Public Gaming Industry
Legal Issues
Virginia Court Case to wrestle down the difference between "game-of-skill" and "game-of-chance" and the legal definition of "gambling"
The long-running lawsuit over Virginia’s ban on slots-like gaming machines will be decided in a three-day trial the week before Christmas...
Legal Update on the UK Fourth National Lottery licence competition
Fourth National Lottery licence competition: legal update (July 2023)
28 July 2023
In early September 2022 Camelot and IGT withdrew the...
Administrative courts in Germany are demonstrating that European Union (EU) laws don’t trump local ones
Administrative courts in Germany are demonstrating that European Union (EU) laws don’t trump local ones. Two courts, one in Berlin and an...
UK government rejects lawmaker’s call to treat crypto like gambling
The government added that it is already working on regulating the crypto market, and proposed legislation was put before parliament and d...
Federal Court Sides With Seminoles Over Mobile Sports Betting, Could Alter US Gaming Landscape
A federal appeals court has sided with the Seminole Tribe in its appeal of a lower court’s ruling that found the tribe’s Class III gaming...
CANADA: Bill 126, Ban iGaming Advertising Act, 2023
Rakocevic, Tom
Gretzky, Lisa
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June 27–28 - ULIS/WLA Event Sports Integrity Seminar ‘The role of lotteries in supporting the sports movement on the prevention of competition manipulation.’
location: Olympic Museum, Lausanne, Switzerland
Lotteries have always had a close collaboration with the Olympic Movement, linked to the...
The New Normal: NCAI-IGA Task Force on Tribal Sovereignty. What Is It? Why Now?
The New Normal: NCAI-IGA Task Force on Tribal Sovereignty. What Is It? Why Now?
Wednesday, June 14th, 2023 at 2:00PM ET / 11:00AM P...
New York: Rochester Leaders Scold New York State Officials for Secret Seneca Negotiations
Representatives for New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s (D) office announced last week an “agreement in principle” with the Seneca Nation for a ...
Game On: Mid-Year Update on U.S. Gaming Industry's Expanding Regulations, Legislation, and Launches
2023 follows the trend of expansion within the U.S. gaming industry with a continued focus on sports betting, iGaming, and eSports. Sever...
Tab's new operator, Entain, appears to have breached the New Zealand Gambling Act within a week of receiving ministerial approval
Advertising of overseas gambling is banned by section 16 of the Gambling Act 2003.
Tab's new operator, Entain, appears to have breached ...
Game on: The fight for the right to make lottery games available online Scott Bowen, Government Affairs Specialist, Neogames
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More than 40 Massachusetts lottery agent licenses to be revoked or suspended
BOSTON – A father and son were sentenced today in federal court in Boston for orchestrating an elaborate “ten-percenting” scheme involvin...
Ruling on Steve Wynn lobbying effort appealed by Justice Department
The Justice Department is appealing a U.S. District Court judge’s ruling that former Wynn Resorts Ltd. CEO Steve Wynn did not have to reg...
AGA: 85% of Americans Support Supreme Court Decision to End Federal Sports Betting Ban
American support for legal sports betting has grown significantly since the federal ban on sports wagering was lifted in 2018, according ...
‘Safeguards’ needed if lotto goes online, Massachusetts Attorney General Campbell says
The state’s top lawyer said her office will not stand in the way of moving lottery sales online but only if proper "safeguards” are put i...
Washington Court Reaffirms Tribal Sovereignty in Sports Betting Case, But Differences Among Courts Begin to Emerge
The Supreme Court’s overturning of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act in 2018 has led to renegotiations of tribal-state g...
North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley says organizations violated state gaming laws
North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley filed a complaint against several gaming organizations Thursday, alleging millions of dollars ...
IT Intermediary Amendment Rules 2023 notified for online gaming industry
INDIA:
April 12 2023
The Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2023 (‘IT I...
Skill Games Makers, Operators Sue Kentucky for banning so-called "gray machines"
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Pace-O-Matic and other "skill game" companies are suing the state of Kentucky for banning so-called "gray machines."
Ea...
Pennsylvania Skill Games Legal Battle Heading To State’s Supreme Court
Pennsylvania skill games are going to the PA Supreme Court. Pace-O-Matic (POM), a manufacturer of skill game machines, is facing off ag...
Belgium bans gambling advertising from July 1
BRUSSELS, March 9 (Reuters) - The Belgian government has decided to ban gambling advertising across multiple platforms from July 1 in a b...
DraftKings hit with a federal class action lawsuit related to tumbling values of the non-fungible tokens (NFTs) offered on the company’s DraftKings Marketplace
DraftKings (NASDAQ: DKNG) was slapped with a federal class action lawsuit this week related to tumbling values of the non-fungible tokens...
Flutter Entertainment to pay a $4 million civil penalty to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for historical activities of PokerStars
Flutter Entertainment has agreed to pay a $4 million civil penalty to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
The penalty relates t...
The BIA (Bureau of Indian Affairs) has made proposals that would make it easier for tribes to acquire land but could also allow for online gaming to be introduced via deals with the relevant state governments.
Tribal gaming operators may be able to expand their operations online if proposals from the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) come to fruiti...
Austria Says FIFA Packs Are Gambling, Orders PlayStation To Refund Customer
An Austrian court has ruled that FIFA packs are a form of gambling, and is ordering Sony to refund a customer who spent hundreds of euros...
Rincon Band Withdraws From State Regulatory Oversight Under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act
The Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians (“Rincon”) in California has taken a historical step under its federally approved Class III Secretaria...
Washington State becomes battleground over commercial operators' rights versus Tribal Gaming rights as Federal Court weighs in
A federal court on Tuesday quashed a bid to strike down a Washington state law permitting legalized sports betting in tribal casinos only...
President Biden’s Resort Fee Crackdown Opposed by American Gaming Association
President Joe Biden is targeting resort fees and other so-called “junk” charges that hotels and casinos often tack on to an advertised ra...