Are the waves of celebrities selling sweepstakes websites like Chumba On line casino really selling unlawful playing? That’s the allegation made in a latest lawsuit filed in opposition to Chumba On line casino, and its superstar endorser Ryan Seacrest, filed in California. The lawsuit, and its allegation that Seacrest is endorsing unlawful playing, marks a serious escalation within the battle over what constitutes playing in the USA.
The lawsuit, initially filed within the Riverside County Superior Court docket by Aubrey Carillo, was initially filed in October of 2024 and was lately amended to incorporate Seacrest. The lawsuit makes a well-recognized argument in opposition to sweepstakes websites that as a result of prospects should purchase chips for enjoying, that the location can be an unlicensed on line casino. Carillo’s go well with steps that argument up a stage to incorporate the accusation that anybody endorsing the location can be selling unlawful playing.
“Somebody this blessed in life doesn’t want to harm folks for more cash, however Defendant Seacrest does that by serving because the official superstar endorser for ChumbaCasino.com. Defendant Seacrest promotes unlawful playing and in so doing, contributes to the rise of on-line playing habit amongst adults and adolescents,” the lawsuit states.
Chumba On line casino’s attorneys disregarded the lawsuit as a nuisance, as they’ve with many of the lawsuits in opposition to them. The corporate defended Seacrest in feedback reported on by TMZ.com including, “Our model ambassador Ryan Seacrest shouldn’t be concerned within the operation of Chumba’s enterprise, and it’s unlucky that he has been unfairly focused as a part of this go well with.”
Carillo’s go well with is only one of many lawsuits filed in a number of jurisdictions in opposition to sweepstakes operators over the their distinctive enterprise mannequin and its relation to regulated gaming.
