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Gaming giant Aristocrat has defeated a challenge by Light & Wonder to discovery orders it won for a possible lawsuit alleging two former employees who jumped ship to its rival misused confidential information about its popular Lightning Link and Dragon Link games.
Aristocrat Leisure has hit back at a class action over its allegedly illegal ‘social casino’ apps, saying that playing is optional and that the lead applicant should have deleted the games.
The judge overseeing AUSTRAC’s case against Star Entertainment has questioned the parties’ agreement to refer questions of fact and law to a former judge for determination, rather than an anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing expert.
A judge has ordered SkyCity to pay a $67 million penalty in AUSTRAC’s case alleging it allowed $4 billion in suspicious transactions, finding it was an "appropriate" sum, even when compared with the $450 million fine handed to Crown last July.
The High Court has agreed to take up a dispute between SkyCity Adelaide and South Australia's treasurer over the tax treatment of reward points that gamblers convert to gaming chips.
A judge has ordered Crown Resorts to share the costs of soft class closure with the plaintiff in a shareholder class action accusing it of lax anti-money laundering compliance, saying that soft class closure ahead of mediation was in the interests of both parties.
A judge has rejected Aristocrat’s bid for orders requiring competitor Light & Wonder to hand over documents to be placed “in an envelope” for speedy production should its appeal of a decision ordering that it produce the documents to Aristocrat for possible trade secrets suit fail.
Game maker Light & Wonder is fighting orders requiring it to hand over information to Aristocrat Gaming for a possible suit alleging it and two former employees who jumped ship misused confidential information about Aristocrat's popular Lightning Link and Dragon Link games.
SkyCity has agreed to pay $67 million to resolve AUSTRAC proceedings alleging it allowed $4 billion in suspicious transactions and failed to carry out diligence on high-risk customers.
Casino gaming giant Aristocrat may sue competitor Light & Wonder and two former employees who jumped ship for allegedly misusing confidential information about its popular Lightning Link and Dragon Link games to develop a competing product.