Nevada gaming regulators have accused a Reno casino operator of steering its customers to internationally licensed online gambling sites.

On May 11, the Nevada Gaming Control Board (GCB) filed a complaint for disciplinary action against BCH Gaming Reno, which operates the Boomtown Casino Hotel. The casino operator is charged with two violations of Nevada gaming statutes and violating the 1961 federal Wire Act, for which the GCB is seeking unspecified financial penalties.

The complaint indicates that in September 2016, Boomtown – which lacks a Nevada interactive gaming license – decided it wanted to get in on the free-play social casino action that was then sweeping the land-based gaming industry.

Trouble was, Boomtown apparently determined that actually licensing some social casino software would be too expensive, so Boomtown instead added two links to its existing website under the banners of “Play Online” and “Play Even When Away!”