Enforcement
Fines, settlements and license actions by state regulators against licensed gambling companies, and cease-and-desist letters and lawsuits against unlicensed sweepstakes casinos, offshore sportsbooks and prediction markets.
- Actions recorded
- 377 in 24 states, since 2023
- Fines and settlements
- $64.3M
- Cease-and-desist letters
- 236
By state
| State | Actions | Fines and settlements | Cease and desist | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada | 6 | $32.8M | 1 | Nov 13, 2025 |
| New York | 6 | $8.0M | 2 | Sep 9, 2026 |
| District of Columbia | 1 | $6.5M | Jan 14, 2025 | |
| Ohio | 14 | $6.3M | 3 | Jul 16, 2026 |
| Connecticut | 4 | $3.0M | 3 | Dec 3, 2025 |
| Illinois | 12 | $2.5M | 8 | Feb 4, 2026 |
| Pennsylvania | 30 | $1.8M | 1 | Sep 23, 2026 |
| Massachusetts | 22 | $716K | 2 | Mar 2026 |
| New Jersey | 12 | $614K | 2 | Aug 5, 2026 |
| Tennessee | 7 | $550K | 2 | Aug 11, 2026 |
| Indiana | 12 | $397K | Dec 19, 2024 | |
| Iowa | 4 | $255K | Jul 24, 2026 | |
| North Carolina | 2 | $250K | Sep 23, 2026 | |
| Virginia | 9 | $249K | Sep 5, 2024 | |
| Michigan | 202 | $180K | 195 | Oct 8, 2026 |
| Colorado | 4 | $160K | Aug 27, 2026 | |
| Maryland | 11 | 7 | Oct 21, 2025 | |
| Arizona | 6 | 5 | Mar 17, 2026 | |
| Florida | 3 | Aug 19, 2026 | ||
| Kentucky | 3 | Jun 17, 2026 | ||
| Washington | 2 | 1 | Mar 27, 2026 | |
| Louisiana | 2 | 2 | Jun 17, 2025 | |
| Mississippi | 2 | 1 | Jun 17, 2025 | |
| Montana | 1 | 1 | Mar 26, 2025 |
All actions
| Date | State | Against | Action | Amount | What happened |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 8, 2026 | Michigan | 33 unlicensed operators
| Cease and desist Online casino, Online poker, Sports (online), Sweepstakes casinos | Cease-and-desist letters to 33 operators (online casino, online poker, sports (online), sweepstakes casinos), announced together.[1] | |
| Oct 7, 2026 | Michigan | Coinbase Financial Markets, Inc. | Settlement Prediction markets | Coinbase Financial Markets agreed to stop offering new sports-related event contracts to Michigan customers and to close out open positions by Oct. 10, 2026, becoming the third platform (after Kalshi and Robinhood) to halt such products in Michigan while Sixth Circuit appeals over the state's authority to regulate them remain pending.[2] | |
| Sep 23, 2026 | Pennsylvania | CountR GmbH | Fine | $50,000 | PGCB fined gaming-services licensee CountR GmbH $50,000 for an unapproved change of control of its license and unpaid licensing fees.[3] |
| Sep 23, 2026 | Pennsylvania | MGM Resorts International | Fine Commercial casinos | $50,250 | PGCB fined MGM Resorts International $50,250 for filing a Principal Licensing application late.[3] |
| Sep 23, 2026 | North Carolina | bet365 (Hillside (North Carolina), LLC) | Fine Sports (online) | $75,000 | The Commission fined bet365 $75,000 for sending promotional push notifications to patrons on North Carolina's sports-wagering self-exclusion list; bet365 self-reported the violation. Reported in the press; no regulator document found.[4] |
| Sep 23, 2026 | North Carolina | Underdog Sports Wagering | Fine Sports (online) | $175,000 | The Commission fined Underdog $175,000 after it self-reported that 38 online sports-wagering accounts were created for customers under 21, eight of which placed bets before the error was caught; the violations occurred before Underdog exited the regulated NC sports-wagering market in December 2025. Reported in the press; no regulator document found.[4] |
| Sep 9, 2026 | New York | VGW Holdings Pty Ltd (operator of Chumba Casino, Global Poker and Luckyland Slots) | Settlement Sweepstakes casinos | $8.0M | NY Attorney General James secured $8 million in disgorgement, penalties and costs from VGW, the sweepstakes-casino operator behind Chumba Casino, Global Poker and Luckyland Slots, resolving the state's case following the 2025 cease-and-desist campaign against unlicensed sweepstakes casinos.[5] |
| Sep 9, 2026 | Michigan | Robinhood Derivatives, LLC | Settlement Prediction markets | Robinhood Derivatives agreed, under a court-approved stipulation following Michigan's Kalshi injunction, to stop offering new sports-related event contracts to Michigan customers and to close out open positions by Oct. 9, 2026, without conceding the underlying legal dispute over state regulation of its contracts.[6] | |
| Aug 27, 2026 | Colorado | Fanatics Sportsbook | Fine Sports (online) | $20,000 | The Limited Gaming Control Commission approved a $20,000 settlement after a Fanatics VIP team member sent promotional texts to a customer who had placed himself on Colorado's self-exclusion list, with Fanatics also agreeing to audit contacts with the self-exclusion list from January 2024 through March 2026 and retrain VIP staff. Reported in the press; no regulator document found.[7] |
| Aug 19, 2026 | Florida | Sweepstakes Ltd. (Stake.us) | Lawsuit Sweepstakes casinos | Attorney General James Uthmeier separately sued Stake.us's operating entity and affiliated payment processors in Hillsborough County Circuit Court on the same theory as the VGW suit, naming co-founders Ed Craven and Bijan Tehrani individually and seeking injunctions, restitution, disgorgement and civil penalties. Reported in the press; no regulator document found.[8] | |
| Aug 11, 2026 | Tennessee | Heritage Sports, Thunderpick, and Voltage Bet | Cease and desist Sports (online) | The Sports Wagering Council sent cease-and-desist demands to three more illegal offshore sportsbooks — Heritage Sports, Thunderpick, and Voltage Bet — demanding they stop accepting wagers from Tennessee residents.[9] | |
| Aug 5, 2026 | New Jersey | Caesars Sportsbook | Fine Sports (online) | $251,250 | Caesars Sportsbook was fined $251,250 and ordered to disgorge $45,465.38 for responsible-gaming failures, including allowing self-excluded patrons to wager (including through other platforms), inadequate responsible-gaming advertising language, and failing to send the Division its daily self-exclusion list.[10] |
| Jul 31, 2026 | New York | Kalshi | Lawsuit Prediction markets | After Kalshi lost its federal suit against the Gaming Commission's cease-and-desist order, NY Attorney General James sued KalshiEX, LLC, alleging its prediction markets are an unlicensed, illegal gambling operation accessible to bettors as young as 18, and seeking forfeiture of gains, consumer restitution and fines equal to triple Kalshi's illegal gains; James filed parallel unlicensed-gambling suits against Coinbase and Gemini (April 21, 2026) and Polymarket (September 24, 2026) on the same legal theory.[11],[12],[13] | |
| Jul 24, 2026 | Iowa | Betfair Interactive US LLC (d/b/a FanDuel) | Consent agreement Sports (retail) | $95,000 | FanDuel agreed to a two-count stipulated agreement ($50,000 and $45,000) after its Iowa retail sportsbooks accepted 21,638 impermissible wagers (about $60,700) on the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League and one impermissible retail soccer-card wager; FanDuel has since exited retail sportsbook operation in Iowa.[14] |
| Jul 16, 2026 | Ohio | Unlicensed gaming locations (Columbus and Westerville, Ohio) | Other Skill games | OCCC agents and Columbus police disabled or seized about 51 suspected illegal slot-style machines at a north Columbus strip-mall business and a Westerville residence; the Commission said it had by then served warrants at more than 181 Ohio locations in its crackdown on what it calls "backdoor casinos."[15] | |
| Jun 17, 2026 | Kentucky | KalshiEX LLC and affiliates (Kalshi Inc., Kalshi Klear Inc., Kalshi Klear LLC, Kalshi Trading LLC, Robinhood Markets, Inc., Robinhood Derivatives LLC, Webull Corporation, Coinbase Financial Markets, Inc.) | Lawsuit Prediction markets | Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman sued Kalshi and platform partners Robinhood, Webull, and Coinbase in Franklin Circuit Court, alleging Kalshi's "event contracts" on sports outcomes are unlicensed sports wagering under Kentucky law and violate the state's Consumer Protection Act and Loss Recovery Act.[16] | |
| Jun 17, 2026 | Kentucky | QCX LLC (Polymarket) and related entities | Lawsuit Prediction markets | Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman sued Polymarket in Franklin Circuit Court, alleging its website, app, and advertising offer unlicensed sports wagering disguised as "event contracts," in violation of Kentucky's Consumer Protection Act, Loss Recovery Act, and gambling laws.[16] | |
| Jun 17, 2026 | Kentucky | VGW (operator of Chumba Casino, Global Poker, and LuckyLand Slots) | Lawsuit Sweepstakes casinos | Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman sued VGW in Franklin Circuit Court over its sweepstakes-casino websites (Chumba Casino, Global Poker, LuckyLand Slots), alleging unlicensed online casino gambling in violation of state consumer-protection and gambling laws.[16] | |
| Jun 14, 2026 | Ohio | Unlicensed gaming locations (Cambridge, Ohio) | Other Skill games | OCCC agents and local police served warrants at multiple Cambridge, Ohio addresses, seizing or disabling about 146 suspected illegal slot machines along with cash, part of the Commission's ongoing ORC Chapter 3772 campaign against unlicensed cash-payout gaming machines.[17] | |
