Royal Match Class Action Royal Match Allegations: Violating federal and state gambling laws by operating an unlawful game of chance, manipulating the odds of the game to increase its addictiveness and induce players to spend money…
The Hundred Thousand Dollar Puzzle by David Dobrik Ad Alert The Hundred Thousand Dollar Puzzle by David Dobrik YouTuber-turned-TikTok star pieces together a deceptive pitch.
Zynga’s Slots Games Class Action Zynga’s Slots Games Allegations: Deceptively promoting illegal virtual gambling games
What You Should Know about the Trivia App Givling Consumer News What You Should Know about the Trivia App Givling Odds are you being good at trivia is not enough if you want to pay off your student loan debt with this app.
Overwatch Class Action Overwatch In March 2020, a class-action lawsuit was filed against Activision Blizzard alleging that the age-rating for the video game “Overwatch” fails to disclose that the game uses loot boxes, which…
Scientific Games Online Casino Games Class Action Scientific Games Online Casino Games Allegations: misleadingly representing that its online casino games are free-to-play
Big Fish Casino Class Action Big Fish Casino Allegations: Misrepresenting that games are free to play
Huuuge Casino Class Action Huuuge Casino Allegations: Misleadingly representing that games are free to play
DraftKings and FanDuel Class Action DraftKings and FanDuel Allegations: Falsely promising to match up to $600 of a new player’s initial deposit when DraftKings only matches that amount if the players pays thousands of dollars in additional entry…
7 Marketers, Influencers that Get Coal in their 2017 Holiday Stockings Consumer News 7 Marketers, Influencers that Get Coal in their 2017 Holiday Stockings Find out which companies and people wound up on TINA.org’s naughty list for 2017.
GSN Casino Class Action GSN Casino Allegations: Misleadingly representing that games are free to play
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DraftKings “DOUBLE YOUR CASH” Claims Class Action DraftKings “DOUBLE YOUR CASH” Claims October 2015: This action was voluntarily dismissed, the reasons for which have not been disclosed. September 2015: This case was transferred to a Massachusetts court. (Case No. 15-cv-13476, D. MA.)…
FTC Social Media Actions Consumer News FTC Social Media Actions See the FTC’s track record when it comes to social media influencer cases.
Buy It Now Feature Evidence Buy It Now Feature DealDash believes that its “Buy it Now” feature, which allows those who lose an auction to buy the same item at inflated DealDash prices and get all the bids they…
Disclosures in Apple’s App Store Class Action Disclosures in Apple’s App Store Allegations: Using ratings categories that fail to disclose that certain games use loot boxes
Rise of Kingdoms Class Action Rise of Kingdoms In December 2019, a false advertising class-action lawsuit was filed against the marketers of the mobile video game Rise of Kingdoms. Among other things, the complaint alleges that the companies:…