Legal

10th July 2020

RI amendment seeks to scrap in-person sports betting registration

Lawmakers in Rhode Island are to consider an amendment that would remove the requirement for consumers to register in-person in order to access online sports…

9th July 2020

State of the Union: PointsBet, OK, CA and more

This week’s State of the Union, in partnership with Segev LLP, includes the first partnership between a sportsbook and a Major League Baseball team, as…

9th July 2020

Eldorado wins Nevada approval for Caesars acquisition

Eldorado Resorts has secured approval from the Nevada Gaming Control Board and Gaming Commission to proceed with its proposed acquisition and subsequent merger with Caesars…

8th July 2020

Circus Circus sues AIG over unpaid Covid-19 claim

Circus Circus Casino has filed a lawsuit against insurance company AIG for damages exceeding $75m in the United States District Court for Nevada, arguing the…

6th July 2020

California tribes granted extension on sports betting

California tribes will have 90 more days to gather enough signatures to get their sports betting measure on the ballot in 2022 after a court…

30th June 2020

PlayAGS faces class action lawsuit over securities purchases

A class action lawsuit has been filed against PlayAGS after the gaming technology supplier was accused of failing to disclose information about its business, operations…

29th June 2020

Culinary Union to sue Las Vegas casinos over Covid-19 safety

Culinary Union Local 226, the largest labor union in Nevada, will file a lawsuit against a series of “major Las Vegas Strip casinos” today, arguing…

22nd June 2020

Georgia Senate Committee revives sports betting proposal

Georgia’s Senate Judiciary Committee has resurrected the prospect of legal sports betting in the state by amending a bill to include a framework for legal wagering.…

19th June 2020

Apple receives class action complaint over loot boxes

California-based parent Rebecca Taylor has filed a class action complaint against tech giant Apple, alleging that by providing games containing loot box mechanisms through its…

18th June 2020

State of the Union: CA, LA, NJ and more

This week’s State of the Union, in partnership with Segev LLP, includes the latest updates on bills to put sports betting to voters in both…

18th June 2020

BCLC and theScore back Canadian single-event betting push

Canadian provincial lottery operator the British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) and media business theScore have both declared their support for single-event sports betting in the…

18th June 2020

Future of CA betting bill in question as hearing delayed

California residents will have to wait further for an update on the status of legal sports betting in  the state, as the latest hearing on…

16th June 2020

Gtech denied sovereign immunity protection in Texas

The Texas Supreme Court has ruled against Gtech, the gaming services and solutions provider now part of International Game Technology (IGT), in a case over…

15th June 2020

Louisiana Governor signs off on sports betting referendum bill

Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards has signed into a law a bill to arrange a parish-by-parish referendum on whether to legalise sports betting in the…