| May 20, 2026 | Pennsylvania | YFS Sub, LLC | Fine Daily fantasy | $50,000 | PGCB fined fantasy-contest operator YFS Sub (a Yahoo Fantasy Sports subsidiary) $50,000 for failing to notify the Board and obtain approval for a change of control of its license.[18] |
| May 20, 2026 | Pennsylvania | Greenwood Gaming and Entertainment, Inc. | Fine Commercial casinos | $40,000 | PGCB fined the Parx Casino operator $40,000 for three instances of underage individuals accessing the gaming floor and playing slot machines or table games.[18] |
| May 20, 2026 | Pennsylvania | Wind Creek Bethlehem, LLC | Fine Online casino | $50,000 | PGCB fined Wind Creek Bethlehem $50,000 for failing to follow Know-Your-Customer guidelines, which resulted in fraudulent withdrawals of more than $92,000 from its iGaming accounts.[18] |
| May 20, 2026 | Pennsylvania | Greenwood Gaming and Entertainment, Inc. | Fine Online casino | $40,000 | In the same action, PGCB fined Greenwood a further $40,000 for employing five unlicensed individuals who had access to iGaming account holders' personal identifying information through its betParx platform.[18] |
| Apr 14, 2026 | Ohio | Kalshi (KalshiEX LLC) | Fine Prediction markets | $5.0M | OCCC issued a notice of intent to impose a $5 million civil penalty on KalshiEX LLC (Kalshi) for continuing to offer unlicensed sports event contracts in Ohio after the Commission's March 2025 cease-and-desist order, stating "Kalshi's refusal to stop offering sports gaming in Ohio necessitated the Commission to take action"; this is a proposed penalty subject to a hearing, not a final fine.[19] |
| Apr 7, 2026 | Michigan | 45 unlicensed operators
| Cease and desist Online casino, Online poker, Sports (online) | Cease-and-desist letters to 45 operators (online casino, online poker, sports (online)), announced together.[20] | |
| Mar 27, 2026 | Washington | Kalshi | Lawsuit Prediction markets | Washington's Attorney General sued Kalshi in King County Superior Court, alleging its prediction-market "event contracts" on sports, elections and other events are unlicensed illegal gambling in violation of the state Gambling Act and Consumer Protection Act; in July 2026 the court granted a preliminary injunction, finding the state likely to succeed on its claims that Kalshi's operations are illegal gambling.[21],[22] | |
| Mar 25, 2026 | Pennsylvania | BetMGM, LLC | Fine Online casino | $100,000 | PGCB fined BetMGM $100,000 after finding its Know-Your-Customer procedures on the BetMGM/Borgata platforms were inadequate, letting four fraud rings open accounts with stolen identities and payment devices and generate roughly $2 million in combined wagering.[23] |
| Mar 17, 2026 | Arizona | KalshiEx LLC and Kalshi Trading LLC, dba Kalshi | Criminal charges Prediction markets | Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed a 20-count criminal information against the Kalshi entities for operating an unlicensed wagering business, alleging bets were accepted from Arizona residents on sports, player props, and election outcomes (including the 2026 governor's race), in a case filed days after Kalshi itself sued the state. Filed five days after Kalshi had sued Arizona (March 12, 2026) over the state's position on prediction markets.[24] | |
| Mar 5, 2026 | Michigan | KalshiEX, LLC | Lawsuit Prediction markets | AG Dana Nessel sued KalshiEX in Ingham County Circuit Court on behalf of the People and the MGCB, alleging its sports-event contracts are unlicensed sports betting under the Lawful Sports Betting Act; the court granted a temporary restraining order on June 29, 2026 (after remanding the case from federal court) and later a preliminary injunction halting Kalshi's Michigan sports-contract operations pending appeal.[25],[26] | |
| Mar 2026 | Massachusetts | BetMGM | Fine Sports (online) | $15,000 | BetMGM was fined in the same batch for allowing wagers on Petr Yan's UFC fights across two separate incidents spanning November 2024 to March 2025.[27] |
| Mar 2026 | Massachusetts | BetMGM | Fine Sports (online) | $6,500 | BetMGM was fined in the same batch for allowing a $10 prop bet on a UNLV wide receiver's receiving yards against Oregon in October 2024.[27] |
| Mar 2026 | Massachusetts | DraftKings | Fine Sports (online) | $10,000 | DraftKings was separately fined in the same batch for hosting an impermissible player-prop market (about 89 bets, $1,600) during an Arizona-Oregon NCAA basketball game on March 23, 2025.[27] |
| Mar 2026 | Massachusetts | DraftKings | Fine Sports (online) | $6,500 | DraftKings was fined in the same batch for accepting 13 improper wagers totaling $457 on a University of Michigan running back player-prop market around Jan. 5-6, 2024.[27] |
| Mar 2026 | Massachusetts | Caesars Sportsbook | Fine Sports (online) | $10,000 | Caesars was fined in the same batch for accepting six wagers totaling about $8,270 on the total number of red cards in UEFA Euro Championship matches, a prohibited officiating-decision market, between June and July 2024.[27] |
| Mar 2026 | Massachusetts | FanDuel | Fine Sports (online) | $5,000 | FanDuel was fined in a batch of eight self-reported noncompliance penalties for offering a prohibited player-prop market on a Nebraska quarterback's passing performance in September 2023.[27] |
| Mar 2026 | Massachusetts | Fanatics Betting and Gaming | Fine Sports (online) | $20,000 | Fanatics received the largest fine of the batch, $20,000, for accepting 154 bets on Russian UFC fighter Petr Yan in July 2025, a prohibited market.[27] |
| Mar 2026 | Massachusetts | Fanatics Betting and Gaming | Fine Sports (online) | $7,500 | Fanatics was fined in the same batch for accepting 36 wagers totaling $545 on the 2025 Heisman Trophy winner between January and March 2025, a prohibited futures market.[27] |
| Feb 25, 2026 | Pennsylvania | Relax Gaming North America, LLC | Fine Online casino | $32,500 | PGCB fined licensed internet gaming manufacturer Relax Gaming North America $32,500 for executing a change of control before obtaining Board approval.[28] |
| Feb 25, 2026 | Pennsylvania | Holding Acquisition Co., L.P. | Fine Commercial casinos | $70,000 | PGCB fined the Rivers Casino Pittsburgh operator $70,000 for seven instances of allowing self-excluded individuals onto the casino floor to gamble.[28] |
| Feb 25, 2026 | New York | Valve Corporation | Lawsuit | NY Attorney General James sued Valve Corporation alleging its paid in-game "loot box" features in Counter-Strike 2, Team Fortress 2 and Dota 2, which sell players a chance at rare virtual items, constitute illegal gambling under New York law, seeking to stop the feature and disgorge Valve's gains.[29] | |
| Feb 4, 2026 | Illinois | High 5 Casino | Cease and desist Sweepstakes casinos | High 5 Casino was one of the 65 operators the IGB ordered to stop offering sweepstakes-style casino games to Illinois residents in its February 2026 enforcement sweep.[30] | |
| Feb 4, 2026 | Illinois | Pulsz | Cease and desist Sweepstakes casinos | Pulsz was one of the 65 operators the IGB ordered to stop offering sweepstakes-style casino games to Illinois residents in its February 2026 enforcement sweep.[31] | |
| Feb 4, 2026 | Illinois | McLuck | Cease and desist Sweepstakes casinos | McLuck was one of the 65 operators the IGB ordered to stop offering sweepstakes-style casino games to Illinois residents in its February 2026 enforcement sweep.[32] | |
| Feb 4, 2026 | Illinois | Stake.us | Cease and desist Sweepstakes casinos | Stake.us was one of the 65 operators the IGB ordered to stop offering sweepstakes-style casino games to Illinois residents in its February 2026 enforcement sweep.[33] | |
| Feb 4, 2026 | Illinois | Chumba Casino (VGW Group) | Cease and desist Sweepstakes casinos | The IGB told Chumba Casino to cease and desist, saying it observed Illinois users playing slots, bingo, and table games for cash and gift-card prizes through Chumba's site and app.[34] | |
| Feb 4, 2026 | Illinois | 60 other sweepstakes-casino and unlicensed online-casino operators | Cease and desist Sweepstakes casinos | The IGB, coordinating with the Illinois Attorney General's office, issued more than 60 cease-and-desist letters to dual-currency sweepstakes and online casino sites, saying their cash-redeemable prize games constitute an illegal online casino under the Illinois Criminal Code.[35] | |
| Feb 2026 | Illinois | Lucky Lincoln Gaming, LLC | Consent agreement VGTs / VLTs | $1.2M | Lucky Lincoln Gaming agreed to pay a $1.2 million settlement and keep its video terminal operator license, resolving a 2023 complaint (on top of 2017 and 2019 complaints) that had sought revocation over an alleged inducement scheme paying for a bar's VGT-room construction and related obstruction allegations.[36],[37] |
| Feb 2026 | Massachusetts | BetMGM | Other Sports (online) | The Commission referred BetMGM to an adjudicatory hearing (penalty not yet set) after the operator reported that, from April 2024 to July 2025, it sent thousands of Red Sox-related promotional emails to recipients it could not confirm were 21+, including at least 3,803 confirmed under 21, plus 19 people on the self-exclusion list and 25 in "cool off" status.[38] | |
