ULIS Elects Jean-Luc Moner-Banet as President

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United Lotteries for Integrity in Sports (ULIS) has entered a new chapter of leadership with the election of Jean-Luc Moner-Banet as President and the appointment of a new Executive Committee during its General Meeting in Bern, Switzerland. This transition builds on the organization’s record of achievement while preparing to address the challenges and opportunities of the constantly evolving global sports betting ecosystem.

With more than three decades of experience in the lottery sector, Jean-Luc Moner-Banet brings a wealth of expertise and a global perspective to his new role. His career at Loterie Romande, one of Switzerland’s two state-authorised lotteries, began in 1998. Rising through the ranks, he was appointed Deputy Director General in 2001 and has served as CEO since 2007. Prior to this, he worked for ten years in various roles for gaming industry suppliers.

Moner-Banet has long been a prominent advocate for integrity and good governance on the international stage. From 2012 to 2018, he served as President of the World Lottery Association (WLA), driving global initiatives to strengthen standards for security and transparency. Since 2009, he has been serving in leadership roles at European Lotteries (EL), including his current position as Supervisory Chair of the Sport & Sport Integrity Working Group. In 2019, he took up his role as Chair of the WLA Betting Integrity on Sports & Horse Racing Committee (BISHRC), established to preserve the integrity of sport by leading the fight against match-fixing and illegal betting.

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He was also a founding father of the European Lottery Monitoring System (ELMS), the first cooperative platform enabling European lotteries to monitor betting activities and detect irregularities. Under his leadership, ELMS expanded and evolved into the Global Lottery Monitoring System (GLMS), extending its scope to a worldwide level. In 2022, GLMS became United Lotteries for Integrity in Sports (ULIS), reflecting an even broader mission: uniting state-authorised lotteries across the globe in the protection of sport integrity against the threats of competition manipulation and illegal betting.

Jean-Luc Moner-Banet said: “It is a great honor to take on the responsibility of leading ULIS at a time of technological transformation that impacts our sports betting lottery community. As President, I am committed to driving forward new partnerships, innovative initiatives, and ensuring that ULIS continues to set the global standard for integrity in sports. This is an opportunity to strengthen the lotteries’ collective impact on our industry, and I am ready to make it happen.”

The Newly Elected Executive Committee

At the General Meeting, the mandate of the newly elected ULIS Executive Committee was confirmed for a three-year term, running until 2028. The ULIS Executive Committee comprises:

Jean-Luc Moner-Banet (President) – CEO, Loterie Romande, Switzerland

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Chris Lo (Vice-President) – Head of Trading, The Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong, China

Chee Weng Lam – CEO, Singapore Pools, Singapore

Louis Beaudet – Sports and Entertainment Betting Director, Loto-Québec, Canada

Antoine Beghin – Director of Sponsorship & Sports Integrity, La Française des Jeux, France

Younes El Mechrafi – CEO, Marocaine des Jeux et des Sports (MDJS), Morocco

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Ales Vesely – CEO, SAZKA a.s., Czech Republic

Lemeng Wang – Board Director, China Sports Lottery Operation Co., Ltd., China.

ULIS extends its gratitude to outgoing President Gilles Maillet and the 2023-2025 Executive Committee members for their leadership and remarkable legacy. During their tenure, significant milestones were accomplished, including the launch of EDULIS, the ULIS Educational Programme; a state-of-the-art monitoring platform for sports betting integrity; and the expansion of the organisation’s collaborations with international stakeholders and sports organisations, such as UEFA, and CONMEBOL, while developing ULIS’s presence in Latin America.

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