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Amazon invokes legal shield, seeks halt to lawsuit accusing profits from casino apps

Amazon.com has invoked a U.S. law shielding internet platforms from liabilities related to third-party content to counter a new consumer lawsuit alleging the company's profiting from illicit casino-style apps. In a filing on Thursday, Amazon urged a federal judge in Seattle to halt the consumers' case pending an appeals court decision on similar…
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Amazon Faces Lawsuit Over Social Casino Apps

A new lawsuit against Amazon.com alleges that the online retailer has raked in billions of dollars by engaging in an "illegal internet gambling enterprise." Attorneys filed a class-action lawsuit on Nov. 10 on behalf of a Nevada man who alleges he became addicted to playing illegal online slots, many of which the plaintiff said were available on…
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Lawsuit Filed against Amazon over Social Casino Apps

Several years ago, the US appeals court in Washington ruled against social casino applications, acknowledging that such apps are illegal. While applications of that sort do not offer cash payouts, consumers use virtual chips to wager and secure wins, an activity that is similar to casino-style gambling. Yet, while some social casino apps do not…
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Amazon sued over 'dangerous partnership' with virtual casino apps

Nov 13 (Reuters) - Amazon.com (AMZN.O) earned billions of dollars through an "illegal internet gambling enterprise" by distributing casino-style apps and processing payments for virtual chips, a new proposed consumer class-action lawsuit claims. The lawsuit, filed on Friday by a Nevada resident who said he was addicted to illegal online slot games,…
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Appeals Court Stays Ruling To Block Nassau Hub Casino Lease

UNIONDALE, NY - Plans for the Nassau Hub casino have hit the pause button. The State Supreme Court Appellate Court issued a stay on Friday evening to a ruling this week where a state judge annulled the county's approval of a 99-year lease for Las Vegas Sands to construct a high-end hotel and casino. The initial decision came from a lawsuit brought…
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Appeals Court Stays Ruling To Block Nassau Hub Casino Lease
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Seminole tribe expands Florida casino betting

Seminole Tribe leaders last week announced a plan to roll out sports betting at their casinos in December - a first step in what could be a major expansion of gambling in Florida triggered by a go-ahead from the U.S. Supreme Court. The announcement came after more than two years of legal wrangling about a 2021 deal with the state that allowed the…
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Appeals court rules online gambling an offence under Common Gaming Houses Act 1953

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 18 - The Court of Appeal today ruled that online gambling is an offence under the Common Gaming Houses Act 1953. This follows the unanimous decision of the three Court of Appeal judges, chaired by Datuk Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera, who rejected the legal question posed by former gambling house operator Roseaini Johor, 49, and retired…
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Appeals court rules online gambling an offence under Common Gaming Houses Act 1953
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Casinos plan appeal of ruling in unregulated slot machine lawsuit

An appeals court will be asked to take another look at whether a trade association for Missouri casinos can sue a company that puts video games offering cash prizes in convenience stores and other retailers across the state. The Missouri Gaming Association said in a news release Wednesday that it will appeal the decision that dismissed its claims…
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Howard Hughes Spinning Off Seaport, Vegas Assets, Tapping Casino Vet As CEO

Houston-based Howard Hughes Corp. is spinning off its assets in New York and Las Vegas into a new company, and it has tapped a Vegas veteran to lead the new business. The Las Vegas Strip Howard Hughes named Anton Nikodemus the CEO of Seaport Entertainment, the newly formed subsidiary that includes the firm's South Street Seaport holdings in Lower…
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Missouri casinos challenge ruling in slot machine case

JEFFERSON CITY - The organization representing Missouri's 13 riverboat casinos is asking a state appeals court for another chance to prove that unregulated slot machines in gas stations, bars and truck stops are illegal. In a filing Wednesday, the Missouri Gaming Association is seeking a decision that would stop Torch Electronics and a convenience…
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Missouri casinos challenge ruling in slot machine case
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Woman's conviction overturned in Waterloo casino appeal

WATERLOO - The Iowa Court of Appeals has overturned the conviction of a Cedar Rapids woman accused of helping her boyfriend avoid child support obligations and unpaid fines after winning a slot machine jackpot in Waterloo in 2020. A Black Hawk County jury found Sydney Leiann Slaughter, 35, guilty of false claim of winning during a 2022…
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Big Tech Appeals Casino App Ruling: 'Grave Harm to the Internet Economy.'

