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'I'm not sure" if you do not trust us, you can rely on Paris Hilton" is a winning message for companies running multibillion-dollar unlawful operations out of locations like Malta, Isle of Man, or US mail drops,' Friday's presenter, Howard Glaser of gaming corporation Light & Wonder, informed DailyMail.com.
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Ryan Seacrest prompts fans to dip into Chumba Casino, where numerous - but not all - games are free
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Drake has a deal with social sweeps casino, Stake, that he routinely touts on social networks
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Others lure customers with promises of rewards. One such operator, Stake, ran a social media advertisement displaying Drake's automobiles, airplanes and estates before rotating to video footage of the rap artist playing online casino-style video games.
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'Daddy, why do we have so much money?' read the first caption on the screen.
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Another caption discussed: 'Because I never offered up.'
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The disparity in between gaming sites and social or sweepstakes gambling establishments is a bit complicated, but operators of the latter insist they're not involved with the former.
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Social casinos offer clients an opportunity to play casino-style games with friends. Players have the option to buy worthless currency often referred to as 'gold coins,' which can not be exchanged for genuine cash, but can be used to open numerous functions within the games.
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But within the world of social casinos exists sweepstakes gaming, enabling clients to acquire other currency understood as 'sweeps coins' that can be exchanged for cash or other rewards.
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And therein lies the capacity for financial losses, like the ones claimed by complainants in Florida, Georgia, New Jersey and New York City. One player told the Washington Post he lost more than $100,000 on sweepstakes casinos in the past year after continuing to purchase more coins in pursuit of money and other things of value.
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The Philadelphia 76ers' Paul George is seen promoting a Global Poker event
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Social sweeps gambling establishment Stake ran an ad flaunting Drake's cars, aircrafts and mansions
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Karl-Anthony Towns of the New York Knicks is another NBA star plugging VGW's Global Poker
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Anyone over the age of 18 can access the sweepstakes websites, which do not require typically require identification. However, sites like Chumba will request for IDs from gamers attempting to withdraw any funds.
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According to the stakeholders, their product is the totally free casino-style video gaming, and the real-stakes competitors is simply a way of promoting their support.
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'Social sweepstakes video games are simply a form of online entertainment,' an SPGA spokesperson informed DailyMail.com by email. 'No purchase is needed to dip into social gambling establishments with sweepstakes prizes. Consumers never need to pay for a chance to win rewards. That absence of a purchase requirement - or" consideration" - is a vital difference in between social sweeps and standard online gambling sites like gambling establishments.'
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Think of the manner in which McDonald's utilizes its annual Monopoly video game to promote its food: Customers aren't paying to gamble, but rather they're buying hamburgers and french fries that offer them the possibility to win lucrative prizes, such as a $1 million prize.
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'They don't last permanently and they're typically not tied to casino-style games of possibility,' Wallach informed DailyMail.com. 'They're just cash free gifts.
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'The sweepstakes [casinos] possess none of the attributes typically related to McDonald's-style sweepstakes promotions,' Wallach continued. 'Besides running in all time, the sweepstakes gambling establishments provide" casino-like" payments, typically 80 percent or more of incomes, whereas the normal payment portion for a temporary advertising sweepstakes is an insignificant share of the earnings earned by the business [generally less than one percent]'
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'These differences are not arbitrary,' Wallach said of social sweeps casinos. 'They have repeatedly been pointed out by courts and state chief law officer as crucial elements in identifying that a sweepstakes promo was in fact a guise for illegal gambling.'
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Among the gambling establishment industry's leading trade companies, the American Gaming Association, is now pressing lawmakers to examine sweepstakes operators and, in many cases, enact brand-new legislation on the issue.
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'Consumers are being denied of securities and states are giving up significant tax and revenue opportunities as this gaming replaces that carried out through controlled channels,' checked out a well-circulated AGA memo.
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Sweepstakes casino operators paid a combined $14.2 million in 4 different cases in Kentucky without confessing any misdeed, according to the Washington Post. Meanwhile VGW consented to pay $11.75 million in one class-action suit, stating the settlement was made to avoid legal expenses and continued litigation.
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Michael Phelps has actually signed an offer with the VGW Group, which owns Global Poker
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Apple and Google have also been called as accuseds in claims for hosting the sweepstakes websites. But unlike VGW, neither tech company responded to DailyMail.com's demand for remark.
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'We have full confidence in our compliance with all laws and policies where we run, and stay confident about the future,' the representative continued. 'We continue to offer our free-to-play video games throughout most of North America, as we have for more than a decade, developing not only terrific games, user experiences and home entertainment, but likewise guaranteeing this is done securely, responsibly and at the highest level of standards.
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'More broadly, we 'd restate that class actions and other litigations and arbitrations are fairly typical across the online social games industry (and the US more broadly), and our basic practice is that we plan to vigorously defend any claim which may be brought against us.'
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Towns, a star center with the Knicks, and the 76ers' George both back VGW's Global Poker brand while the NBA is partnered with conventional gaming titans like FanDuel and DraftKings.
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It was simply 8 months ago that Toronto Raptors forward Jontay Porter got a life time ban from the NBA over accusations he conspired with gamblers. However, to be clear, Porter's scandal is unassociated to anything including social or sweepstakes gambling establishments.
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Asked if their celeb endorsers have an obligation to discuss to customers the distinctions and similarities between iGaming and sweepstakes casinos, VGW insisted there is nothing more that requires to be done.
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