Florida Escalates Grey Market Gambling War with Lawsuits

Florida Takes Aim at the Money

Filed on August 19th, these two new lawsuits take the tried-and-true tack that the dual-currency sweepstakes model used by both Stake and VGW amounts to illegal gambling under existing Florida law. Uthmeier also argues that marketing these types of games as “free,” “safe,” or “legal” violates Florida’s consumer protection laws.

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