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Department of Consumer Protection outlines oversight of expanded gaming, self‑exclusion and enforcement against offshore operators
Summary
DCP told lawmakers it manages licensing and field inspection for casinos, iGaming and sports wagering, funds several regulator positions via industry assessments, and has stepped up technical and consumer‑protection rules to address offshore illegal operators and game configuration errors.
Connecticut’s Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) told the General Law Committee the agency has built a regulatory framework to oversee casino, online and retail sports wagering and is continuing work to police illegal, offshore operators and reduce technical risks to players.
Commissioner Brian Caffarelli and gaming director Chris Gilming described a gaming division that now manages more than 12,000 credentials, audits gross gaming revenue for state contributions, maintains field staff embedded seven days a week at both tribal casinos, and enforces the Connecticut Voluntary Self‑Exclusion List used for sports wagering, iGaming, fantasy contests and iLottery.
“Since the launch of Expanded Gaming in October of 2021, 7,446 people have added themselves to…
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