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Panel advances bill targeting online sweepstakes platforms that mimic casinos
5375922 · July 8, 2025
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Summary
AB 831 would prohibit online sweepstakes platforms that operate 'dual currency' systems enabling cash‑equivalent payouts; tribal governments and gaming interests backed the bill while social gaming and tech companies opposed it.
AB 831, carried by Assemblymember Valencia, would bar online sweepstakes platforms that use dual currency models and permit cash‑equivalent payouts from operating in California. Sponsors and tribal leaders said such platforms effectively replicate casino gaming outside the state’s gaming compact and lack adequate consumer protections,…
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