| Jan 26, 2026 | New Jersey | Marina District Development Company, LLC d/b/a Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa | Fine | $11,000 | Borgata was fined $11,000 for failing to prevent acceptance of wagers from self-excluded patrons and to maintain an updated self-exclusion list.[39] |
| Dec 10, 2025 | Tennessee | BetDSI and BetNow | Fine Sports (online) | $100,000 | The Sports Wagering Council issued $100,000 in fines ($50,000 each) to illegal sportsbooks BetDSI and BetNow for operating in Tennessee without a license.[40] |
| Dec 4, 2025 | Massachusetts | Fanatics Betting and Gaming | Fine Sports (online) | $20,000 | Fanatics was fined after a trading-team employee's manual override allowed 83 illegal wagers totaling $3,325 on a Boston College regular-season football game against Michigan State; the employee responsible had since left the company.[41] |
| Dec 3, 2025 | Michigan | 42 unlicensed operators
| Cease and desist Online casino, Sports (online) | Cease-and-desist letters to 42 operators (online casino, sports (online)), announced together.[42] | |
| Dec 3, 2025 | Connecticut | 3 unlicensed operators | Cease and desist Prediction markets | Cease-and-desist letters to 3 operators (prediction markets), announced together.[43] | |
| Nov 25, 2025 | New Jersey | Crown NJ Gaming Inc. d/b/a DraftKings | Fine Sports (online) | $32,500 | DraftKings was fined $32,500 for repeatedly failing to prevent acceptance of wagers on prohibited sports events, on a market listing an incorrect participant, and on past-posted bets, and was ordered to submit a remedial action plan to prevent recurrence.[44] |
| Nov 20, 2025 | Colorado | BetMGM, LLC | Fine Sports (online) | $50,000 | The Limited Gaming Control Commission approved a $50,000 settlement against BetMGM after it self-reported taking 48 prohibited college-athlete player-prop wagers, totaling $879.78 in stakes, between March 2023 and October 2024; half the fine is suspended for two years pending no further violations. Reported in the press; no regulator document found.[45] |
| Nov 19, 2025 | Pennsylvania | Raceway Management Company, Inc. | Fine VGTs / VLTs | $89,500 | PGCB fined Raceway Management Company $89,500 across its Gibson and Lake Ariel video gaming terminal locations for repeatedly operating without a Board-certified employee present.[46] |
| Nov 19, 2025 | Pennsylvania | Mann & Sidhu, Inc. | License revoked VGTs / VLTs | PGCB revoked the establishment and individual principal licenses of the Bald Eagle Truck Stop's VGT operation after finding no credentialed employee on duty, a minor placing wagers, and the location failing to maintain the fuel-sales volume required for truck-stop VGT eligibility.[46] | |
| Nov 13, 2025 | Nevada | Caesars Entertainment, Inc., and Desert Palace, LLC, dba Caesars Palace | Settlement Commercial casinos | $7.8M | Nevada regulators fined Caesars Entertainment $7.8 million over unsuitable methods of operation arising from illegal bookmaker Mathew Bowyer's activity at Caesars Palace, with most remedial conditions focused on AML-program enhancements.[47] |
| Oct 24, 2025 | New York | Kalshi | Cease and desist Prediction markets | NYSGC ordered Kalshi to stop offering its unlicensed sports-related prediction markets in New York; Kalshi did not comply and instead sued the Commission in federal court to block the order, losing that case in July 2026.[48],[49] | |
| Oct 22, 2025 | Pennsylvania | Vasas, Inc. (d/b/a Lucky Seven Travel Plaza) | Fine VGTs / VLTs | $50,000 | PGCB fined the VGT location's license holder $45,000 and its two owners $2,500 each after minors accessed the VGT room and operated the machines with no Board-credentialed employee on duty.[50] |
| Oct 21, 2025 | Maryland | Live! Casino, Maryland | Consent agreement Commercial casinos | A second consent agreement covering five further occasions on which an underage individual was admitted onto the Live! Casino & Hotel Maryland gaming floor.[51] | |
| Oct 21, 2025 | Maryland | Horseshoe Casino (CBAC Borrower, LLC) | Consent agreement Commercial casinos | Horseshoe Casino Baltimore entered a consent agreement after the agency found that on one occasion an underage individual was admitted into the casino and onto the gaming floor.[52] | |
| Oct 14, 2025 | New Jersey | Digital Gaming Corporation | Fine Online casino | $112,189 | DGC, a Super Group subsidiary that operated Jackpot City and Spin Palace Casino online in New Jersey, was fined $112,188.96 and ordered to disgorge $5,278.73 in winnings after repeatedly failing to timely add self-excluded patrons to the state exclusion list and letting some patrons exceed self-imposed deposit limits, for conduct between March 2024 and July 2025.[53] |
| Sep 24, 2025 | Pennsylvania | Valley Forge Casino Resort operator | Fine Commercial casinos | $30,000 | PGCB fined Valley Forge Casino Resort's operator $30,000 after a 13-year-old used his father's ID to get onto the gaming floor and gambled on slot machines for more than six hours.[54] |
| Sep 23, 2025 | Michigan | 8 unlicensed operators
| Cease and desist Online casino, Sports (online) | Cease-and-desist letters to 8 operators (online casino, sports (online)), announced together.[55] | |
| Sep 19, 2025 | Washington | Bovada.lv | Cease and desist Sports (online) | The Washington State Gambling Commission issued its second cease-and-desist notice to Bovada.lv, an offshore, Curacao-registered online sportsbook, for continuing to accept wagers from Washington residents without a license after an earlier demand to stop.[56] | |
| Sep 12, 2025 | Massachusetts | KalshiEX LLC | Lawsuit Prediction markets | AG Andrea Campbell sued Kalshi in Suffolk Superior Court, alleging it offers sports wagering under the guise of "event contracts" (moneyline, spread, and over/under style contracts) to Massachusetts residents without the sports-wagering license the MGC requires, and sought an order barring Kalshi from offering sports event contracts in the state pending the case.[57] | |
| Sep 2, 2025 | Michigan | 4 unlicensed operators
| Cease and desist Online casino | Cease-and-desist letters to 4 operators (online casino), announced together.[58] | |
| Aug 21, 2025 | Michigan | Crown MI Gaming, LLC d/b/a DraftKings | Fine Sports (online) | $5,000 | MGCB fined DraftKings $5,000 after a misconfigured centralized account-ledger system let 15 patrons exceed their self-imposed daily, weekly, or monthly wagering limits between Dec. 9, 2023 and Jan. 5, 2024; DraftKings self-reported the issue.[59] |
| Aug 20, 2025 | Michigan | IMG Arena US, LLC d/b/a IMG Arena | Fine Sports (online) | $50,000 | MGCB fined sports-data supplier IMG Arena $50,000 after it self-reported supplying retail sports betting services to MotorCity Casino (through FanDuel operator BetFair Interactive US) without holding a Michigan supplier's license.[60] |
| Aug 14, 2025 | Michigan | 21 unlicensed operators
| Cease and desist Online casino | Cease-and-desist letters to 21 operators (online casino), announced together.[61] | |
| Aug 7, 2025 | Maryland | Live! Casino, Maryland | Consent agreement Commercial casinos | Live! Casino & Hotel Maryland entered a consent agreement after the agency found that on nine separate occasions an underage individual was admitted onto the gaming floor where VLTs and table games are located.[62] | |
| Aug 7, 2025 | Maryland | Canton Gaming, LLC | Consent agreement Sports (retail) | Canton Gaming (Green Turtle-Canton sportsbook) agreed to a consent agreement after the agency found that on three separate occasions an underage individual was admitted into the sports-wagering betting area, violating the Sports Wagering Law.[63] | |
| Jul 30, 2025 | Michigan | 6 unlicensed operators
| Cease and desist Online casino, Sports (online) | Cease-and-desist letters to 6 operators (online casino, sports (online)), announced together.[64] | |
| Jul 25, 2025 | Ohio | Shamrocks (Toledo and Oregon, Ohio) | Other Skill games | OCCC agents, with Oregon and Toledo police, served warrants at two Shamrocks locations and seized or disabled about 104 suspected illegal slot machines plus more than $50,000 in cash; the Commission said it had by then served warrants at more than 167 Ohio locations and seized or disabled over 7,306 illegal gaming machines statewide, more than all slot machines at Ohio's four licensed casinos combined.[65] | |
| Jul 25, 2025 | Massachusetts | Crown MA Gaming, LLC d/b/a DraftKings | Fine Sports (online) | $450,000 | DraftKings received the Commission's largest sports-wagering fine to date after three separate self-reported periods (Mar. 2023-Feb. 2024) in which it failed to block credit-card funding of wagers, resulting in 1,160 impermissible wagers totaling $83,667.92 from 218 customers; the Commission also ordered refunds and an independent compliance audit.[66] |
| Jul 23, 2025 | Pennsylvania | Betfair Interactive US LLC (d/b/a FanDuel) | Fine Sports (online) | $40,000 | PGCB fined FanDuel $40,000 for failing to properly license several employees who had access to or could adjust customer account information.[67] |