Two months after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to loosen legal protections afforded tech companies, the immunity law is back before a federal appeals court. On Monday, Apple, Google and Facebook's Meta Platforms Inc. asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to reverse a 2022 decision concluding that Section 230 of the Communications…
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Seminole Gambling Deal Gets Big Win

In a move that could remake Florida's gambling landscape, a federal appeals court overturned a ruling that blocked a deal giving the Seminole Tribe control over sports betting throughout the state. The unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia reversed a November 2021 decision by a…
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Gaming Commission asks feds to shut down illegal gambling

Gamblers in Massachusetts have a full menu of wagering options to choose from these days: physical casinos, sports betting in person or online, and the state lottery, which some officials are itching to bring online as well. One thing not on the menu, Bay State regulators want to make clear, is illegal gambling. Members of the Massachusetts Gaming…
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Gambler's claim of illegal dice used in Atlantic City's Golden Nugget must be investigated, New York court rules

Nearly two years after New York resident Wayne Chan sued Atlantic City's Golden Nugget casino in a Newark federal court, claiming that the games were unfair, a New York court has now determined that New Jersey regulators should investigate that claim. In September 2021, Chan sued the property after he lost $469125 playing craps in 2018 and 2019.…
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Gov. Murphy says casinos to pay 'fair share' as state appeals court rulings in 2 PILOT lawsuits

Gov. Phil Murphy said this month the state will make certain that the Atlantic City casinos "pay their fair share" in taxes - making the comment as his administration continues its court fight to uphold a 2021 law that cut the industry's local tax burden by millions. The changes to the casinos' payment-in-lieu-of-property tax system resulted in the…
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Feds urge court to reverse invalidation of Florida’s gambling compact with Seminole Tribe

TALLAHASSEE - Lawyers for the federal government asked a federal appeals court on Wednesday to reverse a ruling that invalidated Florida's attempt to give the Seminole Tribe a monopoly on sports betting in the state. A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit heard arguments from lawyers for the U.S.…
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Feds urge court to reverse invalidation of Florida’s gambling compact with Seminole Tribe
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US Supreme Court Sides With Texas Tribe in Bingo Row

Texas' Tigua tribe has come out on the right side of a Supreme Court ruling over its offering of electronic bingo. [Image: Shutterstock.com] The Tigua tribe in El Paso, Texas is legally able to offer electronic bingo games at its casino in Lower Valley, according to a US Supreme Court ruling. The Supreme Court voted 5-4 on Wednesday in favor of the…
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Will online gambling ever come to Florida?

Casino gaming and sports betting are topics that are never far from the front pages these days, both in Florida and across the nation. Last year, Ron DeSantis was jubilant to see his new gaming compact passed by the Florida legislature. But elation turned to deflation when it was struck down in federal court in November. The compact covered various…
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New rules for Queensland casino operators to be introduced

In Australia and the government for the state of Queensland has reacted to the recent findings of the investigation into The Star Entertainment Group Limited by promising to introduce'tough new laws' for all local casino operators. The government of Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk used an official Friday press release to declare that these measures…
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Pathways exist for online casino gambling in almost every U.S. state but obstacles remain

With the demise of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 (PASPA, the Bradley Act) following a U.S. Supreme Court on May 14, 2018 sports betting liberalization at the state level rolled across America like thunder with consumers, casinos, and state legislatures welcoming the decision that made the practice legal nationwide again…
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Biden administration says Florida, Seminole Tribe gambling deal should get OK

TALLAHASSEE - The Biden administration is urging an appeals court to reinstate a deal that gave the Seminole Tribe control of sports betting throughout Florida, nearly nine months after a Washington, D.C.-based judge ruled that the 30-year agreement violated federal law. A U.S. Department of the Interior brief filed Wednesday offered a…
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Lawsuit challenging constitutionality of casino PILOT awaits decision

As Atlantic County fights the state in court to get what it considers its negotiated share of casino payments-in-lieu-of-taxes, a nonprofit called Liberty and Prosperity is suing to force the end of the amended casino PILOT. A hearing on the lawsuit was held Friday, and soon Judge Michael Blee will decide whether the amended PILOT violates the…
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Lawsuit challenging constitutionality of casino PILOT awaits decision
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California can’t impose ‘sprawling’ enviro regulations on Tribes’ casino plans

The James R. Browning U.S. Court of Appeals Building, home of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, is pictured in San Francisco, California February 7, 2017. REUTERS/Noah Berger State wanted five Tribes to enact parts of CEQA, other laws in exchange for casino contract renewals 9th Circuit says'general policy objectives' have no place in…
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Appeals Court Dismisses Wrongful Death Suit Brought by Children Whose Parents Were Killed in Las Vegas Casino Fire

The Nevada Court of Appeals has affirmed a decision by the state's Eighth Judicial District Court to deny a motion to amend a wrongful death complaint filed by children whose parents died in an arson attempt at a casino. In 2017, an armed attacker set fire to furniture inside the Resorts World Manila in Las Vegas, according to the appeals…
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Scientific Games’ lottery playbook succeeded, then spread

