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02.28.23

First NCAA NIL-Related Enforcement Resolution Signals What’s to Come

The NCAA issued a strong signal Friday on how NIL and recruitment-related violations will be investigated and sanctioned in the “NIL era.”


05.03.22

Cyber Beware: E-Gaming and Cyber-Criminality

Recent events illustrate that the e-gaming industry—developers, publishers, esports leagues and teams, and the financial machinations behind them—are significant targets for cyberattacks, theft and cyber-criminality.


08.18.20

Game Over: FTC Staff Issues Perspective Paper on Video Game Loot Boxes

Back in August of last year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) hosted a workshop on video game loot boxes, which, for all you non-gamers, is a video game microtransaction in which an individual playing a video game purchases a reward containing one or more virtual items of differing value or ...


02.19.20

Fantasy Sports Faces Reality of NY Court Ruling They Are Illegal Gambling

A New York law permitting interactive fantasy sports (IFS) is unconstitutional, an appellate court in the state has ruled, dealing a blow to the multimillion-dollar industry.


02.11.20

Proposed Washington Gambling Law Changes Aimed at Keeping State Video Gaming Industry Around

In response to the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Kater v. Churchill Downs Inc., Washington State’s legislature is attempting to redefine what constitutes “illegal gambling games” within the meaning of the state’s Recovery of Money Lost at Gambling Act (RMLGA). Through ...


06.27.19

Gambling, Tracking Restricted in New App Store Rules

Changes to Apple’s App Store Review Guidelines are facing backlash from developers across a variety of industries.


06.10.19

The Arrival of Peak TV

We are living in a time that has been coined “peak TV,” thanks in large part to the sheer amount of content that is available to viewers.


06.06.19

Game Over for Loot Boxes in New Proposed Legislation

A new federal bill would ban loot boxes, the controversial in-game rewards that have recently made headlines.


02.28.19

Gambling on a DOJ Reversal

Finding “no good reason” for the recent opinion from the Department of Justice reversing course with regard to the application of the Wire Act to online gambling, a pair of state attorneys general (AGs) urged that the new opinion be withdrawn.