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Virginia court orders $20m payment to Pragmatic Play in counterfeiting case

Enforcement & compliance

A Virginia federal court ordered Evgeny Vasilyevich to pay Pragmatic Play $20 million in a default judgment issued on 10 March 2025. The court also permanently barred him from using the supplier’s games, software and branding, and directed service providers to help block sites and accounts named in the case.

The judgment sets a substantial damages award and requires intermediaries to block sites accused of misusing Pragmatic Play’s intellectual property.

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US Supreme Court omits prediction market disputes from opening case list

Reportedly, the US Supreme Court omitted two prediction market disputes from its opening case list for the new term. The petitions concern conflicting appeals court decisions on whether New Jersey and Nevada can enforce gambling laws against sports event contracts. The court could still consider a case later in the term.

The US Supreme Court's first case list for its new term did not include any prediction market disputes, leaving two petitions off the opening docket. The court had been asked to review cases on whether states can apply gambling laws to sports-event contracts. The omission does not end the issue for the term, and the court could still take up a prediction market case later, though the latest update suggests that is unlikely in the next few weeks.

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