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Major-Questions Doctrine Could Shift Focus Back To Sports Gambling In Prediction Market Cases
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Daniel Wallach
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Daniel Wallach
@WALLACHLEGAL
#Sportsbetting & gaming lawyer. Co-Founder @UNHLaw sports wagering. Teach @MiamiLawSchool. Contributor @Forbes. Co-Founder @Condetrimental #sportslaw podcast.
- BREAKING: Canadian rapper Drake and online influencer Adin Ross have been sued along with sweepstakes casino website Stake.us for promoting illegal online gambling in Missouri. The class action seeks to hold Drake and Ross liable for class members' gambling losses.
- Drake hit with lawsuit #2: “This New Mexico case is the latest in a growing wave of lawsuits targeting Stake.us and other sweepstakes casinos. Wallach estimates that there are over 80 active suits against the unregulated platforms.”
- BREAKING: Drake has been sued for a 2nd time this week for his role in promoting the online sweepstakes casino website Stake.us. The class action lawsuit -- filed in New Mexico state court -- seeks to hold Drake personally liable for class members' gambling losses.
- JUST IN: Underdog Fantasy has sued the California Attorney General in Sacramento County Superior Court to block the AG's Office from releasing its forthcoming legal opinion on daily fantasy sports contests.
- “The Missouri class action extends liability to the company’s celebrity promoters, including Drake and Adin Ross, in what may become a precedent-setting case for influencer accountability in online gambling.”BREAKING: Canadian rapper Drake and online influencer Adin Ross have been sued along with sweepstakes casino website Stake.us for promoting illegal online gambling in Missouri. The class action seeks to hold Drake and Ross liable for class members' gambling losses.
- NEW: Swish Analytics has sued rival oddsmakers Oddsjam and OpticOdds in San Francisco Superior Court, alleging that they misappropriated Swish’s proprietary sports betting odds information directly off its clients’ websites and sold access to that info, causing $100m+ in damages.
- Replying to @WALLACHLEGAL"Stake in particular pays online influencer-Defendants Adin Ross and Aubrey Drake Graham (“Drake”) each millions of dollars yearly to engage in promotional 'livestream' online casino gambling with Stake.com."
- Replying to @WALLACHLEGAL"But Drake and Ross do so under deeply fraudulent pretenses. To wit, when Ross and Drake purport to gamble online with Stake.com, they often do not do so with their own money despite telling the public in Missouri and elsewhere the opposite."
- “With Drake and Ross now named, influencer liability is coming into sharper focus. Other celebrity deals already link Michael Phelps with Global Poker, Paris Hilton with WOW Vegas, and John Daly and Bruce Buffer with Modo Casino. These deals suggest more lawsuits may follow.”Drake hit with lawsuit #2: “This New Mexico case is the latest in a growing wave of lawsuits targeting Stake.us and other sweepstakes casinos. Wallach estimates that there are over 80 active suits against the unregulated platforms.” casinobeats.com/2025/10/30/dra…
- JUST IN: New York bill would severely curtail prediction markets by banning PMs on sporting events, ban market makers, require RG safeguards, and raise minimum age to 21. Would empower AG to impose $50K/violation and $1m/day civil penalties and obtain 2x disgorgement of profits.
- Replying to @WALLACHLEGAL
- BREAKING: Arizona Cardinals owner Michael Bidwill has been sued for workplace discrimination by his former personal assistant (a single mother and decorated Navy veteran), who alleges that she was "continuously tormented" and "unmercifully harassed" in an effort to drive her out.
- NEW: A bill to ban proxy betting has been filed in the Iowa Legislature. HB 21 would treat proxy betting and sports betting account sharing as "illegal gambling" punishable as a Class D felony (for amounts over $500) with up to 5 years "confinement." bit.ly/4hjNeaS