| Jul 23, 2025 | Pennsylvania | Sugarhouse HSP Gaming, LP | Fine Commercial casinos | $30,000 | In the same action, PGCB fined the Rivers Philadelphia Casino operator $30,000 for two instances of allowing underage patrons onto the gaming floor, including a 17-year-old who used another person's ID on three consecutive days.[67] |
| Jul 17, 2025 | Colorado | Crown CO Gaming, LLC, dba DraftKings | Fine Sports (online) | $50,000 | The Colorado Limited Gaming Control Commission approved a stipulation and agreement fining DraftKings for taking wagers on the November 15, 2024 Jake Paul v. Mike Tyson fight after the Division had told operators months earlier not to accept bets on that event, and for reporting the incident 12 days late. Case No. DOG24-004464. The Commission's minutes confirm the agreement; the $50,000 amount is from press reports.[68],[69] |
| Jul 17, 2025 | Colorado | Crown CO Gaming, LLC, dba DraftKings | Fine Sports (online) | $40,000 | The Commission approved a second, separate stipulation fining DraftKings after a trader erroneously created and accepted about 80 player-performance proposition wagers (not permitted under Colorado's college-sports rules) on then-Arizona Wildcats player Caleb Love for a March 23, 2025 game; DraftKings self-reported the error. Case No. DOG25-001965. The Commission's minutes confirm the agreement; the $40,000 amount is from press reports.[68],[69] |
| Jul 15, 2025 | Tennessee | BetAnySports, Bookmaker, JazzSports, BetOnline, and Everygame | Fine Sports (online) | $250,000 | The Sports Wagering Council issued $250,000 in fines to five illegal offshore sportsbooks — BetAnySports, Bookmaker, JazzSports (Costa Rica), BetOnline (Panama), and Everygame (Curacao) — at $50,000 each, for continuing to accept wagers from Tennessee residents.[70] |
| Jul 14, 2025 | Michigan | American Wagering, Inc. d/b/a William Hill Sports Book | Fine Sports (online) | $100,000 | MGCB fined American Wagering (the Caesars-affiliated William Hill Sports Book) $100,000 after a patron exploited an unsecured account-funding application to make 116 fake "deposits" totaling $2.16 million with no real funding, then wagered over $88 million and withdrew $591,469.65, in violation of internet gaming/sports betting internal-control and account-funding rules.[71] |
| Jul 11, 2025 | Iowa | Betfair Interactive US LLC (d/b/a FanDuel) | Consent agreement Sports (online) | $125,000 | FanDuel's Iowa licensee agreed to a five-count stipulated agreement (counts of $20,000/$25,000/$25,000/$25,000/$30,000) for accepting impermissible wagers and, on one count, for a responsible-gaming/self-exclusion failure and a 64-day delay notifying the Commission of the issue.[72] |
| Jul 10, 2025 | Connecticut | DraftKings | Settlement Online casino | $3.0M | DraftKings settled a DCP Gaming Division investigation into "50% Casino Deposit Match"/"Casino Deposit Bonus" marketing by agreeing to return over $3 million to about 7,000 Connecticut consumers who signed up under those promotions between October 19, 2021 and January 4, 2023, plus a $50,000 payment to fund consumer programs and annual staff training on Connecticut gaming-marketing law.[73] |
| Jul 2, 2025 | Michigan | 19 unlicensed operators
| Cease and desist Online casino, Sports (online) | Cease-and-desist letters to 19 operators (online casino, sports (online)), announced together.[74] | |
| Jun 30, 2025 | Massachusetts | BetOnline.ag | Cease and desist Sweepstakes casinos | The AG's office sent a cease-and-desist letter to the Panama-based offshore operator BetOnline.ag for offering unlicensed online casino games (slots, blackjack, roulette, baccarat, poker) and betting on U.S. sports and horse racing to Massachusetts residents without MGC licensure.[75] | |
| Jun 30, 2025 | Massachusetts | Sportsbetting.ag | Cease and desist | The AG's office sent a parallel cease-and-desist letter to Panama-based offshore operator Sportsbetting.ag for offering the same unlicensed online casino and U.S. sports/horse-racing betting products to Massachusetts residents without MGC licensure.[75] | |
| Jun 23, 2025 | Arizona | 3 unlicensed operators | Cease and desist Sweepstakes casinos, Sports (online) | Cease-and-desist letters to 3 operators (sweepstakes casinos, sports (online)), announced together.[76] | |
| Jun 18, 2025 | Tennessee | Lowvig and Sportsbetting.ag | Fine Sports (online) | $100,000 | The Sports Wagering Council fined unlicensed offshore sportsbooks Lowvig and Sportsbetting.ag $50,000 each, totaling $100,000, after both operators ignored an April 2025 cease-and-desist letter demanding they stop accepting Tennessee wagers.[77] |
| Jun 17, 2025 | Louisiana | Multiple unlicensed offshore wagering platforms and online sweepstakes operators (40+ recipients) | Cease and desist | In coordination with the Louisiana Attorney General's Office and State Police Gaming Enforcement Division, the Board issued more than 40 cease-and-desist letters to offshore wagering platforms and online sweepstakes operators found to circumvent Louisiana gaming law. The Board did not name the recipients.[78] | |
| Jun 17, 2025 | Mississippi | Multiple unlicensed online sportsbooks and sweepstakes casinos | Cease and desist | The Mississippi Gaming Commission issued cease-and-desist letters, by mail and electronically, to multiple online operators running sports wagering and/or online casino games in Mississippi without a license, citing state gambling and racketeering statutes and federal laws (UIGEA, Wire Act, Illegal Gambling Business Act), and said it is referring case files for criminal prosecution. The Commission rejected any "free-to-play" defense for sweepstakes-style casinos.[79],[80] | |
| Jun 6, 2025 | New York | 26 unlicensed online sweepstakes casino operators (including Chumba, Fliff, Global Poker, High 5 Casino, Luckyland, McLuck, Sportzino and Zula Casino) | Cease and desist Sweepstakes casinos | NY Attorney General Letitia James sent cease-and-desist letters to the operators of 26 online sweepstakes-casino platforms, arguing their virtual coins (redeemable for cash or prizes) make them illegal gambling under state law; all 26 platforms ended the sale of sweepstakes coins in New York.[81] | |
| Jun 3, 2025 | Maryland | Yellow Social Interactive Limited, dba Pulsz | Cease and desist Sweepstakes casinos | Maryland Lottery and Gaming notified Pulsz that online casino gaming (iGaming) is not permitted in Maryland without a Commission license and demanded confirmation that it would cease offering casino games in the state.[82] | |
| May 20, 2025 | Tennessee | BetOnline | Cease and desist Sports (online) | The Sports Wagering Council sent a cease-and-desist letter to unlicensed offshore sportsbook BetOnline, giving it until June 16, 2025 to stop accepting wagers from Tennessee residents.[83] | |
| May 19, 2025 | Tennessee | BUSR | Fine Sports (online) | $50,000 | The Sports Wagering Council fined unlicensed offshore sportsbook BUSR $50,000 for operating illegally in Tennessee after the operator ignored an earlier cease-and-desist letter from the Council.[84] |
| May 15, 2025 | Nevada | Wynn Las Vegas, LLC | Settlement Commercial casinos | $5.5M | Nevada regulators fined Wynn Las Vegas $5.5 million after former employees allowed international patrons to improperly transfer money for wagering and allowed prohibited proxy betting, violating the licensee's anti-money-laundering compliance program.[85] |
| May 12, 2025 | Michigan | 4 unlicensed operators
| Cease and desist Online casino, Sports (online) | Cease-and-desist letters to 4 operators (online casino, sports (online)), announced together.[86] | |
| May 9, 2025 | Michigan | 14 unlicensed operators
| Cease and desist Sports (online), Online casino, Online poker | Cease-and-desist letters to 14 operators (sports (online), online casino, online poker), announced together.[87] | |
| May 7, 2025 | Michigan | BetUS | Cease and desist Sports (online) | MGCB cease-and-desist order to Costa Rica-based BetUS, licensed only in Comoros, for accepting wagers from Michigan residents on sports and casino games without state authorization.[88] | |
| Apr 30, 2025 | Tennessee | XBET | Fine Sports (online) | $50,000 | The Sports Wagering Council fined unlicensed offshore sportsbook XBET $50,000 for operating illegally in Tennessee in violation of the Tennessee Sports Gaming Act.[89] |
| Apr 28, 2025 | Michigan | SportsBetting.ag | Cease and desist Sports (online) | MGCB cease-and-desist order to the Panama-based operator of SportsBetting.ag for accepting wagers from Michigan residents on sports, horse racing, politics, and casino games without a license.[90] | |
| Apr 28, 2025 | Michigan | BetOnline.ag | Cease and desist Sports (online) | MGCB cease-and-desist order to the Panama-based operator of BetOnline.ag for facilitating unlicensed sports betting, live-event wagering, and casino-style games for Michigan residents.[90] | |
