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Two Casinos Sue Scientific Games Over Shuffle Master Business Practices
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A pair of Midwestern riverboat casinos have filed a class action antitrust lawsuit against Las Vegas-based Scientific Games Corporation, alleging monopolistic practices in the sale and marketing of Shuffle Master automatic card shufflers, which hold a dominant market share in that casino-equipment niche.
DraftKings at Casino Queen is one of two Mississippi riverboat casinos suing Shuffle Master parent Scientific Games over allegedly illegal business practices involved with its automatic card shuffler products. (Image: G3Newswire)
The lawsuit was filed by East St. Louis, Illinois’ Casino Queen, Inc., which operates as DraftKings at Casino Queen, and Marquette, Iowa’s Casino Queen Marquette, Inc., which operates under the same name and was once known as the Lady Luck Casino.
Todd Witteles Seeking $43K in Legal Fees from Mike Postle
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The attorney representing PokerFraudAlert podcast host and pro poker player Todd Witteles has filed a motion seeking to recover more than $43,000 in attorney’s fees and court costs from Mike Postle expenses Witteles incurred defending himself against Postle’s all-but-dismissed $330 million defamation lawsuit, in which Witteles is one of 12 named defendants.
California lawyer Eric Bensamochan filed the claim on Witteles’ behalf on Tuesday in the Sacramento County Superior Court where Postle’s case has progressed since being filed last October.
Poker pro Todd Witteles (pictured) was dragged into the Mike Postle defamation fracas not for anything he said, but due to something posted on his PokerFraudAlert forum. (Image: Twitter/ToddWitteles)
Work, Family, Pandemic Top Concerns as Players Adapt for Fall WSOP
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An autumn full of World Series of Poker action probably wasn’t one of the scenarios most players expected to occur barely a year ago, but as the global COVID-19 pandemic roars on, that’s 2021’s new poker reality. Adaptability is the keyword barring a massive new surge in disease, a live 2021 WSOP is going to play out.
We’ve previously looked at the pros and cons of an autumn WSOP from the perspective of pros, but there’s another truth to this as well. No matter what a player prefers, it’s a new reality, and each player must manage their needs and priorities if they want to play the WSOP.
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