G2E panel debates whether sweepstakes sites constitute gambling
Speakers at a G2E panel in Las Vegas disagreed over whether sweepstakes and social-gaming sites constitute gambling. Light & Wonder’s Howard Glaser argued that some sweepstakes transactions amount to unlicensed gambling, while Ifrah partner Michelle Cohen and Eilers & Krejcik’s Matt Kaufman said some social-gaming models are not gambling; a Michigan Gaming Control Board official also described illegal real-money sites operating without age controls or testing.
Operators and suppliers face differing views on how gambling rules apply to sweepstakes and social-gaming models.