The Michigan attorney general Dana Nessel announced it had shut down Golden Heart Games operations within the state.

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13th September 2023 | By Zak Thomas-Akoo Golden Heart Games is a Massachusetts-based charity sweepstake. The company allows players to bet with free-to-play online casino games, including slots and video poker.

Players donate to charity, earn in-game currency from these donations, then use this to bet on its igaming offerings.

golden heart co-founder and ceo steven kane Donations do not go directly to a user’s requested charity. Instead, the money heads to an entity called the Golden Hearts Charitable Foundation. This “then makes grants to each individual donor’s selected charity”.

Consumers can make bets without spending money on the charity sweepstake, which involves a mail-in option.

Investigation into the sweepstake’s activities

The MGCB began investigating Golden Heart in August 2021. The regulator said the operator’s activities represented illegal gambling in the state of Michigan.

In 2022, the Department of the Attorney General issued a cease-and-desist letter to Golden Heart Games. In the letter the department advised that it was operating illegally.

Despite this, the sweepstake continued to operate. The department responded by informing Golden Heart it intended to file a lawsuit in state court.

In reaction to this threat, Golden Heart said it would stop its gaming activity, and subsequently signed the assurance of discontinuance. The assurance says the operator will no longer be offering its games in Michigan.

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