| Apr 24, 2025 | Michigan | Crown MI Gaming, LLC d/b/a DraftKings | Fine Sports (online) | $25,000 | MGCB fined DraftKings $25,000 for failing to process a patron's $19,028.96 withdrawal request from September 2023 through January 2024 and for not providing the patron required status updates every 10 business days during the investigation.[91] |
| Apr 23, 2025 | Michigan | 17 unlicensed operators
| Cease and desist Online casino, Sports (online) | Cease-and-desist letters to 17 operators (online casino, sports (online)), announced together.[92] | |
| Apr 17, 2025 | Arizona | ProphetX | Cease and desist Sports (online) | The Arizona Department of Gaming issued a cease-and-desist letter to the peer-to-peer sports wagering exchange ProphetX, alleging unlicensed gambling activity in violation of Arizona's promotion-of-gambling and related criminal statutes. Reported in the press; no regulator document found.[93] | |
| Apr 17, 2025 | Nevada | MGM Resorts International, MGM Grand Hotel/Casino, and The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas | Settlement Commercial casinos | $8.5M | Nevada regulators fined MGM Resorts International entities $8.5 million over AML-program deficiencies and employee failures tied to illegal bookmakers Wayne Nix and Mathew Bowyer wagering at MGM Grand and The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.[94] |
| Apr 17, 2025 | Arizona | ARB Gaming, LLC, dba Modo.us / Modo Casino | Cease and desist Sweepstakes casinos | The Arizona Department of Gaming issued a cease-and-desist letter directing the sweepstakes-casino operator to stop all illegal gambling activity in Arizona, alleging its operations amounted to a felony criminal enterprise under Arizona's promotion-of-gambling, illegal-control-of-an-enterprise, and money-laundering statutes. Reported in the press; no regulator document found. Part of an April 2025 multi-operator cease-and-desist batch that also named Epic Hunts, Generiz, MyBookie, and BetUS.com.[93] | |
| Apr 7, 2025 | Maryland | KalshiEX LLC, dba Kalshi | Cease and desist Prediction markets | Maryland Lottery and Gaming directed Kalshi to immediately cease and desist offering its sports-outcome event contracts in Maryland, saying the contracts are indistinguishable from sports wagers and Kalshi holds no state sports-wagering license.[95] | |
| Apr 7, 2025 | Maryland | Robinhood Derivatives, LLC | Cease and desist Prediction markets | Maryland Lottery and Gaming directed Robinhood Derivatives to immediately cease and desist offering its sports event contracts (including a college basketball tournament contract) in Maryland without a sports-wagering license.[96] | |
| Apr 7, 2025 | Maryland | The North American Derivatives Exchange, Inc., dba Crypto.com | Cease and desist Prediction markets | Maryland Lottery and Gaming directed the North American Derivatives Exchange (operating as Crypto.com) to immediately cease and desist offering its "Event Contract" sports-outcome product in Maryland without a sports-wagering license.[97] | |
| Apr 1, 2025 | Illinois | Kalshi, Robinhood, and Crypto.com | Cease and desist Prediction markets | The IGB sent cease-and-desist letters to Kalshi, Robinhood, and Crypto.com, saying their sports-outcome event contracts amounted to unlicensed sports wagering under Illinois law; the Board added a similar letter to Polymarket on January 27, 2026.[98],[99],[100] | |
| Apr 2025 | Pennsylvania | Unlicensed sweepstakes-casino operators (18 companies, domestic and offshore) | Cease and desist Sweepstakes casinos | PGCB's Office of Enforcement Counsel disclosed at a legislative hearing that it had sent cease-and-desist letters to 18 sweepstakes-casino operators it considers illegal unlicensed online gambling; the Board said all 18 complied, though it told lawmakers it lacks clear statutory authority to pursue stronger legal remedies.[101] | |
| Mar 31, 2025 | Ohio | Kalshi Inc. d/b/a KalshiEX LLC | Cease and desist Prediction markets | OCCC Executive Director Matthew Schuler sent Kalshi a cease-and-desist letter finding its sports event contracts are unlicensed sports gaming under R.C. 3775.03(A), stating "Plainly stated, Kalshi is operating online sports gaming," and objecting that Kalshi's 18+ age gate falls below Ohio's statutory 21 gambling age; the Commission set an April 14, 2025 compliance deadline and warned that criminal sanctions could follow.[102],[103] | |
| Mar 31, 2025 | Ohio | Robinhood Markets, Inc. | Cease and desist Prediction markets | The same day it issued the Kalshi letter, OCCC sent Robinhood a cease-and-desist letter finding its sports event contracts constitute unlicensed sports gaming lacking Ohio's required consumer protections, and ordering it to stop offering them in Ohio by April 14, 2025.[102] | |
| Mar 31, 2025 | Ohio | Crypto.com | Cease and desist Prediction markets | OCCC also sent Crypto.com a cease-and-desist letter over its sports event contracts, the first time Crypto.com was named in this round of state prediction-market enforcement actions; the Commission ordered compliance by April 14, 2025.[102] | |
| Mar 27, 2025 | New Jersey | Kalshi Inc. d/b/a KalshiEX LLC and/or Kalshi | Cease and desist Prediction markets | NJ DGE sent Kalshi a cease-and-desist letter demanding it immediately stop offering sports event-contract wagering to New Jersey residents and void wagers already placed, citing the Sports Wagering Act and the state constitutional ban on wagering on in-state college sports; Kalshi sued and won a federal preliminary injunction allowing it to keep operating pending the litigation.[104] | |
| Mar 27, 2025 | New Jersey | Robinhood Markets, Inc. d/b/a Robinhood | Cease and desist Prediction markets | The same day it issued the Kalshi letter, NJ DGE sent Robinhood a cease-and-desist letter demanding it immediately stop offering unauthorized sports event-contract wagering to New Jersey residents and void wagers already placed.[105] | |
| Mar 26, 2025 | Montana | KalshiEX, LLC | Cease and desist Prediction markets | Montana's Gambling Control Division ordered Kalshi to cease and desist offering its "event contracts" to Montana residents, concluding after an investigation that the contracts constitute illegal, unlicensed gambling and illegal sports wagering under state law.[106] | |
| Mar 20, 2025 | Nevada | Resorts World Las Vegas and its parent companies | Settlement Commercial casinos | $10.5M | Nevada regulators fined Resorts World Las Vegas $10.5 million and imposed AML-program and leadership conditions after an amended disciplinary complaint alleged unsuitable methods of operation from allowing illegal bookmakers Mathew Bowyer and Damien LeForbes to wager at the property without adequate source-of-funds checks.[107] |
| Mar 12, 2025 | Maryland | VGW, dba Chumba Casino and Luckyland Slots | Cease and desist Sweepstakes casinos | Maryland Lottery and Gaming notified VGW (Chumba Casino, Luckyland Slots) that it appeared to be offering online casino-style sweepstakes gaming in Maryland without a license and demanded a response confirming it would cease operations in the state.[108] | |
| Mar 5, 2025 | Michigan | 5 unlicensed operators
| Cease and desist Online casino, Sweepstakes casinos | Cease-and-desist letters to 5 operators (online casino, sweepstakes casinos), announced together.[109] | |
| Mar 4, 2025 | Nevada | KalshiEX LLC, dba Kalshi | Cease and desist Prediction markets | The Nevada Gaming Control Board issued a cease-and-desist order to Kalshi over its event-based contracts on sports and election outcomes, calling the activity unlawful gaming without a license and setting a March 14, 2025 deadline to stop, warning of criminal and civil penalties.[110] | |
| Feb 26, 2025 | Pennsylvania | PID, LLC | Fine Commercial casinos | $81,575 | PGCB fined the Presque Isle Downs & Casino operator a combined $81,575 ($50,000 for operating with fewer than its approved number of slot machines, $31,575 for a late Principal License filing).[111] |
| Feb 24, 2025 | Michigan | BetNow.eu Sportsbook, Casino, and Racebook | Cease and desist Sports (online) | MGCB cease-and-desist letter to offshore operator BetNow.eu for offering unlicensed sports betting, casino games, and horse race wagering to Michigan residents.[112] | |
| Feb 12, 2025 | Michigan | 9 unlicensed operators
| Cease and desist Sports (online), Online casino | Cease-and-desist letters to 9 operators (sports (online), online casino), announced together.[113] | |
| Feb 11, 2025 | Illinois | Harp Media B.V. d/b/a Bovada, BetOnline.ag, Bookmaker.eu, betus.com.pa, betanysports.eu, heritagesports.eu, Drafters Inc. d/b/a drafter.com, Talid Sports Inc. d/b/a chalkboard.io, and parlayplay.io | Cease and desist Sports (online) | The IGB sent cease-and-desist letters to nine offshore sportsbooks and daily-fantasy operators (Bovada received its letter February 3, the rest February 11) for accepting wagers from Illinois residents without a sports wagering license.[99] | |
| Jan 29, 2025 | Pennsylvania | BetMGM, LLC | Fine Online casino | $260,905 | PGCB fined BetMGM $260,905 for 152 instances in which individuals on the Board's interactive self-exclusion list were able to gamble on the BetMGM/Borgata platforms, following a 2021 database audit and later self-reported incidents.[114] |
