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For the junior compliance / MLRO
Compliance foundations
The regulatory groundwork a compliance desk stands on — licensing regimes, KYC/AML in practice, player protection, and how to read a new market.
By the end of this track
You can navigate the core compliance surface: which licence protects a player, how CDD/EDD and SARs work, what an RG duty requires, and how to evaluate a jurisdiction.
- Licensing & Jurisdictions: UKGC, MGA, Curaçao & the US ModelA gambling licence is not a trophy; it is a contract of continuing obligations, and the regulator that issues it shapes almost everything about how an operator must behave. This lesson maps the major regimes — from the demanding UK Gambling Commission to Malta, the reformed Curaçao, and the fragmented, state-by-state United States — and explains the crucial line between regulated and grey markets.Pick up here →
- KYC & AML in Practice: Verifying and Monitoring PlayersEvery regulated operator sits on top of an invisible machine that checks who you are, whether you are old enough, and whether your money is clean, and then keeps watching quietly after you have signed up. This lesson opens that machine: what onboarding actually verifies, when checks escalate, how monitoring turns into a report to law enforcement, and why the whole apparatus exists in the first place. Understanding it explains most of the friction players feel, and why it is deliberate.
- Responsible Gambling: What Everyone Should KnowEvery casino game, sportsbook margin and lottery draw is built so that, over enough time, the operator keeps more than it pays out. That single fact is why responsible gambling is not a footnote at the bottom of a page but the foundation everything else sits on. This lesson explains the maths in plain terms, walks through the tools that help you stay in control, and shows exactly where to turn if gambling stops being fun. For adults 18+ only.
- Market Entry: Reading a JurisdictionA professional never reads a market from its headline tax rate. This lesson walks the five questions a practitioner asks before judging any jurisdiction — using the UK, Malta, Germany, Ontario, New Jersey and Curaçao as worked examples — and shows why the tax base, not the rate, is the first thing worth knowing. It teaches how to read a market, not advice to enter one.