The growth of the lottery business nationwide was inspired in large part by the lobbying innovations of a single multinational gambling company, Scientific Games Holdings LP. A 1986 memo from Scientific Games co-founder and then-Chairman John R. Koza described a "draft version of our new model state lottery law which we distribute widely each year…
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NY appeals court cites ‘overwhelming evidence’ that gambling addict killed rich wife before she removed him from will

A New York appeals court Tuesday upheld the murder conviction of an online gambling addict who killed his estranged wife in her Upper West Side apartment the night before she was set to cut him out of her will. In his March 2021 appeal, Roderick Covlin accused lead prosecutor Matthew Bogdanos of presenting fake evidence at trial and inventing a new…
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Florida gambling expansion backed by Las Vegas Sands abandoned

Florida Voters in Charge, the nonprofit political action committee funded by Las Vegas Sands Corp. to gather signatures on petitions supporting the legalization of commercial gambling in northern Florida, has abandoned its efforts to put the question on the November ballot. The organization also dropped an appeals court lawsuit it filed when Leon…
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Florida gambling expansion backed by Las Vegas Sands abandoned
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Las Vegas Sands Drops Bid for North Florida Casinos

After spending more than $70 million and wrangling in court for months, backers of a proposed constitutional amendment that would open the door to Las Vegas-style casinos in North Florida have dropped an effort to place the measure on the 2022 ballot. The clash over the casino initiative pitted Las Vegas Sands Corp. against the Seminole Tribe of…
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Las Vegas Sands drops bid for North Florida casinos on 2022 ballot

TALLAHASSEE - After spending more than $70 million and wrangling in court for months, backers of a proposed constitutional amendment that would open the door to Las Vegas-style casinos in North Florida have dropped an effort to place the measure on the 2022 ballot. The clash over the casino initiative pitted Las Vegas Sands Corp. against the…
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Las Vegas Sands drops bid for North Florida casinos on 2022 ballot
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Nevada casino owner sued over pandemic jobs right-to-return

LAS VEGAS (AP) - A union representing more than 60000 hotel housekeepers, bartenders and porters is backing a lawsuit alleging that one of Nevada's largest private employers is breaking state law by not rehiring workers laid off because of coronavirus pandemic closures two years ago. Culinary Union officials said Tuesday the civil lawsuit filed in…
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Cambodian Police Confront 156 NagaWorld Casino Strikers

Days after 200 NagaWorld Casino workers were released from detention, Cambodian police used force to get 156 demonstrators onto buses bound for a quarantine center. [Image: Shutterstock.com] Just two days after Cambodian officials released 200 striking NagaWorld Casino workers following public criticism from the United States and United Nations,…
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Culinary Union Back to Picketing Station Casinos' Questionable Antics

The ongoing battle between the Culinary Union and Station Casinos continues. The casino operator has repeatedly refused to recognize legal attempts by workers to unionize. Its defiance has resulted in the courts getting involved. It still won't budge and, after one of its properties reneged on a unionization agreement, Station finds itself in the…
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Las Vegas Sands' Attempt To Let Voters Decide Casino Fate Derailed

Four days after the political committee funded by DraftKings and FanDuel announced it was closing up shop because it wouldn't have enough signatures to get on the 2022 Florida ballot, the bid for a norther Florida brick-and-mortar casino fell short of the number of signatures needed to get on the ballot. Tuesday was the deadline for ballot…
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NGG Nordic and SkillOnNet appeals on bonus ban violations rejected by Swedish court

Two appeals to the Swedish Administrative Court launched by NGG Nordic and SkillOnNet have been rejected, with penalties imposed on the operators for violations of the country's bonus ban upheld. Issuing an update this morning, the Spelinspektionen, the Swedish Gambling Inspectorate, revealed that although upholding the sanctions the Administrative…
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NGG Nordic and SkillOnNet appeals on bonus ban violations rejected by Swedish court
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Missouri Lawmakers Moving to Ban “Pre-Reveal” Machines

When we fantasize about having poker superpowers, one that is usually at the top of people's lists is the ability to see what cards are coming next. This power could be extremely useful in other forms of casino gambling, as well, and guess what? It exists in some cases. There are actually gambling machines that allow you to see what will happen in…
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Swedish government plots new casino deposit cap

The country's Minister for Social Security Ardalan Shekarabi revealed today (4 January) that a consultation had been launched as a result of the worsening Covid-19 situation, in order to protect vulnerable players. The consultation will run until 17 January, with the new measures then implemented from 7 February, until 30 June. "In a welfare state…
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Feds' next move unclear in gambling fight

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (News Service of Florida) - As the Seminole Tribe pursues a legal battle to regain control over online sports betting in Florida, the federal government has not decided whether to launch an appeal. The Seminoles are appealing a decision by U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich, who last month scrapped a deal negotiated by Gov. Ron…
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9th Circuit sides with union in fight with Las Vegas casino

