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2023-2024 Legal Issues Sports Betting 1 (2023-2024)

handle is hein.hackboth/mlglbke2023 and id is 1 raw text is: Spring 2023 My Legal Disgruntled Fantasy Football Player Sues DraftKings By Dr. Robert J. Romano, JD, LLM, St. John's University, Senior Writer s most sports fans are aware, the Monday Night Football game on January 2, 2023, between the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals was sus- pended after Bills' defensive back Damar Hamlin collapsed and went into cardiac arrest with 5:58 minutes remaining in the first quarter following a tackle of Cincinnati's wide receiver Tee Higgins. The NFL subsequently announced that the game would not resume but would be cancelled altogether.1 A week later, on January 9, 2022, Simpson G. Turley filed a civil action against DraftKings, Inc., an online sportsbook that hosts a variety of fantasy sport competitions, in the United States District Court, District ofMassachusetts. Mr. Turley claims he suffered damages, because DraftKings, rather than follow its own rules and regulations in situations where the NFL suspends or otherwise cancels a game, arbitrarily offered payouts to customers who led in certain contests, while at the same time canceling and refunding entry fees for other online gambling competitions.2 Per his four- 2 Turley v. DraftKings, Inc. et ai, Docket No. 1 See FANTASY on Page 4 Patent Fights - One-off Occurrence, or a Sign of Things to Come in the Sports Bookie Disgruntled Fantasy Football Player Sues DraftKings 1 Patent Fights - One-off Occurrence, or a Sign of Things to Come in the Sports Betting Industry? 1 Genius Sports Issues Statement Following Settlement of Litigation 2 More Than 50 percent of U.S. Say Sports Betting Should Be Legal 2 T.P. Racing's Bid for Sports Betting License in Arizona Doomed by Failure to Show It Owns a Pro Team or a Franchise 3 Study: Gambling Advertising Restrictions Could Reduce Harm 4 Betting Industry? By Jared Good n a case involving three companies in the sports betting industry, a federal judge from District of Nevada dismissed the lawsuit of one of the companies, which alleged the other two companies infringed upon its patent. In so ruling, the court agreed with the defendants, which argued that the plaintiffs patent is directed toward patent-ineligible subject matter and thus an infringement claim is not viable. Background With the collapse of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) following the Supreme Court's ruling in Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, companies like Fanduel, MGM, Caesars and DraftKings, among others, have taken over the legal sports betting market. With all the attention directed at the sportsbooks, most con- sumers are not aware of the underlying technology that allows for these betting systems to function. Given Nevada's role as the preeminent gambling market of the United States, it is not surprising See BETTING on Page 5 I COPYIGH 0 203HCNYPBIAIN0HCNYULCTOSCM My Legal Bookie