As Super Bowl Sunday approaches, Illinois is stepping up efforts to protect consumers from unregulated igaming operations by issuing more than 60 cease-and-desist letters to companies believed to be offering illegal online casino games or sweepstakes gambling in the state.
The notices were issued by the Attorney General Kwame Raoul and the Illinois Gaming Board. Online operators like Stake.us and Chumba Casino, among others, were targeted.
In a statement, Administrator of the Illinois Gaming Board, Marcus D. Fruchter, said, “illegal online gambling operations threaten consumer protections, undermine responsible gaming safeguards, and are antithetical to the public’s interest in regulated gaming. The IGB will continue to evaluate all available regulatory and law enforcement tools to combat illegal gambling and to protect Illinoisans.”