LAS VEGAS (AP) - A federal appeals court has upheld a U.S. judge's ruling in Nevada requiring Station Casinos' Red Rock Casino to bargain with the Culinary and Bartenders unions. The ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is a victory for the union in a yearslong fight to unionize about 1350 employees at the Las Vegas-based casino company…
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LVS, Tribe-Backed Groups in Florida Gambling Ballot Row

It seems that the Seminole Tribe of Florida has a lot more enemies than friends at the moment, with a bitter row over its sports betting compact with the state still ongoing. Now, in another highly volatile situation, two groups backed by the tribe are about to face off with another supported by Las Vegas Sands. Florida Voters in Charge, a ballot…
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Fate of Florida gambling deal unclear as Seminole Tribe makes case

TALLAHASSEE --- The legality of sports betting in Florida remained uncertain Wednesday, as the Seminole Tribe escalated efforts to keep intact a deal giving it control over online sports wagering following a judge's ruling that the agreement violates federal law. The tribe's latest legal salvos gave no indication of plans to comply with U.S.…
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Station Casinos hindering unfair labor practice case, NLRB claims

The National Labor Relations Board says that Station Casinos is hindering an ongoing unfair labor practice case against the Las Vegas gaming giant. Now the board is asking a federal court to step in. The labor relations board on Friday claimed in a filing in U.S. District Court in Nevada that Station Casinos has "not provided a significant portion…
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Sciplay (SCPL) gains 0.11% to Close at $18.71 on August 31

Sciplay Corp - Class A (NASDAQ: SCPL), a Las Vegas, Nevada, company, gained to close at $18.71 Tuesday after gaining $0.02 (0.11%) on volume of 613705 shares. The stock ranged from a high of $18.85 to a low of $18.51 while Sciplay's market cap now stands at $457349130. SciPlay is a leading developer and publisher of digital games on mobile and web…
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Sciplay (SCPL) falls 2.04% to Close at $18.69 on August 30

Sciplay Corp - Class A (NASDAQ: SCPL), a Las Vegas, Nevada, company, fell to close at $18.69 Monday after losing $0.39 (2.04%) on volume of 432083 shares. The stock ranged from a high of $19.20 to a low of $18.65 while Sciplay's market cap now stands at $456860248. SciPlay is a leading developer and publisher of digital games on mobile and web…
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Sciplay (SCPL) falls 2.91% on Moderate Volume August 26

Sciplay Corp - Class A (NASDAQ: SCPL) shares fell 2.91%, or $0.55 per share, to close Thursday at $18.38. After opening the day at $18.89, shares of Sciplay fluctuated between $19.06 and $18.34. 257040 shares traded hands a decrease from their 30 day average of 587793. Thursday's activity brought Sciplay's market cap to $449282576. Sciplay is…
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London Casino Pursues Action Over Gambler’s £10m Debt

Les Ambassadeurs Club in London has failed in its court appeal to get a global freezing order put in place on the assets of a Chinese businessman in an attempt to recover over £10m ($13.7m) in gambling debt. Yu Songbo is a real estate developer from Zhoushan in eastern China. At one point, he was reportedly among the richest 150 people in the…
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Appeals court ruling halts North Fork casino project

Just days after a top executive with Las Vegas-based Red Rock Resorts said that construction on the Fresno area's newest Indian gaming casino would break ground before the end of June, the 5th District Court of Appeal sided with project opponents. In a ruling last month, a three-member panel of the Fresno-based state appellate court ruled that the…
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New Madera Casino Project to Break Ground Next Month

The construction of the new Madera casino along Highway 99 in the Fresno Area is expected to break ground next month. According to Red Rocks Chief Financial Officer Stephen Cootey in an investor conference call last week: "We continue to expect to have a shovel in the ground in the second quarter of 2021 with the construction expected to take 15 to…
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New Madera Casino Project to Break Ground Next Month
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US DOJ Allows Appeals Window to Expire in Wire Act Online-Gambling Case

The United States Department of Justice [DOJ] has allowed the time window to expire for appealing an important 2019 US Appeals Court decision involving the Wire Act and its previous impact on most forms of online gambling in the country. In allowing the window to expire on Monday and not continuing the previous pro-Wire Act efforts of the Trump…
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Billion-Dollar Lawsuit Over Boston Casino a Dubious Bet in 1st Circuit

With a rival operator accusing casino mogul Steve Wynn of bribery, forgery and sexual assault, judges appeared to go all in Monday at oral arguments on the issue of standing. BOSTON (CN) - In a case with billions of dollars at stake and claims of international bribery, political payoffs, shadowy Mafia figures and rampant sexual misconduct, the…
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Billion-Dollar Lawsuit Over Boston Casino a Dubious Bet in 1st Circuit