March 2, 2021
In the United States and a federal court has reportedly signed off on the $31 million arrangement Australian gaming machines innovator Aristocrat Leisure Limited agreed last May in order to settle a pair of class-action lawsuits.
According to a report from Inside Asian Gaming, the Sydney-listed firm was being sued in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington amid allegations that a trio of its social gaming platforms had been offering online games of chance that are prohibited under the western state’s laws. The source explained that the legal actions filed by plaintiffs Cheryl Kater, Suzie Kelly and Manasa Thimmegowda concerned the Epic Diamond Slots, Big Fish Casino and Jackpot Magic Slots services run by the Big Fish Games Incorporated enterprise the Australian company had earlier purchased from Churchill Downs Incorporated for $990 million.