State gaming regulators have worked with the American Gaming Association to target gambling methods that the organization opposes. The American Gaming Association advocates for casino operators, manufacturers, suppliers, and employees, speaking on a range of business, legislative, and regulatory issues. The organization claims that “prediction market platforms are offering illegal sports betting nationwide outside the state and tribal regulatory frameworks that protect consumers.” Likewise, the organization has included offshore sportsbook operators under the umbrella of illegal gambling. The organization has also promoted its efforts to oppose “sweepstakes” casinos.

 

Between 2024 and 2025, Todd Grossman of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission and Tres York of the American Gaming Association discussed combating unlicensed gambling, such as offshore operators like Bovada and online “sweepstakes” casinos. In 2025, York connected Grossman with an official at the Michigan Gaming Control Board to discuss combating such operations. Notably, following this exchange, Massachusetts gaming regulators appear to have participated in an American Gaming Association roundtable on responsible gaming.

 

Additionally, Maryland Lottery and Gaming Director John Martin collaborated with the

American Gaming Association to target prediction markets. In 2025, Maryland Lottery and Gaming Director John Martin thanked individuals at the American Gaming Association for providing an overview on the sports futures contract market and urged others to review an American Gaming Association spreadsheet on sweepstakes in the context of “cease and desist strategies.” Martin later urged others to reach out to individuals with the American Gaming Association for information on opposing event-based contracts and promoted the Nevada Gaming Control Board’s cease and desist issuance to Kalshi. Martin shared a sample letter on sports prediction markets to be emailed to the CFTC commissioners and a spreadsheet containing contact information for CFTC officials, both of which were provided by the American Gaming Association. The sample letter expressed “grave concerns” over sports event contracts. Notably, Martin appears to be a defendant in litigation regarding Maryland’s anti-prediction market efforts.