The Louisiana Gaming Control Board has issued 42 cease-and-desist letters targeting illegal operators in the gaming industry. These enforcement actions were directed at unauthorized sports betting, iGaming, and sweepstakes businesses, such as Fliff, VGW, and Bovada.
In collaboration with the Louisiana Attorney General’s Office and the Louisiana State Police Gaming Enforcement Division, the Board issued these notices to offshore gambling sites, online sweepstakes, and iGaming companies circumventing state laws.
The following entities received cease-and-desist directives:
1. Harp Media B.V. d/b/a Bovada
2. Azure Ventures Limited
3. Bamboo Media, LTD and Arachis Media, LTD
4. Dama N.V. d/b/a Wild Casino
5. Golden Heart Games, Inc. d/b/a Golden Heart Games
6. GTBets
7. Heritage Sports
8. Joy Media Works, LLC d/b/a Zitobox
9. KHK Games, Inc. d/b/a Clubs Poker
10. Kickr Games Pty Ltd and Kickr Sweepstakes
11. MW Services Limited d/b/a Wow Vegas
12. OC Media Holdings LLC d/b/a One Country
13. Papaya Gaming Ltd. d/b/a Papaya Gaming
14. Regal Technologies, LLC d/b/a SweepSlots
15. Rolling Riches Ltd. d/b/a Rolling Riches Casino
16. Sweepstakes Limited
17. TD Investments Ltd. d/b/a Jumba Bet Casino
18. The WagerWeb Group d/b/a WagerWeb
19. VGW Holdings US, Inc., VGW Games, Ltd., and VGW Malta, Ltd.
20. Winning Poker Network
21. Yellow Social Interactive Ltd.
22. Youwager
23. 10 Ten Gaming, LLC d/b/a Smiles Casino and/or 10TEN Gaming LLC
24. BetAnySports
25. Diamond Sportsbook International d/b/a BetDSI
26. BetNow
27. Blue High House S.A.
28. BetUS
29. Wonder Play Company N.V. d/b/a BetWhale
30. Blazesoft Ltd.
31. BookMaker Sportsbook, Casino & Racebook d/b/a BookMaker
32. Precise IG Solutions B.V. d/b/a CoinPoker
33. CommissionKings
34. Duranbah Limited NV
35. Enchanted Studios, LLC d/b/a Enchanted Casinos
36. CitoPedia N.V. d/b/a Everygame
37. Fliff, Inc.
38. Social Gaming, LLC
39. Woopla, Inc. d/b/a funzpoints
40. Gold Coin Group, LLC d/b/a Chanced Casino
41. Genesys Technology N.V.
42. Imion Limited Casinos and/or Termas del Arapay Management S.A.
The Board is committed to further enforcement to ensure compliance with gaming laws.
This action follows closely after Gov. Jeff Landry vetoed SB 181, a proposal to ban dual-currency sweepstakes gaming and increase penalties for illegal gaming. Gov. Landry argued the bill was unnecessary and could adversely affect ongoing efforts to control illegal gaming.
- SCCG Management. The Gambling Industry’s Global Connector. Access Here.
- Source: SCCGManagement.com
