Maryland publishes list of gambling sites it issued cease-and-desist letters against

• Maryland publishes a list of regulated platforms and prohibited websites
• The list of websites that have received cease-and-desist letters features 15-odd companies
• There are more platforms that are not legal in Maryland but have not been featured on the list, the state cautioned

Maryland has been actively moving against illegal operators, handing down cease-and-desist letters to companies that the state has suspected of offering their products without the necessary licenses.

Maryland publishes a list of websites prohibited in the state

Now, the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency has issued a list of the websites that have received a cease-and-desist notice from the regulator over the alleged breach of rules that effectively prohibit the platforms from offering their products locally.

Maryland has listed around 15-odd websites, with the regulator arguing that it does not seek to offer a full breakdown of all platforms that are illegal in the state, but only those that it has moved against specifically through the issuance of cease-and-desist letters.

• Bet US
• BetAnySports
• BetNow.eu
• Esport Newco (Blitz-Win Cash; Pool Blitz-Win Cash; Pool Blitz-Win; Bingo-Win Cash; Match3-Win Cash)
• Everygame
• Fortune Coins
• Golden Hearts
• High Entertainment (High 5 Casino)
• McLuck
• Rebet
• SlotsandCasino
• Stake.us
• VGW (Chumba Casino; Luckyland Slots)
• Zula

To help consumers avoid platforms that are not authorized to operate in the state, Maryland has similarly chosen to publish two additional lists – one of the Licensed Online Sports Wagering Operators in the state, and the other of the Registered Online Fantasy Competition Operators.

Sweepstakes coming under fire in Maryland again

This comes against the state’s offers to limit the reach of certain types of content and websites. Apart from targeting real money sites that do not have a license to offer their products locally, Maryland has been gung-ho against the sweepstakes casino sector.

In the most recent move, Maryland targeted VGW, the company behind Luckyland Slots and Chumba Casinos, ordering it to wind down operations by March 22, and present a written account of whether it had complied and what activities it had run in the state by March 28.

Apart from targeting real money websites, sweepstakes have also come under fire. Maryland is debating – and seemingly getting closer to – a law that would make it illegal for sweepstakes to operate in the state.

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