| Jan 23, 2025 | Michigan | Duranbah Limited N.V. d/b/a MyBookie.ag | Cease and desist Sports (online) | MGCB cease-and-desist letter to the offshore operator of MyBookie.ag for offering unlicensed online sports betting and casino games to Michigan residents.[115] | |
| Jan 14, 2025 | District of Columbia | Intralot, Inc. and Veterans Services Corporation (VSC) | Settlement Sports (online) | $6.5M | DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb secured a combined $6.5 million settlement ($5 million from Intralot, $1.5 million from subcontractor Veterans Services Corporation) over a scheme that defrauded the District in its sole-source lottery and sports-wagering (GambetDC) contract: Intralot and VSC had secretly agreed that an Intralot subsidiary, not VSC, would do most of the work, then submitted false subcontracting-spend records and verification forms for years to collect payments meant for the small-business subcontractor.[116] |
| Jan 7, 2025 | Florida | Casino Miami, LLC | Consent agreement Card rooms | The Florida Gaming Control Commission separately approved a settlement and consent order fining Casino Miami $250 after an administrative complaint alleged it failed to comply with its own internal controls for verifying the legitimacy of a jackpot.[117] | |
| Jan 7, 2025 | Florida | Casino Miami, LLC | Consent agreement Card rooms | The Florida Gaming Control Commission approved a settlement and consent order fining Casino Miami $1,250 (five counts at $250 each) after an administrative complaint alleged the card room failed, from July 2022 to late April 2024, to make reasonable efforts to remove self-excluded patrons from the gaming floor, in violation of Commission rules.[117] | |
| Dec 19, 2024 | Indiana | Surveillance Systems Integration, Inc. | Settlement Commercial casinos | $30,000 | This casino-security supplier settled Order 2024-158 after failing to disclose or falsely stating its ownership interests, including a substantial owner's trust relationship, on licensing applications dating back to 2019.[118] |
| Dec 19, 2024 | Indiana | Centaur Acquisition, LLC d/b/a Horseshoe Indianapolis | Settlement Commercial casinos | $18,500 | Horseshoe Indianapolis settled a five-count order (24-HI-03) that included a Voluntary Exclusion Program violation and six electronic gaming devices found operating with revoked software.[118] |
| Dec 19, 2024 | Indiana | Hoosier Park, LLC d/b/a Harrah's Hoosier Park | Settlement Commercial casinos | $20,500 | Harrah's Hoosier Park settled a three-count order (24-HP-03) covering sensitive-key violations, live gaming device fill violations, and a Voluntary Exclusion Program violation, with a required corrective action plan.[118] |
| Dec 5, 2024 | Massachusetts | FanDuel | Fine Sports (online) | $10,000 | FanDuel was fined after an employee error lifted the in-state-college betting prohibition for both the ACC and NCAA tournaments simultaneously, allowing three futures wagers totaling $11 on Boston College men's basketball before the team had qualified for the NCAA tournament.[119] |
| Nov 20, 2024 | Ohio | Crown OH Gaming, LLC (DraftKings) | Settlement Sports (online) | OCCC and Crown OH Gaming, LLC (DraftKings) signed a settlement agreement resolving Commission sports-gaming notice-of-violation case 2024-SGR-001. Trade press reported a $425,000 fine tied to banned proposition wagers and unauthorized deposit methods, but the Commission's own signed agreement is posted only as a scanned PDF image, so the specific violations and dollar amount could not be independently verified from accessible text; amount omitted pending confirmation.[120] | |
| Oct 3, 2024 | Michigan | Papaya Gaming (21 Cash, Bingo Cash, Bubble Cash, Solitaire Cash) | Cease and desist Skill games | MGCB cease-and-desist letter to Tel Aviv-based Papaya Gaming over four pay-to-play mobile apps that let players buy in and win real money through gameplay without a Michigan license.[121] | |
| Sep 26, 2024 | Indiana | Rush Street Interactive IN, LLC d/b/a BetRivers | Settlement Sports (online) | $54,000 | BetRivers settled Order 2024-120 after violating the rules on prohibited participants, agreeing to refund current balances to the prohibited patrons and submit a corrective action plan.[122] |
| Sep 5, 2024 | Virginia | Seminole Hard Rock Digital, LLC | Settlement Sports (online) | $7,000 | Hard Rock Digital self-reported sending marketing materials to four individuals on the Lottery's Voluntary Exclusion List, and separately disclosed remitting one monthly tax payment and one tax certification a few days late. Docket No. 2024-09-01. Included despite being below the standard $25,000 threshold because it is a self-exclusion violation.[123] |
| Aug 27, 2024 | Michigan | OC Media Holdings LLC d/b/a One Country Give | Cease and desist Sweepstakes casinos | MGCB cease-and-desist letter for selling paid monthly memberships that give entries into online sweepstakes, which the board treated as an unlicensed online lottery/raffle.[124] | |
| Aug 27, 2024 | Massachusetts | Penn Sports Interactive, LLC d/b/a Barstool Sportsbook | Fine Sports (online) | $25,000 | PSI was fined for its "Big Cat's Can't Lose Parlay" promotion on March 10, 2023, which the Commission found was unfair and deceptive advertising under G.L. c. 23N, §4(c) because it implied a risk-free bet without adequate disclosures; the promotion drew 1,160 Massachusetts bets totaling $18,468.[125] |
| Aug 27, 2024 | Massachusetts | Crown MA Gaming, LLC d/b/a DraftKings | Fine Sports (online) | $30,000 | DraftKings was fined after accepting 864 wagers totaling $7,867 on the UTR Pro Series, an unapproved tennis league, from March 10-22, 2023, because its trading team copied tennis market offerings from another jurisdiction without compliance review.[126] |
| Aug 15, 2024 | Mississippi | Underdog Sports, LLC | Consent agreement Pick'em fantasy | The Mississippi Gaming Commission's executive director received a disciplinary complaint against pick'em daily-fantasy operator Underdog Sports, LLC and was authorized to execute a stipulation and agreement resolving it; the public agenda does not state the underlying violation or any financial terms. The Commission's agenda gives no further details.[127] | |
| Aug 6, 2024 | Louisiana | Harp Media B.V. (d/b/a Bovada) | Cease and desist | The Louisiana Gaming Control Board ordered Bovada to immediately halt its unlicensed online sports betting and iGaming activity in Louisiana; Bovada subsequently complied and listed Louisiana as a restricted state.[128] | |
| Jun 26, 2024 | Pennsylvania | Stadium Casino RE, LLC | Fine Sports (retail) | $100,000 | PGCB fined the Live! Casino & Hotel Philadelphia operator $100,000 after sportsbook staff accepted and placed 15 "proxy" wagers totaling $287,421 over eight days for a patron who was not physically present; the employees involved were fired and lost their gaming licenses.[129] |
| Jun 20, 2024 | Indiana | BetMGM, LLC d/b/a Roar Digital | Settlement Sports (online) | $7,500 | BetMGM settled a two-count order (24-ROAR-02) covering seven untimely occupational-license renewals and a prohibited participant who was allowed to place wagers on its platform.[130] |
| Jun 20, 2024 | Indiana | PointsBet Indiana, LLC d/b/a Fanatics Sportsbook | Settlement Sports (online) | $2,500 | Fanatics (operating on the former PointsBet Indiana license) settled Order 2024-92 after a prohibited participant was allowed to place wagers on its platform during a platform migration.[130] |
| Jun 20, 2024 | Indiana | Centaur Acquisition, LLC d/b/a Horseshoe Indianapolis | Settlement Commercial casinos | $15,250 | Horseshoe Indianapolis settled an eight-count order (24-HI-02) that included allowing a minor to access the casino floor and a Freebet Blackjack internal-control violation.[130] |
| Jun 20, 2024 | Indiana | American Wagering, Inc. d/b/a Caesars Sportsbook | Settlement Sports (online) | $16,000 | Caesars Sportsbook settled a four-count order (24-AW-02) covering untimely occupational-license terminations, a late Level 1 license application, a geolocation-rule violation, and a vendor-log violation at Bally's Evansville.[130] |
| Jun 20, 2024 | Indiana | CSI Operating Company, LLC d/b/a Caesars Southern Indiana | Settlement Commercial casinos | $22,000 | Caesars Southern Indiana settled a seven-count order (24-CS-02) that included a Voluntary Exclusion Program violation allowing a self-excluded program participant to conduct a cash advance.[130] |
| Jun 20, 2024 | Indiana | Aztar Indiana Gaming Co., LLC d/b/a Bally's Evansville | Settlement Commercial casinos | $73,700 | Bally's Evansville settled an eight-count order (24-BE-02) covering failures to notify surveillance of fund transport and device ticket overages, plus a Voluntary Exclusion Program violation in which a third-party vendor sent direct mail to 112 active self-exclusion program participants.[130] |
| Jun 20, 2024 | Indiana | Ameristar Casino East Chicago, LLC | Settlement Commercial casinos | $27,000 | Ameristar East Chicago settled Order 2024-78 after allowing a minor to access the casino floor on six separate occasions.[130] |
