Milestone Games has appealed to Kenya’s Court of Appeal against a High Court ruling that upheld an order requiring gaming operators to stop using browser speed dial features. The October 2023 ruling also rejected the company’s request to join the case as an interested party; the appeal challenges that ruling.
The appeal could affect whether gaming operators must stop using browser speed dial to promote their websites.
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Paradise Entertainment has appealed a ruling in its patent dispute with Light & Wonder, reportedly. The available report does not specify the court, grounds of appeal or relief sought.
Sweden's Spelinspektionen said on 18 June it would appeal a court ruling that overturned a SEK100m fine and warning against Svenska Spel. The regulator had imposed the sanction over its assessment of the company's player-protection measures from October to December 2021; the court found the legal requirements insufficiently clear, while Svenska Spel argued it had monitored customers and intervened appropriately.
Norway's Lottery Appeals Board upheld a ruling that Schpell and affiliated parties breached the country's ban on marketing unauthorised gambling, according to the report. The Norwegian Gambling Authority warned of daily fines if the parties fail to stop promotions and remove existing content by 17 December: NOK250,000 for Tiergarten Marketing and NOK50,000 each for Baris Entertainment and Viken Underholdning.
A federal appeals court in Brazil has overturned an injunction that had allowed Stake to keep operating until 25 October despite the nationwide fixed-odds gambling ban. The Federal Regional Court of the 3rd Region granted the federal government's request to suspend the earlier ruling by São Paulo's 9th Federal Civil Court. The suspension stays in force until the original case concludes or the court decides otherwise.
The Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court dismissed a claim against the operator of Spielbank Bad Oeynhausen over gambling losses incurred between 2020 and 2022 while the claimant was listed in the OASIS exclusion database. The court said the evidence did not establish that the claimant had suffered the alleged loss or any other quantifiable damage; the claim had also been dismissed at first instance.