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Maryland wrapped up its 2026 legislative session without approving two bills targeting sweepstakes-style gaming, keeping a familiar fight unresolved for at least another year. The measures, HB 295 and HB 1226, both cleared the House of Delegates. Neither one made it through the Senate before lawmakers adjourned on April 13, which ended their chances this […]
Maine lawmakers have approved legislation that effectively shuts down online sweepstakes platforms that mimic casino gambling, marking one of the clearest state-level crackdowns yet on the fast-growing sector. Senate Bill 2007 cleared the Legislature on March 26, 2026, after months of committee review and debate. The proposal was submitted by the Department of Public Safety […]
Maryland lawmakers are pushing forward a trio of gambling bills aimed at tightening rules and going after illegal operators. House Bill 518 passed the House without opposition on March 18 and is now under review in the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee, along with two related proposals focused on unregulated online markets and sweepstakes-style gaming. […]
Federal prosecutors say a 31-year-old Jamaican citizen is now facing serious charges in Connecticut over what they describe as a yearslong sweepstakes scam that drained millions of dollars from older Americans. Court documents unsealed in New Haven lay out allegations that Richard Murray and several others operated the scheme beginning as early as 2018. Investigators […]
The Social Gaming Leadership Alliance (SGLA) has released a press release expressing “disappointment” over a state’s decision to push back on what it considers illegal gambling. Namely, the Minnesota Attorney General has come out swinging against “out-of-state and overseas operators” running sweepstakes casinos online and skirting established gambling laws. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said […]
The California Senate has tweaked Assembly Bill 831 (AB 831), a proposal that aims to shut down online sweepstakes casinos in the state. Lawmakers stressed that the bill isn’t meant to interfere with state lottery games or the kind of sweepstakes promotions that pop up every so often. The updated language makes it clear: “(a) […]
The Social Gaming Leadership Alliance (SGLA) is back and asking for a rejection of Assembly Bill 831. This comes as the California Senate is set to hear the bill, which focuses on banning sweepstakes casinos, after it was placed in the suspension file. In a new press release, the SGLA cites a new survey that […]
Almost every other day, gaming boards across the US are debating how to regulate sweepstakes casinos, with growing concerns about the lack of oversight. One of the biggest battles is unfolding in California, where AB 831 is moving closer to shutting them down in the state. On Wednesday (July 16), the California Public Safety Committee […]
All eyes are on California this week as its controversial anti-sweepstakes bill heads into a second legislative hearing on Tuesday (July 15) before the Senate Public Safety Committee. Known as AB 831, the bill would ban online sweepstakes casinos and slap criminal penalties on operators, suppliers, promoters and even media affiliates. The proposal has sparked […]
