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Amazon Responds To Social Casino Lawsuit

After a lawsuit was announced in November against Amazon for offering users access to social casino apps, the company responded last week arguing that federal law shields Internet platforms from claims brought involving third-party applications. Amazon attorneys asked a federal judge to freeze plaintiff efforts in Seattle while similar suits…
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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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CCIA Files Briefs In Casino Apps Cases

Washington - Ahead of the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit hearing several cases involving online casino apps, the Computer & Communications Industry Association filed three similar friend of the court briefs in support of the defendant app stores. Current federal law - Section 230 - recognizes that digital services, including app stores,…
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CCIA Files Briefs In Casino Apps Cases
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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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Big Tech Appeals Casino App Ruling: 'Grave Harm to the Internet Economy.'
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Meta Asks to File Extra Brief in Ninth Circuit Appeal of Simulated Casino Game Ruling

Meta Platforms Inc. urged the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for permission to file a reply in the possible appeal concerning the application of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) to a case concerning casino games hosted on Meta platforms. The proposed brief argued that the court should accept the interlocutory appeal which it said…
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Meta Asks to File Extra Brief in Ninth Circuit Appeal of Simulated Casino Game Ruling
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$12M Settlement Reached with Zynga in Social Casino Illegal Gambling Litigation

On Monday, the plaintiffs litigating against Zynga Inc. moved their illegal gambling dispute closer to resolution with a proposed $12 million settlement. The unopposed motion recalled that Washington state gamers alleged that several Zynga-made social casino games, which drive players to pay real money for virtual casino chips, are unlawful as…
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$12M Settlement Reached with Zynga in Social Casino Illegal Gambling Litigation
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Online gaming platforms and intellectual property

Online gaming is a video game that is played via the internet. "The phrase "Online Gaming" has numerous implications nowadays, since internet network platforms permit procurement or game-play of practically all games," according to a KPMG India research. The core game-play experience or monetization requires the use of the internet, which may be…
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SCOTUS Denied JAC's Hollywood Jamul Casino Petition

A case brought up by a group of casino opponents in California against a tribal casino was dismissed by the US Supreme Court twice, putting the end to a nearly decade-long public dispute. The petition filed by the Jamul Action Committee (JAC) to the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) seeking the court to reconsider its October ruling and…
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SCOTUS Denied JAC's Hollywood Jamul Casino Petition
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Google, Facebook, and Apple Face Social Casino Lawsuit

Facebook, Apple, and Google are the subject of a joint class-action lawsuit in California regarding their hosting and promotion of social casino games. [Image: Shutterstock.com] Google, Facebook, and Apple are all defendants in a class-action lawsuit that alleges that they were part of an "illegal gambling conspiracy" involving social casino games.…
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Google, Facebook, and Apple Face Social Casino Lawsuit
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Facebook Named in Amended Complaint over Social Casino Apps

Facebook continues to face legal headwinds from disgruntled consumers who have taken an issue with the company's policy on social casino apps. The lawsuit filed with the Court of Northern District of California San Jose Division alleges that the company participated in an "illegal gambling conspiracy," Law Street reported. Plaintiffs target the…
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Facebook Named in Amended Complaint over Social Casino Apps
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Master Complaint Filed Against Facebook Over Role in ‘Social Casino Enterprise’

amended complaint against Facebook Inc. for its participation in an alleged illegal gambling conspiracy. The consolidated lawsuit concerns social casinos, an app or website where a user can play casino games online using fiat currency for more chances to play, but without the chance to win real money or tangible prizes. The case against Facebook…
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Master Complaint Filed Against Facebook Over Role in ‘Social Casino Enterprise’
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Yeom on online gambling: It’s up to lawmakers to decide

COMMONWEALTH Casino Commission Executive Director Andrew Yeom on Friday appeared before a House committee to present the findings of his research into the feasibility of internet gambling in the CNMI. Yeom was invited by House Gaming Committee Chairman Edwin Propst to discuss the issue with lawmakers. In his remarks, Yeom said he is not advocating…
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Yeom on online gambling: It’s up to lawmakers to decide
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Red Rock Casino Employees against Forceful Union by NRLB

Las Vegas Red Rock Casino employees strike against the NRLB for trying to force them to join a union after a judge ordered the casino to concede defeat. Red Rock Casino employees are challenging a federal district court order requiring them to bargain with a union that they voted against forming. On Tuesday, Red Rock employees filed an amicus brief…
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AIG Tells 9th Circ. Casino Out Of Luck On COVID-19 Coverage

Law360 (July 12, 2021, 5:52 PM EDT) -- The Ninth Circuit should back a lower court's decision to toss a Las Vegas casino's suit over pandemic-related losses, AIG Specialty Insurance Co. said, arguing there was no physical loss or damage to trigger coverage. The insurer argued in a brief filed Friday that Circus Circus LV LP's interpretation of…
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