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https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2014-111
"Then in two separate offerings from August 2012 to February 2013, SatoshiDICE sold 13 million shares and raised 50,600 bitcoins that were worth approximately $722,659 at the time. SatoshiDICE, which calls itself the biggest Bitcoin-betting game in the world and pays out casino-like winnings in bitcoins, ultimately returned these offering proceeds to investors in a buy-back transaction in July 2013. A significant rise in the exchange rate of U.S. dollars to bitcoins actually increased the amount paid back to investors to approximately $3.8 million for 45,500 bitcoins.

The SEC’s order finds that Voorhees actively solicited investors to buy FeedZeBirds and SatoshiDICE shares on a website dedicated to Bitcoin known as the Bitcoin Forum. Voorhees also publicly promoted the unregistered offerings on other Bitcoin-related websites as well as Facebook. The first unregistered offering was explicitly referred to as the “FeedZeBirds IPO.” Despite these general solicitations, no registration statement was filed for the FeedZeBirds or SatoshiDICE offerings, and no exemption from registration was applicable to these transactions."

https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2014-111