Alex Weldon

There are a lot of good reasons to regulate online gambling, from a harm reduction and customer safety standpoint. Inevitably, though, a lot of the political conversation comes down to dollar figures. How much revenue would a legal market for such products add to public coffers? This series, therefore, wouldn’t be complete without an attempt […]

There are few certainties in the gambling industry, as every market is different. At this point, there are still a number of ways things could play out for Ontario. It could: Lose a legal challenge and have to abandon the plan or go back to the drawing board Survive such challenges, but still be a […]

There’s considerable excitement around Ontario’s plan to privatize online gambling, but also a lot of confusion. The launch of the first sites operating under the new system will take place on April 4. However, many Canadians aren’t clear on the status of online gambling under Canadian law to begin with. Some may not know what […]

The rate at which major brand names have been changing can be a little dizzying at times. The latest such announcement has some scratching their heads in wonder, but we’ll try to shed a little light on the situation. Scientific Games, as a name, has been around for nearly a half-century. The original company by […]

Some contentious legal issues are like action movie villains. Maybe you’ve seen them bleeding out, chained to a boat that’s swallowed by a shark which is subsequently blown to smithereens by a torpedo. If you haven’t actually seen the body, however, there’s a good chance they’ll be showing up again in the final act. That’s […]

Important editor’s note: The original version of this article contained inaccuracies based on a careless reading of a press release by Mido Lotto. The release included vague statements and a quote from a former lottery official, which gave the impression that the product had received official endorsement. It has not, and is operating in an […]

After being missing in action for many months, accused poker cheater Mike Postle has dropped his defamation lawsuit against Veronica Brill and others. Voluntarily backing out of the case won’t save Postle from the anti-SLAPP motion filed against him. In fact, it guarantees that he will lose it and be on the hook for the […]

The New Hampshire Lottery Commission has won its case against the US Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding the latter’s 2018 revised opinion on the Wire Act. Again. As first reported on Twitter by Jeff Ifrah, a lawyer affiliated with the litigation, the First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the plaintiff. It thus […]