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Las Vegas CAsinos Support Online Gambling

The July 14, 2023, By Takato Sugihara

Although online gambling is illegal online casinos gave a considerable presence in Las Vegas tournaments

Those who tuned in to see the World Series of Poker at the Rio casino this month were able to see as many online casino logos as chips and players. Internet casinos pay celebrities and players fortunes to wear their logos; hence many fans wind up wearing the same logos, and playing at the online casinos. Despite the federal government’s long-standing position in the form of the UIGEA that online gambling is illegal, such brand advertising has moved into the mainstream, with logos appearing on the shorts of mixed martial arts fighters, the green felt of gaming tables and advertising banners adorning Las Vegas casinos. Lately, some area casinos have even entered into sponsorships with their online counterparts, with celebrity poker players hired to promote them.

The Nevada Gaming board is now taking a closer look at these arrangements, with their main target as the Venetian, who hosted a travelling poker tournament sponsored by PokerStars.net.

Years ago, gambling companies created separate, free-play tutorial websites ending in “.net” — thinking they would be protected from federal government prosecution. American broadcasters and Nevada gaming regulators have historically accepted this form of advertising because these Web portals don’t offer real-money gambling. And yet, while ads for these .net Internet poker sites continue to be broadcast on American TV, the Control Board, upon further investigation of such sites, has more recently concluded that there’s little difference between .com and .net sites because they are owned by some of the same corporate entities and individuals.

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