The state Gaming Department has formally told a company in a former Dutch colony in the Caribbean Sea to stop an illegal gambling operation in Arizona.
The Gaming Department director says her enforcement team is determined to keep off-shore betting syndicates from setting up here.
In early November, the Gaming Department sent a cease and desist letter to the Curacao-based parent company of Bovada Online Gambling.
Its ultimatum was to stop making the Bovada website and application available in Arizona or face legal consequences.
The Gaming Department wrote that Bovada operating in Arizona amounts to money laundering, promoting gambling and running an illegal business.
Bovada’s parent company, Harp Media BV, did not reply to a request for comment.
The Gaming Department says outside reports and routine surveillance of Bovada were red flags that led to the investigation.
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