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Sara Dalsheim on Successful Licensing, Marketing and Regulatory Strategies for iGaming Clients
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October 12, 2026
Sara Dalsheim on Successful Licensing, Marketing and Regulatory Strategies for iGaming Clients
By: Ifrah Law
For businesses competing in the rapidly evolving iGaming industry, it is a huge advantage to have a lawyer who knows the game and has an intense desire to win. Sara Dalsheim combines her life-long passion for sports with diverse experience in sports betting and iGaming law. She is adept at guiding clients through regulatory and licensing processes, negotiating agreements, and structuring business partnerships that seek to reduce risk and drive growth. Sara has a reputation for spotting the legal factors that can have an outsized impact on the client’s business strategy. She works with the client to explore opportunities to meet aggressive business goals as well as compliance imperatives – setting the stage for potential short- and long-term growth and…
Ifrah Law Secures Major Victory for iGaming Operators as Massachusetts Court Reinforces Arbitration Rights
October 8, 2026
Ifrah Law Secures Major Victory for iGaming Operators as Massachusetts Court Reinforces Arbitration Rights
By: John Mikuta
In a significant victory for iGaming operators, a Massachusetts trial court issued a sweeping decision reinforcing the enforceability of arbitration agreements against third-parties who seek to recover alleged gambling losses under Massachusetts law.[1] The ruling represents a major win for Ifrah Law’s iGaming clients and underscores Ifrah Law’s ability to navigate novel legal challenges, develop sophisticated strategies, and achieve meaningful results at a time when…
CFTC Opens the Door for Passive Software Providers in Derivatives Markets
September 28, 2026
CFTC Opens the Door for Passive Software Providers in Derivatives Markets
By: John Mikuta
In a new no-action letter, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) recently opened the door for software developers building software to facilitate trading in derivatives and futures. The CFTC’s Market Participants Division (“MPD”) issued a no-action position providing that it would not recommend bringing an enforcement action against a “passive software provider,” or “PSP”, for failing to register as an introducing broker (“IB”) or associated…
An Epic Fail: Complaint Against Fortnite Creator Based On Facts As Stale As Fruitcake
March 5, 2019
An Epic Fail: Complaint Against Fortnite Creator Based On Facts As Stale As Fruitcake
By: Nicole Kardell
Parents can get angry when their kids spend too much time or money on video games. We get it. But going after a gaming company in retaliation is probably not the best response. And doing so without actually understanding the game can result in, well, a giant waste of time, or, in a recent example, an epic fail. Last week, an angry parent filed a…
NASPL Responds to the DOJ Reversal of Opinion
February 5, 2019
NASPL Responds to the DOJ Reversal of Opinion
By: Ifrah Law
On February 4, 2019, the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries (“NASPL”) issued a statement responding to the Department of Justice’s January 14, 2019, opinion regarding the Wire Act of 1961. In its statement, the NASPL hints that the DOJ failed to consider the effects its latest Wire Act opinion would have on state lotteries. The NASPL is a non-profit trade association that…
Lawmakers Pass Online Gambling Bill in Michigan: What this Means for The Great Lakes State
December 21, 2018
Lawmakers Pass Online Gambling Bill in Michigan: What this Means for The Great Lakes State
By: Ifrah Law
The Michigan legislature has passed a trio of bills that would legalize and regulate online gaming. If these bills are signed into law, Michigan’s three commercial casinos and 24 tribal casinos will soon offer players sports betting, online poker, and online casino games. In addition, these bills will pave the way for sports betting in 2019. With this triumvirate in place, Michigan is guaranteed…
NBA Announces Deals to Provide Exclusive League Data to Sports Betting Operators
November 29, 2018
NBA Announces Deals to Provide Exclusive League Data to Sports Betting Operators
By: Ifrah Law
Once adamantly opposed to the idea of legal sports betting, professional sports leagues are now hurrying to play catch-up in order to profit from the burgeoning sports betting market. On Wednesday, the National Basketball Association (“NBA”) issued a release announcing its “first betting data partnerships in the U.S.” with sports data companies Sportradar and Genius Sports to distribute NBA sports betting data to United States…
Ruling in Daniels v. FanDuel Highlights the Value of Sports Data and Contemporary Culture
October 29, 2018
Ruling in Daniels v. FanDuel Highlights the Value of Sports Data and Contemporary Culture
By: Nicole Kardell
More good news for sports betting operators exploring U.S. markets: the Indiana Supreme Court has upheld the “newsworthy value” of sports player stats. The ruling will make it harder for leagues and players to exercise control over (or to extract rents from) the distribution of player data. The case, Daniels v. FanDuel, was brought by several college athletes against DraftKings, Inc. and FanDuel, Inc. Plaintiff…
