As the saga of AB 831 continues to play out at the California legislative statehouse in Sacramento to determine the fate of online sweepstakes casinos in the Golden State, a lawsuit filed downstate in Los Angeles could also have lasting repercussions for the gaming industry.
Los Angeles City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto filed a civil enforcement lawsuit in California Superior Court on Aug. 28 against Stake.com and several of its suppliers and vendors, alleging the defenders are “running and/or aiding and abetting the running of an illegal online gambling enterprise” and saying the American-based website Stake.us “has deceptively portrayed itself to regulators and consumers as offering harmless gameplay when, in fact, it was and is an illegal online casino.”
