The Michigan Gaming Control Board continued its crusade to eliminate the illegal Michigan sports betting market with more cease-and-desist letters this week.
This week, the MGCB sent letters to four unlicensed gambling operators offering Michigan sports betting and online casino. Earlier this month, the regulator sent a stop order to BetUS.
The action continues a long line of cease-and-desist orders from the MGCB, which kicked it off last spring with an order to Bovada. The regulator has sent more than 40 letters to unlicensed operators in the past year.
“Illegal gambling operations prey on vulnerable consumers and undermine the integrity of the regulated gaming industry,” MGCB Executive Director Henry Williams said in a release. “Michigan residents deserve the protections that come with licensed, legal gaming. We will continue to take strong action against those who skirt the law.”
Unlicensed operators notified
This week, the MGCB issued the orders to:
- Bet Pop Casino
- Discount Wager
- Wager 7
- You Wager
Michigan regulators said the platforms violate at least three laws: Lawful Internet Gaming Act, Michigan Gaming Control and Revenue Act and the Michigan Penal Code.
The operators have 14 days to cease Michigan operations before the MGCB pursues additional legal action.
Michigan sports betting crackdown
Last year, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer added money to the state budget to fight the unregulated industry.
In 2023, Williams was a chief voice in asking for federal help in cracking down on the offshore industry.
Operators gone in the Mitten
The MGCB has also sent letters to:
- Ace23
- Ace Per Head
- Aladdin’s Gold Casino
- All Star Slots
- BetAnySports
- BetOnline
- BetWhale Casino
- Black Lotus Casino
- Buzz Luck
- Club World Casinos
- Coins Game Casino
- CoolCat Casino
- CryptoReels
- Diamond Sportsbook International
- Duranbah Limited
- High Noon
- Love2Play Casino
- Lucky Red Casino
- Manhattan Slots Casino
- MyBookie
- My Dreams Casino
- NonStop Casino
- Orion Stars 777 Players
- Palace of Chance
- Papaya Gaming
- Reelspin Casino
- Slotter Casino
- Solar Game LTD and Busan Trade Office (Go Go Gold)
- SportsBetting.ag
- WagerWeb
- XbetCasino
Along with sending the cease-and-desist letters, the MGCB also confirmed it was investigating sports prediction markets. Ultimately, the regulator sent a letter to the prediction market regulator, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
