
Abby Dawson
Compliance Auditor
Abby Dawson graduated from East Stroudsburg University with a Bachelor’s degree in Education and later a Specialized Diploma in Accounting. Abby was formerly an Accounting Consultant and Researcher, and is also a CPA candidate. She is a cooperative team player with attention to detail and is enthusiastic about her career as an Auditor at Odds on Compliance. Abby is part of the Audit team and sets up testing templates, tests evidence received, and documents the results.

Alison Staknis
Director, Regulatory Operations
Alison Staknis has over 25 years of gaming industry experience and was most recently the Internet Gaming Manager and Director of Compliance for Resorts Digital Gaming, LLC., where she collaborated on the launch of several internet gaming skins working with notable partners such as PokerStars, DraftKings and Barstool Sports. Staknis’ previous experience spans a variety of casino operators and provides Odds On Compliance with a wealth of knowledge. She has worked at the Golden Nugget Atlantic City as the Controller and Director of Finance, overseeing the cashiering, accounting, and finance departments, and was a member of the opening team at Mount Airy Casino Resort in the Poconos as the Director of Finance. She also spent 7+ years as the Director of Casino/Hotel Accounting at the Sands Casino Hotel where she stayed on as a member of the closing team. Prior to that, Staknis oversaw a 100+ staff in the cashiering operations department at Harrah’s Atlantic City and started her career at Caesars Entertainment where she held accounting, compliance, and cage operations positions.She graduated from Richard Stockton College of New Jersey with a master’s degree in Business Administration.

Christopher Smith
Manager of Regulatory Operations, Payments & Fraud
Christopher Smith has a decade of casino, igaming, sportsbook experience as a Risk, Payments, and Player Support Manager and is currently Manager of Regulatory Operations in Payments, & Fraud. His experience includes conducting fraud risk assessments on new products and services and performing investigations of fraud cases. He is also a certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist and severed 10 years in the Navy.

Jason Wellendorf
Research & Compliance Analyst
Jason has years of experience in assisting clients across highly regulated industries and regularly leads client efforts to obtain requisite gaming and sports wagering-related licensure in numerous domestic and international markets. Jason’s acute understanding of each market’s unique requirements provides a scalable, technology-driven approach that simplifies the license application process, removes barriers to entry, and allows clients to focus on their business. Jason graduated from Muskingum University where he was also a member of the school’s NCAA lacrosse team.

MaryBeth Butler
Director, Revenue Audit
Marybeth Butler is a prior regulator from both the Casino Control Commission and Division of Gaming Enforcement in New Jersey. She began her career in 1987 as an Auditor and quickly climbed through the ranks to lead the Revenue Certification team starting in 1995. Marybeth used her years of experience to develop audit strategies for the introduction of Internet gaming in 2013. She also played a key role in establishing the regulatory framework for sports wagering in 2018. Marybeth successfully guided her revenue certification and audit teams which grew from six to fifteen until she retired from state service in 2021.

Matthew Krince
Senior Advisory, Regulatory Audit
For over 15 years, Matt Krince has been leading and maneuvering client audit, risk and regulatory compliance activities across a wide range of financial, banking and Gaming institutions. Matt has championed company culture through extensive knowledge of laws, regulations, standards, and policies set by the local, state, and federal governing bodies. A proven leader in managing teams through planning, testing and reporting phases of compliance and regulatory audits, with experience in examining a wide array of complex control environments while undertaking extensive work remediating matters requiring attention with regulating bodies. From building out regulatory compliance programs through testing their effectiveness and issue remediation, his experience has led to safe and secure control environments for businesses across numerous highly regulated industries.

Mike Mignone
Director, Technical Compliance
Mike Mignone earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Stockton University in 2005. In 2007, he became part of the compliance team at Gaming Laboratories International (GLI), where he spent over a decade developing and maintaining strong relationships with state and tribal regulatory bodies. During his tenure at GLI, Mike spoke on gaming panels and was instrumental in establishing the Technical Tribal Team, which provided tribal regulators with 24/7 support access. In 2019, Mike accepted the position of Technical Compliance Manager for William Hill. In this role, he supported various state launches, developed change management processes, and provided internal guidance on all areas of technical compliance to dev teams, QA staff, and operations. In June 2021, Mike joined Odds On Compliance (formerly EDF Compliance) as Director of Technical Compliance, leveraging his 16+ years of gaming experience to provide expert technical compliance support to companies seeking to expand into US markets.