{"id":1009,"date":"2025-09-19T14:00:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T14:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chuckwardrealestate.com\/?p=1009"},"modified":"2025-09-29T12:08:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T12:08:54","slug":"john-cerasani-barred-from-strip-casinos-after-promoting-black-market-bookie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.chuckwardrealestate.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/19\/john-cerasani-barred-from-strip-casinos-after-promoting-black-market-bookie\/","title":{"rendered":"John Cerasani Barred from Strip Casinos After Promoting Black Market Bookie"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>John Cerasani has been barred from multiple Las Vegas Strip casinos<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The influencer promoted an unregulated sportsbook on his social feed <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>He has nearly 800K Instagram followers<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>John Cerasani, a social media influencer and self-proclaimed \u201cgreatest blackjack player to ever walk the land,\u201d is now persona non grata at several of the largest Las Vegas Strip casino resorts after he promoted an unregulated offshore internet casino and sportsbook on his Instagram feed.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_363012\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-363012\" data-style=\"width: 858px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-363012 size-post-thumbnail-858xAUTO lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"John Cerasani\" width=\"858\" height=\"483\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.chuckwardrealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/JC-858x483-1.jpg\"><figcaption>Social media influencer John Cerasani. He&#8217;s been barred from some Las Vegas casinos for promoting an offshore bookie. (Image: YouTube)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Cerasani, who has 614K followers on one Instagram account and 173K on another, recently promoted MyBookie.ag on the social media platform. That company is based in Curacao and doesn&#8217;t hold licenses to offer iGaming and sports wagering in any US state, but has been the subject of cease-and-desist orders in this country. In January, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/mgcb\/news\/2025\/01\/23\/mgcb-orders-mybookie-to-cease-operations\">Michigan Gaming Control Board<\/a> (MGCB) issued such a letter to the operator, noting MyBookie flouted the state\u2019s Gaming Control and Revenue Act and its Internet Gaming and Revenue Act.<\/p>\n<p>As indicated in the pictures below of a scantily clad female, Cerasani recently endorsed MyBookie on Instagram, and it appears his relationship with the illicit bookmaker was financial because he highlighted a promotional code to his followers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-post-thumbnail-430xAUTO wp-image-363014 alignright lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"\" width=\"430\" height=\"740\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.chuckwardrealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PHOTO-2025-09-08-17-01-39-430x740-1.jpg\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-post-thumbnail-430xAUTO wp-image-363015 alignright lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"\" width=\"430\" height=\"734\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.chuckwardrealestate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/PHOTO-2025-09-08-16-59-34-430x734-1.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>iGaming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/igaming-not-casinos-powering-industry-growth-says-analyst\/\">is legal in just seven states<\/a>, while sports wagering is permitted in 39. The gaming industry\u2019s primary selling points in their pitches to state regulators to get those forms of wagering approved are promises of tax revenue and consumer safeguards &#8212; points threatened by black market, offshore operators.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A source speaking on the condition of anonymity told <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/\">Casino.org<\/a><\/em> that multiple Las Vegas casino operators, unwilling to run the reputational and regulatory risk of being associated with endorsers of illegal gaming sites, have barred Cerasani from their properties.<\/p>\n<h2>Tribal Casinos Also Ban Cerasani Over MyBookie Flap<\/h2>\n<p>The source also told <em>Casino.org<\/em> that Cerasani has been barred by Foxwoods in Connecticut, Hard Rock International, and Seminole Gaming.<\/p>\n<p>The Seminole Tribe runs casinos in Florida bearing the Hard Rock name while Hard Rock International operates the other casinos sporting that brand in the US and around the world. In other words, it\u2019s an expansive list of gaming venues the social media influencer can no longer wager at, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/hard-rock-rockford-delivers-tax-revenue-but-competition\/\">Hard Rock Casino Rockford<\/a> in Illinois, which is near his hometown of Chicago.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It\u2019s believed Hard Rock and Seminole were among the first gaming entities to take action upon learning Cerasani was pushing MyBookie to his Instagram followers. Though not surprising, the move is prudent from a regulatory perspective. In addition to holding a sports betting monopoly in Florida, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/hard-rock-digital-could-be-worth-8-billion-says-research-firm\/\">Hard Rock Digital<\/a> offers online sports wagering in Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, New Jersey, Ohio, Tennessee, and Virginia.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Arizona and Tennessee are among the members of that group that have been particularly active in issuing cease-and-desist letters to unlicensed gaming companies attempting to do business in those jurisdictions, and both have been successful in banishing some of those operators.<\/p>\n<h2>Cerasani Employs Familiar Influencer Tactics<\/h2>\n<p>In an effort to better connect with younger bettors, casinos, including those in Las Vegas, have liberalized their filming rules in recent years. Filming was once prohibited on casino floors, but in hopes of luring more social media-savvy Gen Zers and millennials, gaming companies have relaxed old protocols.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p>That\u2019s opened the door for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/social-distortion-top-influencers-are-paid-by-vegas-to-promote-vegas\/\">a wave of influencers<\/a>, including Cerasani, to become \u201cinternet famous,\u201d leveraging casinos and purported winnings as foundations for amassing followers and endorsement deals. Cerasani\u2019s tactics are familiar and smack of ploys used by penny stock and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/hawk-tuah-boyfriend-pookie-demands-memecoin-money-back\/\">memecoin traders<\/a>. Lots of bravado, machismo, and talk of big money.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cA former W-2\u2019er trying to share his path to a NOT GEN POP life. Entrepreneur. Venture Capitalist. Winner. The best blackjack player to ever walk the land,\u201d according to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCfpXOoAApNV-ihylvYFaq1g\">YouTube<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGen pop\u201d is prison parlance for \u201cgeneral population.\u201d In this case, Cerasani is implying that his gambling successes have helped him avoid the rat race and live an extraordinary life.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/john-cerasani-barred-from-strip-casinos-after-promoting-black-market-bookie\/\">John Cerasani Barred from Strip Casinos After Promoting Black Market Bookie<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\">Casino.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Cerasani has been barred from multiple Las Vegas Strip casinos The influencer promoted an unregulated sportsbook on his social feed He has nearly 800K Instagram followers John Cerasani, a social media influencer and self-proclaimed \u201cgreatest blackjack player to ever walk the land,\u201d is now persona non grata at several of the largest Las Vegas Strip casino resorts after he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1011,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.chuckwardrealestate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1009"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.chuckwardrealestate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.chuckwardrealestate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.chuckwardrealestate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.chuckwardrealestate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1009"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.chuckwardrealestate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1015,"href":"http:\/\/www.chuckwardrealestate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1009\/revisions\/1015"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.chuckwardrealestate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.chuckwardrealestate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.chuckwardrealestate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.chuckwardrealestate.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}