| Jun 16, 2024 | New Jersey | DraftKings | Fine Sports (online) | $100,000 | DraftKings was fined $100,000 for reporting inaccurate sports-betting handle data to the state (overstating parlay wagers and understating other categories due to a coding error), which also produced incorrect tax filings in December 2023 and January-February 2024.[131] |
| May 29, 2024 | Massachusetts | FBG Enterprises Opco, LLC d/b/a Fanatics Betting and Gaming | Fine Sports (online) | $10,000 | Fanatics was fined for making an impermissible event available for wagering on Dec. 5-6, 2023, featuring a Massachusetts collegiate team in non-tournament play, in violation of G.L. c. 23N, § 3 and 205 CMR 247.01(2)(a)(2).[132] |
| May 7, 2024 | Maryland | Sweepstakes Limited, dba Stake.us | Cease and desist Sweepstakes casinos | Maryland Lottery and Gaming notified Stake.us that it appeared to be offering online sweepstakes-casino gaming in Maryland without a license and demanded a response confirming it would cease operations in the state.[133] | |
| May 7, 2024 | Maryland | McLuck | Cease and desist Sweepstakes casinos | Maryland Lottery and Gaming notified McLuck that it appeared to be offering online sweepstakes-casino gaming in Maryland without a license and demanded a response confirming it would cease operations in the state.[134] | |
| Mar 29, 2024 | Virginia | BetMGM, LLC | Settlement Sports (online) | $26,000 | BetMGM self-reported a cluster of violations spanning January 2021 to March 2024, including accepting wagers from people on the Lottery's Voluntary Exclusion List, unauthorized wagers on Virginia college teams, wagers placed after results were known, other unauthorized wagers, and prohibited marketing. Docket No. 2024-04-01.[135] |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Nevada | The Donald J. Laughlin Gaming Trust, dba Riverside Resort & Casino | Settlement Commercial casinos | $500,000 | The Nevada Gaming Commission approved a $500,000 stipulated settlement, the largest of its kind, after Riverside security officers used excessive force against a patron and an employee in two 2022 incidents that the casino failed to report to the Control Board.[136] |
| Mar 20, 2024 | Pennsylvania | Crown PA DFS, Inc. (d/b/a DraftKings) | Fine Pick'em fantasy | $10,000 | PGCB fined DraftKings $10,000 for continuing to let Pennsylvania players access its "Reignmakers" fantasy contests after the Board had ordered the contests made unavailable in the state.[137] |
| Feb 28, 2024 | Illinois | Alton Argosy LLC d/b/a Argosy Casino Alton | Fine Commercial casinos | $25,000 | The IGB fined the Penn Entertainment-owned casino $25,000 after two unlicensed individuals were found working in restricted casino areas using vendor badges rather than required occupational gaming licenses.[138] |
| Feb 21, 2024 | Pennsylvania | Mountainview Thoroughbred Racing Association, LLC | Fine Commercial casinos | $50,000 | In the same action, PGCB fined the operator a further $50,000 for three incidents in which people under 21 accessed the Hollywood Casino York gaming floor.[139] |
| Feb 21, 2024 | Pennsylvania | Mountainview Thoroughbred Racing Association, LLC | Fine Sports (online) | $97,500 | PGCB fined the operator $97,500 for inadequate fraud-prevention protocols on its Penn Interactive (Barstool Sportsbook) online gaming and sports-wagering platforms, which let people open multiple accounts with others' stolen identities and payment devices.[139] |
| Feb 21, 2024 | Pennsylvania | Sugarhouse HSP Gaming, LP | Fine Commercial casinos | $65,000 | PGCB fined the Rivers Casino Philadelphia operator $65,000 for failing to meet minimum staffing requirements for 40 days and failing to promptly report a voucher theft to the Board and state police.[139] |
| Feb 20, 2024 | Massachusetts | Encore Boston Harbor | Fine Sports (retail) | $40,000 | Encore Boston Harbor was fined a second, larger time after repeating the same type of violation on Feb. 12 and Feb. 19, 2023 (more Boston College women's basketball wagers); the Commission found Encore had not fixed the underlying control failure after its first fine and faulted it for not having its vendors (WynnBET and GAN) under control.[140] |
| Feb 15, 2024 | New Jersey | Hillside (New Jersey) LLC d/b/a bet365 | Fine Sports (online) | $33,000 | bet365 was fined $33,000 for accepting wagers on prohibited sporting events and on events after the outcomes were already known, for conduct between February 2022 and January 2023.[141] |
| Feb 15, 2024 | New Jersey | Boardwalk 1000, LLC d/b/a Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Atlantic City | Fine Commercial casinos | $42,000 | Hard Rock Hotel and Casino Atlantic City was fined $42,000 after the Division found it had permitted underage persons to remain in the casino and wager at slot machines undetected from September 2021 until March 2024.[142] |
| Dec 28, 2023 | Illinois | FHR-Illinois LLC d/b/a American Place Casino | Fine Commercial casinos | $150,000 | The IGB fined the Waukegan casino $150,000 for failing to keep self-excluded patrons off its gaming floor, including at least 33 who entered, 11 who gambled, and 3 who were issued player's cards in violation of Board rules.[143] |
| Dec 5, 2023 | Michigan | 3 unlicensed operators
| Cease and desist Prediction markets, Sweepstakes casinos | Cease-and-desist letters to 3 operators (prediction markets, sweepstakes casinos), announced together.[144] | |
| Nov 15, 2023 | Pennsylvania | Mountainview Thoroughbred Racing Association, LLC | Fine Commercial casinos | $40,000 | PGCB fined the Hollywood Casino at Penn National operator $40,000 for three instances in which individuals under 21 entered the gaming floor and gambled.[145] |
| Oct 18, 2023 | Pennsylvania | Stadium Casino Westmoreland RE, LLC | Fine Commercial casinos | $30,000 | PGCB fined the Live! Casino Pittsburgh operator $30,000 ($20,000 for letting two self-excluded individuals gamble on the floor, $10,000 for allowing an underage patron to play slots).[146] |
| Oct 18, 2023 | Pennsylvania | Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores, Inc. | Fine VGTs / VLTs | $25,000 | PGCB fined Love's $25,000 for failing to report ownership-structure changes at five of its video gaming terminal truck-stop locations.[146] |
| Sep 20, 2023 | Ohio | Hollywood Casino Columbus | Fine Commercial casinos | $200,000 | OCCC fined Hollywood Casino Columbus, a PENN Entertainment property, $200,000 under a settlement citing "security understaffing and the ability of individuals younger than 21 to access the casino"; PENN declined a hearing to contest the allegations.[147] |
| Sep 15, 2023 | Virginia | HR Bristol, LLC, dba Hard Rock Digital | Settlement Sports (online) | $100,000 | Hard Rock Digital settled for $100,000 — by far the largest of the Virginia Lottery's 2023 sports-betting settlements — after a compliance audit found it had failed to properly exclude a number of individuals placed on the Lottery's Voluntary Exclusion List, in violation of its own Responsible Gaming policies as well as state regulations. Docket No. 2023-09-07.[148] |
| Sep 15, 2023 | New York | del Lago Resort and Casino | Fine Commercial casinos | $1,000 | NYSGC fined del Lago Resort and Casino $1,000 after a security officer on duty at the hotel-casino entrance failed to challenge an unescorted minor who accessed the gaming floor for about three minutes, a first violation of the underage gaming-floor access rule.[149] |
| Sep 8, 2023 | Virginia | Hillside (Virginia) LLC, dba bet365 | Settlement Sports (online) | $10,000 | bet365 settled after a compliance audit found it had failed, in March and April 2023, to keep an individual on the Lottery's Voluntary Exclusion List from placing wagers on its platform. Docket No. 2023-09-04. Included despite being below the standard $25,000 threshold because it is a self-exclusion violation.[150] |
| Sep 6, 2023 | Virginia | Unibet Interactive, Inc. | Settlement Sports (online) | $12,500 | Unibet settled after a compliance audit found it had failed, earlier in 2023, to keep an individual on the Lottery's Voluntary Exclusion List from placing wagers on its platform. Docket No. 2023-09-05. Included despite being below the standard $25,000 threshold because it is a self-exclusion violation. No exact operator-id match found in this project's operator roster (Kindred Group's Unibet brand); respondent name used as given by the Lottery.[151] |
| Sep 2023 | Indiana | Betfair Interactive US, LLC d/b/a FanDuel Sportsbook | Settlement Sports (online) | $110,000 | FanDuel settled with the Indiana Gaming Commission after eight individuals used a stolen/fraudulently obtained debit card to fund wagering accounts and FanDuel failed to notify the Commission of the fraud and respond to its investigation in a timely manner.[152] |
| Aug 28, 2023 | New Jersey | Tipico NJ, LLC | Fine Sports (online) | $25,000 | Tipico NJ, then only an initial applicant for casino service industry enterprise licensure, was fined $25,000 for accepting wagers on prohibited sporting events during two periods between October 2021 and January 2022.[153] |
