Sweepstakes Casino Defenders Spga and Sgla to merge -

The California anti-Sweep-Sweeptake bills have been changing and successfully since its overhaul this year. Two parties, the SPGA and the SGLA, the two groups which represent the world of “social game” which integrates the casinos of the competition at the center of the bill, now merger to try to repel it.

However, it will be the Social and Promotal Gaming Association (SPGA) which will disappear in the SGLA (Social Gaming Leadership Alliance) because it is very likely that the bill, AB 831, will pass. He is now on the way to the governor of California, Gavin Newsom, who is the last person on the way to the bill.

There has been no indication for the moment that it is against it, because there have been links with tribal casinos in the state, most of which oppose the casinos of the competition operating in California.

According to journalist Victor Rocha on X, formerly Twitter, VGW, the company behind the SGLA affected by prohibitions on competition casinos in the United States, offered $ 1 million to the tribes who oppose the bill. He now claims that some tribes are concerned with being “stiff” now that their campaign has failed.

My sources tell me that VGW offered small California tribes $ 1 million each for their support. Now the tribes are afraid of stirring. I try to obtain a precise solution on the story.

– Victor Rocha (@ Victorrocha1) September 14, 2025

The SPGA and the SGLA both campaigned vigorously to ensure that the bill does not pass, without much impact. Whenever the bill was voted, it has passed with flying colors. Rocha comments X that “they launched an embarrassing campaign.”

SLGA comments on the merger of competition representatives

Addressing Readwrite, the SGLA said:

“The SGLA and the SPGA have always been distinct entities with separate subscriptions – although pleading for the same industry – and that remains the case. We appreciated our collaborative work with the SPGA and wish their team and their best members.

“The SGLA was created to stimulate the integrity of the industry, protect players and defend the appropriate surveillance of online social games with the help, and we will continue to defend these objectives.”

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