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4 hours agoMinnesota sweepstakes ban bill advances through committee
Minnesota Senate committee advances a bill to ban online sweepstakes casino-style games, addressing digital gambling's rapid growth.
The policy changes introduce clearer rules around three main categories of content: online gambling, social casino games, and graphic gaming content. YouTube will expand its enforcement on gambling-related material to include digital goods with monetary value--such as in-game skins, cosmetics, and NFTs--if they are linked to non-Google-certified gambling sites or apps. Also, content that depicts or promotes social casino games--even when no real money is exchanged-- will now be age-restricted to protect younger audiences. YouTube stopped allowing creators to verbally mention or display online gambling services not approved by Google back in March.