| Aug 15, 2023 | New Jersey | Crown NJ Gaming, Inc. d/b/a DraftKings Inc. | Fine Sports (online) | $7,500 | DraftKings was fined $7,500 after a Division complaint alleged it allowed a self-excluded individual to create an online account and place wagers, violating N.J.A.C. 13:69O-1.4(j)(3).[154] |
| Aug 8, 2023 | Virginia | Digital Gaming Corporation VA, LLC | Settlement Sports (online) | $20,000 | Digital Gaming Corp VA self-reported that its supplier erroneously sent account-related marketing and technology-issue communications to several thousand Virginia bettors, including 6 people on the Lottery's self-exclusion list and 94 more on the operator's own internal self-exclusion/cooling-off list; it also disclosed using an unregistered affiliated vendor. Docket No. 2023-08-01. Included despite being below the standard $25,000 threshold because it is a self-exclusion violation.[155] |
| Aug 3, 2023 | Virginia | Betfair Interactive US, LLC, dba FanDuel | Settlement Sports (online) | $15,000 | FanDuel settled after a compliance audit found it had failed, in July 2022, to keep an individual on the Lottery's Voluntary Exclusion List from placing wagers and receiving marketing materials on its platform; FanDuel paid $15,000 to the Commonwealth and separately agreed to donate another $15,000 to the Virginia Council on Problem Gambling. Docket No. 2023-09-01. Included despite being below the standard $25,000 threshold because it is a self-exclusion violation.[156] |
| Jul 31, 2023 | Virginia | Betr VA, LLC | Settlement Sports (online) | $25,000 | Betr agreed to a settlement after self-reporting that one of its officers had neglected to disclose, in his license application, an unrelated SEC inquiry into him, which the Lottery deemed a violation of the Sports Betting Law's disclosure requirements. Docket No. 2023-07-01. At the time, Betr's platform had been permitted but was still under review and had not yet begun accepting wagers in Virginia.[157] |
| Jul 28, 2023 | Virginia | HR Bristol, LLC, dba Hard Rock Digital | Settlement Sports (online) | $33,452 | Hard Rock Digital settled after failing to timely file required IRS Form 945s for bettors issued W-2G forms, and after self-reporting that it had accepted wagers on unapproved sporting events since its Virginia launch. Docket No. 2023-09-02.[158] |
| Jul 26, 2023 | Pennsylvania | Downs Racing, L.P. | Fine Commercial casinos | $50,000 | PGCB fined the Mohegan Pennsylvania operator $50,000 after individuals under 21 repeatedly gained access to the gaming floor to gamble, including one who was served alcohol.[159] |
| Jul 21, 2023 | Massachusetts | Encore Boston Harbor | Fine Sports (retail) | $10,000 | Encore Boston Harbor was fined for accepting one kiosk wager on a Feb. 2, 2023 Boston College women's basketball game, an unauthorized in-state collegiate event, due to a system error that listed the team under two names with only one on the wagering blacklist.[160] |
| Jul 21, 2023 | Massachusetts | MGM Springfield | Fine Sports (retail) | $20,000 | MGM Springfield was fined after its vendor BetMGM mistakenly coded Harvard as a Connecticut school, leading to 28 tickets of wagers on two unauthorized Harvard men's basketball games in February 2023.[161] |
| Jul 21, 2023 | Massachusetts | Plainridge Park Casino | Fine Sports (retail) | $20,000 | Plainridge Park Casino was fined for accepting 33 kiosk wagers totaling $6,847.71 on a Feb. 2, 2023 Merrimack College men's basketball game after its vendor Kambi mistakenly coded the in-state team as being located in Florida.[162] |
| Jul 19, 2023 | New Jersey | PlayUp | License suspended Sports (online) | NJ DGE revoked PlayUp's transactional waivers to accept sports wagers and conduct iGaming business after the operator failed to supply required financial information, had unpaid invoices owed to the Division, lost most of its New Jersey compliance/operations staff, and left a March 2023 fraud matter unresolved.[163] | |
| Jun 15, 2023 | Illinois | Accel Entertainment Gaming, LLC | Consent agreement VGTs / VLTs | $1.1M | Accel settled an IGB disciplinary complaint (originally seeking a $5 million fine) alleging it paid $21,000 commissions to business owners to induce them to place its video gaming terminals, agreeing to pay a $1 million fine plus $125,000 toward the Board's investigative costs.[164] |
| May 25, 2023 | Pennsylvania | Mountainview Thoroughbred Racing Association, LLC | Fine Commercial casinos | $78,000 | PGCB fined the Hollywood Casino York operator $78,000 for failing to meet the casino's minimum security staffing requirements.[165] |
| Apr 26, 2023 | Pennsylvania | Mount Airy | Fine Commercial casinos | $120,000 | PGCB fined Mount Airy Casino Resort's operator $120,000 for failing to timely submit internal audit plans required as a condition of its license.[166] |
| Apr 20, 2023 | Iowa | BetMGM, LLC | Consent agreement Sports (online) | $20,000 | BetMGM entered a stipulated agreement after 177 self-excluded individuals were able to register accounts (38 after signing up to self-exclude), with some not restricted and 36 sent marketing material; BetMGM also failed to timely report the issue and repaid winnings paid to self-excluded players.[167] |
| Apr 20, 2023 | Iowa | Xpressbet, LLC | Consent agreement Advance deposit wagering | $15,000 | Xpressbet, a licensed advance deposit wagering operator, entered a stipulated agreement (Count 1 $5,000, Count 2 $10,000) for repeatedly downloading the statewide self-exclusion list outside the required seven-day window.[167] |
| Apr 19, 2023 | Ohio | PlayUp Interactive | Settlement Sports (online) | $90,000 | OCCC settled with PlayUp over its unlicensed "Slots+" wagering product, offered to Ohioans and marketed as a legal gambling game before PlayUp held any Ohio gaming license; PlayUp paid a $90,000 fine plus roughly $30,000 in restitution to affected players, withdrew its pending mobile sports-wagering license application, and agreed not to seek any Ohio gaming license for four years.[168] |
| Mar 22, 2023 | Pennsylvania | Mountainview Thoroughbred Racing Association, LLC | Fine Sports (online) | $45,000 | PGCB fined the Hollywood Casino at Penn National operator $45,000 after five individuals on the iGaming self-exclusion list were able to keep gambling on its online Barstool Sportsbook platform.[169] |
| Feb 15, 2023 | Ohio | DraftKings | Fine Sports (online) | $500,000 | OCCC fined DraftKings $500,000, combining $350,000 for mailing sportsbook promotions (with a QR code and $200 in bet credits) to more than 2,500 Ohioans under 21, and $150,000 for ads that lacked conspicuous responsible-gambling messaging and mischaracterized a $200 offer as "free" when a $5 wager was actually required.[170] |
| Feb 15, 2023 | Ohio | Penn Sports Interactive (Barstool Sportsbook) | Fine Sports (online) | $250,000 | OCCC fined Penn Sports Interactive $250,000 after Barstool Sportsbook promoted its app during a Barstool College Football Show taped on the University of Toledo campus, violating Ohio's ban on sportsbook promotion at colleges; compliance officer Chris Soriano said the company "fell short of the mark."[170] |
| Jan 18, 2023 | Ohio | Caesars Sportsbook (American Wagering, Inc.) | Fine Sports (online) | $150,000 | OCCC fined American Wagering, Inc. (Caesars Sportsbook) $150,000 after an affiliate marketer's social-media ads promoted "free bets" that actually required a deposit and buried the required problem-gambling messaging in small type; Caesars waived its right to a hearing.[171] |
| 2023 | Ohio | BetMGM | Fine Sports (online) | $150,000 | OCCC cited BetMGM, along with Caesars and DraftKings, for sports-wagering ads that failed to clearly and conspicuously include required problem-gambling messaging and that improperly promoted "free"/"risk-free" bets requiring a deposit; BetMGM paid a $150,000 fine, matching Caesars.[172],[173] |
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- PA Gaming Control Board Levies $100,350 In Fines · Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board · retrieved Oct 11, 2026
- PA Gaming Control Board Levies $147,500 In Fines · Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board · retrieved Oct 11, 2026
- Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission Meeting Minutes, April 20, 2023 (2023 archived minutes) · Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission · retrieved Oct 11, 2026
- Ohio: PlayUp fined and barred from providing sports betting in state · CDC Gaming · retrieved Oct 11, 2026
- PA Gaming Control Board Levies $60,000 In Fines Related To iGaming · Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board · retrieved Oct 11, 2026
- DraftKings, Barstool Fined for Ohio Sports Betting Violations · Casino.org · retrieved Oct 11, 2026
- Sports gambling group to pay $150,000 fine from Ohio Casino Control Commission · NBC4 WCMH-TV · retrieved Oct 11, 2026
- Ohio Regulator Hits More Sports Betting Sites with Proposed Fines Over Advertising Issues · Covers.com · retrieved Oct 11, 2026
- In 1st year of legal sports gambling in Ohio, more than $1 million in fines were collected · Cleveland 19 News (WOIO) · retrieved Oct 11, 2026