Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation

Entain facing High Court case over Ladbrokes problem gambling allegations

Only two weeks after being hit with a record-setting Gambling Commission fine of £17 million ($20.4 million) and British land-based and online casino and sportsbetting behemoth Entain is reportedly back in the ...

Litigious lift for southern Mississippi’s envisioned Long Beach Harbor Resort

The plan to bring a 13th casino to the Gulf Coast region of Mississippi reportedly received a massive boost last week when the southern state’s highest court ruled in favor of the developer behind the envisione...

IGT to co-found $415 million fund to settle DoubleDown Casino class-action lawsuit

Multinational gaming machines, lottery, sportsbetting and iGaming innovator International Game Technology (IGT) has announced that it is to help establish a special fund to settle the class-action federal lawsu...

More support for Florida’s disputed sportsbetting-friendly gaming compact

The Attorney General for Florida has reportedly come out in support of the state’s ill-fated gaming compact with the Seminole Tribe of Florida by urging a federal appeals court to overturn a November ruling tha...

Gambling Commission fines SpreadEx Limited to the tune of £1.36 million

In the United Kingdom and the Gambling Commission regulator has announced that iGaming operator SpreadEx Limited is to pay a fine of £1.36 million ($1.61 million) for numerous social responsibility and anti-mon...

Queensland license review for The Star Entertainment Group Limited hears damning allegations

In Australia and the official Queensland investigation into whether The Star Entertainment Group Limited is fit to hold a casino license has reportedly heard how the operator ‘actively encouraged’ high-risk gam...

Australian watchdog continuing unlicensed iGaming domain crackdown

In Australia, the nation’s media and communications watchdog has announced that it has asked local Internet service providers to block customers from accessing six more unlicensed online casinos and associated ...

Double defeat for Arkansas anti-casino group’s referendum campaign

In the southern American state of Arkansas and a group that is lobbying against the move to bring a commercial casino to Pope County has reportedly been dealt a setback associated with its petition drive. Ac...