The Nevada Gaming Control Board is allegedly investigating the online activities of Reno-based land casino operator BCH Gambling, which works the Boomtown Casino Hotel.
The Board has filed a complaint against BCH accusing it of violating the national 1961 Wire Act and Nevada statutes by referring players to online casino websites linked with Deck Media and the infamous Affiliate Edge (previously Club World) group, both organisations accredited in Curacao. BCH does not have a Nevada interactive gaming licence.
Particulars of this case which emerged this week suggest that at late 2016 BCH made a decision to enter the most popular free-to-play online social gaming arena. Instead of setting up a dedicated enterprise it called players via internet links to 15 distinct online gambling sites, offering them the opportunity to “play online” & “play whilst off”.
The filing suggests that eleven of the fifteen websites also offer real-money online casino activity…and three of these accept US players.
In return for referring players BCH supposedly received commission payments; in other words the firm participates as an affiliate for its online gambling businesses.
Several months later venturing into this subject, the BCH activity came to the attention of their NGCB when a client queried the legality of this BCH activity, triggering an investigation.
BCH stands accused of exercising small, if any, oversight of the worker’s digital activity on its own behalf.
The penalties for this unusual way of conducting a digital business have yet to be announced.
