Trish Wheaton — Background & Compliance Record, Casino.ca

Overview

From Healthcare Fraud Audits To Gaming Compliance

New Brunswick native Trish has 15+ years in gaming, covering privacy, risk management, investigations, and legislation — giving her a well-rounded perspective on operational and regulatory integrity in iGaming. She's led compliance programs for leading North American gaming brands, overseeing licence submissions across Ontario, Colorado, and other key markets. What her Casino.ca bio doesn't spell out is where that discipline was actually built: 15 years managing healthcare-provider audit and investigation programs at Medavie Blue Cross, including files run on behalf of Veterans Affairs Canada, the RCMP and the Department of National Defense, before she carried that same rigor into Atlantic Lottery Corporation and, eventually, sports-betting compliance.

Professional Experience

Career Timeline

Oct 2024 – Present

Freelance Advisor / Legal Editor

Casino.ca (Remote) — reviews and fact-checks online content, contributes to FOI requests and ad hoc research

Jan 2024 – Present

Compliance Consultant

US Online Sports Betting — licensing and operational compliance, Canada

Jul 2023 – Dec 2023

Head of Compliance

BhetCorp (Remote)

Apr 2021 – Nov 2022 · 1 yr 8 mo · New Jersey

MaximBet — three escalating roles

Director Of Compliance (May–Nov 2022): led the regulatory compliance program company-wide, primary contact with regulators and market-access partners, oversaw licence renewals and quarterly/incident/financial reporting.
Compliance Manager (Feb–May 2022): led multiple concurrent US/Canadian sports-betting and iGaming licence applications; built internal controls and AML/RG frameworks.
Senior Compliance Officer (Apr 2021–Feb 2022): completed and submitted targeted US gaming licence applications; ran due-diligence, AML and Responsible Gaming reviews.

Aug 2009 – Oct 2020 · 11 yrs 3 mo · Moncton, NB

Atlantic Lottery Corporation — five roles over 11 years

Information Management & Privacy Specialist (2017–2020): primary subject-matter expert on corporate privacy (PIPEDA) and Freedom of Information, built the enterprise information-management policy framework.
Risk & Compliance Specialist (2013–2017): developed the enterprise risk-management framework, quarterly risk reporting to the Audit Committee.
Manager, Risk Management & Compliance (2012–2013): ran AL's gaming regulatory programs, primary liaison with the NS Gaming Regulator.
Senior Compliance Officer (2010–2012): managed AL's gaming regulatory compliance framework across all Atlantic provinces.
Manager, Integrity and Compliance (2009–2010): built fraud-detection and transactional-data monitoring programs.

1994 – 2009 · 15 yrs · Moncton, NB

Medavie Blue Cross — Manager, Internal Audit & National Investigative Unit

Ran healthcare-provider audit and fraud-investigation programs on behalf of federal and provincial accounts, including Veterans Affairs Canada, the RCMP, the Department of National Defense and the NB Prescription Drug Program — the primary liaison with external legal counsel on high-profile audit-recovery files. Fifteen years of investigative and internal-audit discipline, before either gaming or lottery compliance.

Education

Two Degrees, One East-Coast Foundation

University of New Brunswick, Saint John
Bachelor of Business Administration

St. Francis Xavier University
Bachelor of Arts

Credentials

30 Licenses & Certifications

Trish holds 30 professional licenses and certifications on record, spanning data, project management and compliance disciplines — including IBM's Data Fundamentals (Feb 2025) and Project Management Fundamentals (Jan 2025) — on top of her core regulatory-relationship-management, international-gaming-regulation and AML expertise.

Atlantic Lottery
11+ yrs, Moncton NB

MaximBet
Director of Compliance

Casino.ca
Legal Editor, 2024–present

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