New York AG shuts down 26 online sweepstakes casinos

[The Buzz]

New York Attorney General Letitia James has taken a significant step against the unregulated online gaming industry, ordering over two dozen sweepstakes casino websites to cease operations within the state. This action targets a controversial segment of online gaming where players can purchase currency to win prizes or credits redeemable for cash.

On Friday, James directed 26 websites, identified as illegal gambling outfits, to immediately stop doing business in New York. The Attorney General's Office, in collaboration with the New York State Gaming Commission, determined that these platforms were conducting unregulated and prohibited games of chance online. This move positions James as the latest state attorney general to confront these controversial gaming platforms.

From the AG press release:

Online sweepstakes casinos are not subject to audits and other regulatory oversight by the state to ensure that games are not rigged, putting New Yorkers at risk. Attorney General James sent cease and desist letters to the operators of these platforms, demanding that they stop all prohibited gambling activity in the state, and as a result, all 26 platforms are ending the sale of sweepstakes coins in New York.

“Online sweepstakes casinos are illegal, dangerous, and can seriously ruin people’s finances,” said Attorney General James. “I thank the New York State Gaming Commission and Senator Addabbo for partnering with my office on this issue to protect New Yorkers.”

“These so-called ‘sweepstakes’ games are unscrupulous, unsecure, and unlawful,” said New York State Gaming Commission Chairman Brian O’Dwyer. “I have been very vocal about the need to crack down on these operations, and I am thrilled that Attorney General James has taken this significant step to eradicate the illegal gambling market. We encourage those of age who wish to gamble to do so with legal operators.”

Read more here: https://www.gpwa.org/article/new-yor...-desist-260275

[TheGooner]

I'd have some sympathy for the approach to ban this gambling abd protect New Yorkers ...
Except for the fact that the state run their own highly publicized "numbers" draw.

https://nylottery.ny.gov/
Since 1967 !!

So stop the rhetoric about "protecting New Yorkers" - it's a racket - a cartel - cronyism of the highest order.
You can only gamble with us.

[wonderpunter]

she will be going to jail herself soon..

[DaftDog]

she will be going to jail herself soon..

Lol - with Trump too?

[wonderpunter]

Lol - with Trump too?

I doubt that will happen, they tried dozens of times.. but she has comitted crimes against the fed.. not a private loan between two astute private corporations that lost 0 money..

[DaftDog]

I doubt that will happen, they tried dozens of times.. but she has comitted crimes against the fed.. not a private loan between two astute private corporations that lost 0 money..

Aren't you jumping the gun? In my country, and I believe the US too, a person is innocent until proven guilty. As far as I know, no charges have been brought against Letitia James as of June this year.

If she ever found guilty then she must face the consequences of her actions.

Trump was found guilty, by a jury of his peers, of 34 counts of fraud. What consequences did he pay? Virtually none other than a stain on his reputation as the first president in US history to be convicted of a crime. He was sentenced to an unconditional discharge.