A week after the Maine legislature reconvenes on Jan. 7, lawmakers will consider a bill that would ban dual-currency online sweepstakes casinos.

MICHAEL J. BUSTAMANTE is Emilio Bacardí Moreau Chair in Cuban and Cuban-American Studies at the University of Miami and the author of Cuban Memory Wars: Retrospective Politics in Revolution and Exile.

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On top of the three downstate casinos receiving approval from the New York Gaming Facility Board last Monday, Gov. Kathy Hochul signed a bill on Friday to ban dual-currency sweepstakes gaming. The ...