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The Social Gaming Leadership Alliance (SGLA) has publicly responded to the cease-and-desist orders issued by the Illinois Gaming Board (IGB).
The regulator had taken aim at multiple parties operating in the state, calling their activities illegal and putting bettors at risk because they were not officially licensed to operate there.
Now the SGLA spokesperson, Managing Director Sean Ostrow, has fired back at the watchdog as part of a public statement on the letters.
SGLA’s Sean Ostrow fires back at Illinois Gaming Board
ReadWrite reviewed Ostrow’s statement, a direct rebuttal to the seven-pages of letters published by the Illinois Gaming Board on February 5, 2026.
“Our operators implement robust age verification, responsible social gaming tools, and comprehensive safeguards on Social Plus games, setting us apart from unregulated, illegal gambling sites,” said the SGLA post.
This was in direct response to the IGB stating that there were “more than 60 cease-and-desist letters” issued to operators that were running “illegal online casino and/or online sweepstakes gaming platforms in Illinois.”
SGLA says that there has been a misunderstanding in gambling terminology
The original letters and statement from the IGB emphasized that their enforcement targeted “operating illegal online casino and/or online sweepstakes gaming platforms in Illinois.”
Ostrow believes that the decision to add illegal gambling operators with a statement surrounding “Social Plus” games was a mistake.
BREAKING: Illinois Gaming Board and Illinois Attorney General issue more than 60 cease-and-desist letters to companies operating illegal online casinos and/or online sweepstakes casinos. Le...
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