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Michelle Cohen on iGaming Marketing: Five Critical Steps When Regulators Call
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May 26, 2026
Michelle Cohen on iGaming Marketing: Five Critical Steps When Regulators Call
By: Ifrah Law
Michelle Cohen guides and defends Ifrah Law’s iGaming clients when government agencies launch enforcement actions alleging unlawful gambling, advertising, and marketing practices. Michelle has decades of experience advising and defending organizations facing these and other claims related to consumer protections and privacy. When faced with cease-and-desist orders and costly litigations, Michelle’s clients count on her credibility, diligence, and deep knowledge of iGaming advertising and consumer protection laws to successfully negotiate with Federal Trade Commission (FTC) officials, state attorneys general, and gaming regulators. Playing Defense on Multiple Fronts: What Federal and State Regulators Are Looking For The FTC has long sought to protect consumers by initiating enforcement actions that challenge companies’ advertising claims. Today, many state attorneys general and gaming regulators…
Conviction by Clickwrap?
May 20, 2026
Conviction by Clickwrap?
By: Robert Ward
“Terms and conditions” are ubiquitous. They appear on baseball tickets,[1] in air conditioning repair agreements,[2] and, of course, on essentially every website we visit on a daily basis. By now, as the Seventh Circuit has put it, reasonable consumers “understand there will be terms and conditions associated with using a website.”[3] When disputes about terms and conditions are at issue in court, they often arise…
Cold Water on Insider Trading Fears: Prediction Markets Miss the 2026 NFL Draft
April 29, 2026
Cold Water on Insider Trading Fears: Prediction Markets Miss the 2026 NFL Draft
By: John Mikuta
From April 23 to April 25, the National Football League (“NFL”) held its annual player selection draft. Over 800,000 fans gathered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania to watch Commissioner Roger Goodell announce the picks live, with millions more watching on TV and other digital platforms.[1] But the NFL Draft is not just a spectator event—both traditional sportsbooks and prediction-market platforms allowed customers to risk money predicting which…
New Sports Betting Options as NFL Season Takes Off
August 27, 2024
New Sports Betting Options as NFL Season Takes Off
By: Jake Gray
The 2024-2025 NFL season is fast approaching—kickoff is set for Thursday night, September 5th, between the Baltimore Ravens and Kansas City Chiefs in which MVP quarterbacks Lamar Jackson and Patrick Mahomes will duel it out for the fifth time. This is their first matchup since the Chiefs knocked the Ravens out of the playoffs in the AFC Championship Game for the chance to play in…
Too Late to Get Licensed for the 2024 NFL Season?
August 22, 2024
Too Late to Get Licensed for the 2024 NFL Season?
By: Sara Dalsheim
Each NFL season, as more states join the legalized sports betting market, there are record-breaking numbers in wagering related revenue. Along with the rise in the number of states and revenues, there are more vendors and suppliers eager to work with and offer their products/services to the sports wagering operators. However, what these vendors may not realize are the regulatory barriers at play in such…
Gambling, Sports Betting, and America’s Evolving View
August 21, 2024
Gambling, Sports Betting, and America’s Evolving View
By: Steven Eichorn
No less an authority than the Supreme Court has posited that “Americans have never been of one mind about gambling, and attitudes have swung back and forth.”[1] Shifting considerably over time, America’s views and social acceptance of gambling builds on a nearly 100-year trend towards the expansion of legalized gambling. By the end of the 19th century, American society viewed gambling as a moral failure…
Massachusetts Gaming Commission Signals Intent to Regulate Sports Wagering Limits and Invites Operators to Join the Conversation
August 2, 2024
Massachusetts Gaming Commission Signals Intent to Regulate Sports Wagering Limits and Invites Operators to Join the Conversation
By: Abbey Block
At a public meeting held on August 1st, members of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (the “Commission”) voiced their frustration with sports betting operators’ unwillingness to publicly discuss their position on the issue of bettor and wager limits. Although the Commission has yet to propose any rules that would limit the operators’ ability to impose wager limits on certain bettors, it has indicated its interest in…
Protection or Censorship? – New Child Protection Law Sparks First Amendment Debate
July 31, 2024
Protection or Censorship? – New Child Protection Law Sparks First Amendment Debate
By: Abbey Block
As this congressional session draws to a close, legislators are debating a new bill aimed at protecting kids and teens from the dangers of the Internet and social media. If enacted, the bill known as the Kids’ Online Safety Act (“KOSA”), would impose a “duty of care” on online platforms, requiring them to take affirmative steps to mitigate harm to their users who are under…
