Fake Online Gambling Ads Continue to Impersonate Legitimate Casinos
There seems to be gambling everywhere. Customers are constantly being inundated with commercials and incentives to play, from tribal and commercial casinos to retail and online sports betting.
Incessant social media advertisements frequently imply that internet gambling, not only sports betting, is permitted in the user's country. Online casinos are only allowed in seven jurisdictions, despite the fact that mobile sportsbooks are legal and regulated in 33 states as well as Washington, DC.
Gambling on internet slot machines or table games is prohibited outside of Connecticut, Delaware, Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and West Virginia. However, controversial and offshore websites that advertise social sweepstakes games still target US players in iGaming markets that are prohibited.
A Tribe in Florida Alerts the Public
Numerous foreign-based online casinos that enable illegal online gambling by US-based customers have become increasingly inventive in their deception of the public. In order to promote their illegal enterprises online, these bogus websites have stolen the names, logos, and slogans of legitimate casinos, as reported by Casino.org in April.
The Miccosukee Casino & Resort in Florida claims that its image was utilized in illegal iGaming marketing materials in the most recent occurrence. The Miccosukee Tribe is the owner of the Miccosukee Casino & Resort.
According to a statement posted on the Miccosukee Casino website, the tribe has discovered bogus online gambling advertisements that pretend to be its resort and run online casino games.
"These fake advertisements are misleading and potentially harmful to consumers. Protecting the integrity of our brand and the trust of our guests is a top priority. We want to be clear — Miccosukee Casino & Resort does not operate any online gambling platforms,” said Miccosukee Casino & Resort General Manager Brad Rhines.
The Miccosukee Casino can only provide slot-type electronic bingo games, bingo, and non-house-banked table games like poker because it does not have a Class III compact with the State of Florida, unlike the Seminoles' casinos.
Alcatraz Alligator
Alligator Alcatraz, the newly constructed immigration detention facility in the Big Cypress National Preserve of the Everglades, has been strongly opposed by the Miccosukee Tribe. The contentious facility, which was co-managed with the Florida Division of Emergency Management and conceived by the US Department of Homeland Security during the Trump administration, opened on July 1.
The holding facility, which is encircled by flooded grasslands plagued with pythons and alligators, is about 25 air miles away from the tribe's gaming resort.
The Miccosukee Casino & Resort features an adjacent 18-hole championship golf course, 1,800 electronic gaming machines, 20 poker tables, a 302-room hotel, five dining options, pubs, flexible conference space, and live entertainment.
