLIC GAMING
INTERVIEWS
Jean-Luc
MONER-BANET
Director General, Société de la Loterie de la Suisse Romande
President, World Lottery Association
Paul Jason, PGRI: What are your top
priorities for the WLA in 2016?
Jean-Luc Moner-Banet: WLA’s pri-
orities for the year 2016 are in keeping
with the previous years. A top priority
is the development of the two standards
that have been developed by the WLA
for our industry—the WLA Security
Control Standard (SCS) and the WLA
Responsible Gaming Framework—in
particular in the domain of security and
risk management. Important domains
such as the operation of games on the
interactive channels (Internet, tablets,
smartphones, etc.) as well as the op-
eration of sports-betting are subject to
specific sections in our standard in or-
der to always be more relevant for our
members. To date, a total of 66 Lottery
Members and 12 Associate Members
were certified to the SCS standard.
Beyond this element, the WLA
works to strengthen the operations of
the Global Lottery Monitoring System
(GLMS) in collaboration with the Eu-
ropean Lotteries (EL), the new General
Secretary of the association – Mrs Sarah
Lacarrière—and all members of the
Executive Committee. The year 2016
will be rich with the European Football
Championship (UEFA Euro 2016) in
France and the summer Olympic games
in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which makes
the development of a quality tool all the
more important in order to contribute
to the integrity of sports worldwide.
Beyond those major projects, the
WLA remains active in the educational
program by collaborating to the work-
shops and seminars organized by the
regional associations, in particular by
Setting the Standards for a Global, Integrated Games-of-Chance Industry
PGRI Introduction: Mr. Moner-Banet joined Suisse Loterie Romande in 1998, was appointed Deputy Director Gener-
al in 2001, and Director General in 2007. Mr Moner-Banet was also appointed to the World Lottery Association (WLA)
Executive Committee in 2008 and elected to the position of President of the WLA in September 2012. His leadership
of the WLA, his service to the members, is so very much appreciated! The WLA numbers approximately 150 official
Lottery organizations from 82 countries around the globe, most of whose revenues (over $200 billion) are redeployed
for good causes that serve the interests of society.
Legislators and Regulators are struggling to adapt to disruption and changes in the games-of-chance market-place.
Legal and political frameworks may function on regional and jurisdictional levels. But the issues we face are global.
And the solutions will involve multi-jurisdictional alliances and initiatives. A primary mission of the WLA is to promote
collaboration and unity among its government-lottery members. It is by working together, forming a united front in the
effort to protect the Government-Lottery model, that Lottery operators all around the world will protect the interests
of the good causes that they are dedicated to serving.