Featured Speaker - Tom Oberweiser
Our Speaker
Organized Sports Betting
Organized Sports Betting
"Tom Oberweiser is a retired criminal investigations supervisor and Division I football official who helps athletes, coaches, administrators, and officials recognize and prevent the risks associated with sports gambling while promoting ethics, integrity, and leadership throughout athletics."
Organized Sports Betting
Organized Sports Betting
Organized Sports Betting
Sports betting attracts a variety of participants and now, with more and more states having legalized sports gambling, it is important to present the possible dangers associated with sports betting.
Workshops and Keynotes
Workshops and Keynotes
Workshops and Keynotes
Presentations are geared to provide recognition skills to equip those associated with college and professional sports, investigators, regulators, and prosecutors, with the tools needed to address the red flag issues associated with sports betting.
Generate excitement
Workshops and Keynotes
Workshops and Keynotes
Speakers - Tom Oberweiser
Speaking Appearances
Speaking Appearances by
Thomas Oberweiser, former Montana P.O.S.T. Certified Instructor
Montana Law Enforcement Academy (3 annually - 25 Years)
Leadership Billings (Montana) Foundation (2 annually through 2011)
Adjunct Instructor, Rocky Mountain College, Billings, MT Instructor Fall Semesters (25 years)
Montana Law Enforcement Academy Tobacco Laws / Enforcement May, 2005
National Federation of Tax Administrators National Tobacco Tax Conference Big Sky, MT September, 2005
Midwest Gambling Investigators & Regulators, Deadwood, S.D. March, 2007
Western States Tobacco Regulators Conference, San Diego, CA February, 2007
Montana Tobacco Use Prevention Program - Annual Statewide Conference, Helena, MT April 2007
Glasgow, MT Police Protective Agency, May 2008
Treasure State Football Coaches Clinic, Missoula, MT March, 2009
North American Gambling Regulators Association International Convention, Washington, D.C. June, 2009
Montana State University Billings Police - August 19, 2009
Dawson County Sheriffs Office, Glendive, MT August 24, 2009
(Published Article NCAA Don't Bet On It Volume 3, Issue 11 August, 2009)
Bozeman, MT Police Department September 11, 2009
Billings West High School Parents Advisory Council, October 8, 2009
Midwest Organized Crime Intelligence Center / National Gambling Crime Intelligence Section, Des Moines, Iowa - October, 26 2009
Billings Police Department Keynote Address, Citizen Academy Graduation, November 17, 2009
Billing Senior High School Parents Advisory Council, December 7, 2009
National Law Enforcement Intelligence Units (LEIU) / International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts National Convention - Orlando, Florida, May 3, 4 2010
Gambling Industry Association of Montana, State Convention - Billings, MT May 19, 2010.
North American Gambling Regulators Association, International Convention, Vancouver, B.C., June 26, 2010
Montana High School Association Football Officials Train the Trainer Clinician, Great Falls, MT August 6th, 2010
Montana Corrections Officers State Convention, Butte, MT August 18, 2010
Montana Council on Problem Gambling, Workshop, Bozeman, MT
August 20 & 21, 2010,
Manitoba Gaming Control Commission, Winnipeg, Manitoba, October 14, 2010
Culbertson, MT High School, All-school assembly, April 11, 2011
Big Sky Conference Football Officials Clinic, July 20, 2012
MT Dept of Justice Gambling Investigation Bureau New Investigators Training, November 15, 2012
Montana Association of Chiefs of Police, May 16, 2013
Rocky Mountain College Student Athletes Organized Sports Gambling - Annually
1999 - 2017
National Law Enforcement Intelligence Units (LEIU) / International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts National Convention - Atlanta, Georgia May 13 - 14 2014
Frontier Conference College Football Officials Clinic Clinician - Helena, MT 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017
Midwest Gambling Investigators and Regulators Conference Black Hawk, Colorado April 10 -12, 2018
Colorado State Investigators Association, Denver, Colorado, September 25, 2018
Williston Basin Football Officials Clinic, Keynote, Williston, North Dakota, August 16, 2024
MT Pro Football Hall of Fame, Emcee, June 28, 2025
MT AAU 'Little Sullivan Award' Keynote, May 2, 2026
Who Should Attend
Front Line Officers who come in contact with street level bookies and bettors on the street, in bars, pool halls, card rooms and local businesses
Traffic Unit Officers who come in contact with tools/instruments used by bookies and bettors in transit
White Collar Detectives, Vice Unit Agents
Prosecuting Attorneys
School Administrators, Teachers, Athletic Directors
School and Conference Administrators
Parents
Presentations
Presentations / Workshops
Tom Oberweiser was a high school, Division 1 NCAA , and indoor professional football official for 40 years and a criminal gambling investigator for the Montana Department of Justice for 30 years. 17 as a Supervisor in the Eastern District. His presentations include everything from keynote addresses to eight-hour workshops on sports betting, investigations, sports ethics and more.
Goals
To educate student and professional athletes, coaches, administrators, officials, law enforcement and others on the fundamentals of sports betting and the dangers inherent therein, and to provide the tools necessary to prevent scandals.
Objectives
After a presentation those attending will have a greater knowledge of sports betting including point spreads and handicapping and will be familiar with, and able to recognize, the common accoutrements and terminology associated with sports betting including spread sheets, scratch sheets, and totals sheets.