Top Trending Gambling Stories: Most Sweepstakes Casino Users Viiew Them as Gambling
Poker pro Doug Polk this week appeared on NewsNation this week to discuss the state of gambling in the U.S. Polk says "What is happening to gambling in this country is wrong".
Most Sweepstakes Casino Users View Them as Gambling, AGA Study Finds
Amid mounting legislative pressures, the American Gaming Association has conducted a study that suggests most users of sweepstakes casinos find them to be gambling. The AGA lobbies on behalf of the real money casino sector. As such, their findings should be viewed through that lens as the real money casino sector is no friend to these sweepstakes ventures.
Sweepstakes casinos offer games like slots, blackjack, and roulette without using real money for wagering. Instead they utilize virtual coins and real money can be used to make purchases at a later point in time.
The AGA report, drawing from data compiled by analytics firm Sensor Tower, reveals that nearly half of all online real-money casino advertisements viewed by consumers in early 2025 were for offshore sweepstakes casinos.
“These operators present themselves like legal, regulated platforms – but they operate outside the law and regulation,” said AGA Vice President of Government Relations, Tres York. “There are few, if any, responsible gaming tools, no regulatory oversight, and no consumer protections. It’s a dangerous subterfuge that puts players at real risk.”
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Nebraska AG Leads Coalition of 50 Attorney Generals Urging DOJ to Stop Spread of Offshore Gambling in U.S.
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Nebraska Attorney General Mike Hilgers co-led a bipartisan coalition of 50 attorneys general on Tuesday in urging the U.S. Department of Justice to help address the spread of offshore gambling, much of which is licensed in jurisdictions where the activity is legal. Some of these sites have been in operation for more than 25 years.
The request to the DOJ was made in a letter sent by Hilgers and the coalition to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi.
“Illegal online sports betting and gaming operations have no place in Nebraska or anywhere else,” Hilgers said. “These bad actors violate both state and federal law to exploit vulnerable populations and must be stopped. We are grateful to our sister states for supporting this effort to bring these criminal enterprises to a halt.”
Interestingly, Nebraska does not currently regulated mobile sports betting or online casinos. The state does regulate retail sportsbooks only.
According to the Nebraska Attorney General’s office, illegal online gaming is estimated to exceed more than $400 billion in volume annually, leading to more than $4 billion in lost tax revenue for states.
According to the AG’s Office, illegal gambling can cause significant harm to states and residents by such unlawful platforms.
The coalition said that illegal gaming operations expose users to fraudulent schemes, undercut state-regulated markets and have been linked to other illegal conduct.
Joining Hilgers in co-leading Tuesday’s letter are the attorneys general of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Utah. The letter was also joined by the attorneys general of Alabama, Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Northern Mariana Islands, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, U.S. Virgin Islands, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wyoming.
Polk Says "What is Happening to Gambling in This Country is Wrong"
Polk is widely considered among the very best head's up no limit poker players in the game today.
The problem with language in the recently passed Big Beautiful Bill that now prohibits deducting 100 percent of gambling losses is that you are not allowed to carry forward losing years.
In a nutshell, under the new legislation, if a player were to report winnings of $100,000 and losses of $100,000, the player would still owe taxes on $10,000.
"Everything is year to year," Polk explained. "There are no deductions moving forward. You are taxing people on money they didn't make. We have so many taxes in this country and so many forms and frankly I'm a little surprised to see the Republican party looking for more taxation. They are going to go after money that is not even existing from these people. It hits my industry pretty hard."
Polk noted that there are a few lawmakers looking to try to fix this.
He recently sat down with Senator Cortez Masto (of Nevada), who is among those looking to walk this back.
"If you are a winning gambler, your margins are small," Polk added. "This law essentially makes you irrelevant. You can't exist in your career path."
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