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Written coverage of US online casino, sports betting and sweepstakes law from the Casinos Legal USA desk. Every article is dated, cites its sources, and hedges where the sources disagree. For the terse version, the change log records each status change as a single dated line.
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VGW announced the shutdown on July 28, 2026. Gold Coin purchases stop August 3, the games go offline August 24, and September 14 is the last day to request a redemption.
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Full exits, Gold-Coin-only downgrades and open states are three different outcomes for a player. Operator rules documents read in July 2026 show the middle bucket is the largest.
Internet gaming became law in January 2026 under a tribal-exclusive licensing model. Rules and licensing are still being written, and no operator has gone live.
House Bill 1052 added Indiana Code 4-33-10-7 effective July 1, 2026. Civil penalties reach $100,000 per violation, and sweepstakes poker was written out of the prohibition.
Senate File 2289, signed May 15, 2026 and effective July 1, gives the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission cease-and-desist and injunction authority over unlicensed operators. Several brands left anyway.
The Attorney General's office secured cease-and-desist agreements from 26 sweepstakes operators in 2025. Senate Bill 5935A, signed in December 2025, then wrote the prohibition into statute.
Retail and online wagering both launched at 12:00 a.m. on December 1, 2025, following voter approval of Amendment 2 in November 2024. Online casino remains unauthorized.
Senate Bill 555 made Montana the first state with an explicit statewide ban. Connecticut's Public Act 25-112 made running a dual-currency platform a Class D felony. Both took effect October 1, 2025.
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