The activity exposes vulnerable people to fraud and addictive gambling without oversight or accountability, the attorneys wrote, and has been linked to other serious crimes.

“Illegal offshore gaming operations are a breeding ground for criminal behavior, such as money laundering and human trafficking. These companies routinely flaunt Utah laws and put Utah consumers at risk,” Brown said in a statement. “Together we can take action against these foreign-based operations that wreak havoc on our communities, foster gambling addictions, and harm Utah consumers.”

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just like everything else just legalize the activities people do and properly regulate with science mixed with reason and logic

Remember that the only thing that could get 50 attorneys generals to agree is not to prevent crime, but to ensure that the government maintains the exclusive right to this kind of crime.

They see a gambling addict loosing his house to a foreign bookie and get mad because they’re supposed to have the monopoly on that scam.