Pennsylvania, France And A Rapper’s Riff For Online Gambling
Jeff Ifrah, founder of the U.S. online gaming industry association iDEA Growth, has a different take on Biggie’s immortal quote. “Fewer brands, more problems,” Ifrah said during a panel appearance at last week’s SBC North America digital conference. “Every time you add another person, the pie gets bigger,” he said. “So when you go from…
Read MoreHow New Jersey Became The U.S. Gambling Expansion Leader
Jeff Ifrah, the founder of Internet Development and Economic Association (iDEA) and a longtime adviser to companies seeking to engage in U.S. gambling expansion, said that it stems from “bad economic theory.” “States don’t fully understand a couple of things,” Ifrah said. “No one understands like New Jersey does that there is an entire offshore…
Read MorePanel looks at online privacy law push as more states introduce bills
States are stepping up efforts to protect privacy in the absence of a national standard. There are certain federal protections around privacy related to health and the protection of data for children under the age of 13, said Michelle Cohen, chair of the data privacy practice at the law firm Ifrah Law. But there is no…
Read MoreSpare Change Movement: Pittsburgh DFS Start-Up Hedge Sports Rides Momentum of Ifrah Pitch Award
Think of all the loose change you could save from one trip out of the house when running a few errands. Taking a page from several well-known start-ups in the Fintech space, Hedge is the first gaming platform that allows users to convert digital change into fantasy sports. While interest in legal sports betting and daily fantasy…
Read MoreIfrah Law and EGR Announce Winner of First Annual Pitch Contest for Small Businesses in Gaming Industry
Ifrah Law, the D.C.-based boutique law firm nationally ranked in the area of gaming law, and EGR, the leading information service for the online gaming industry, have announced the winner of their first co-sponsored ‘Ifrah Pitch’ contest, a competition specifically aimed at showcasing new startup companies in the ever-growing U.S. online gaming market. Ifrah Pitch…
Read MoreFTC convenes workshop on ‘dark patterns’ trend deceiving online consumers
Michelle Cohen, chair of the data privacy practice at the law firm Ifrah Law, said California recently updated its Consumer Privacy Act with an amendment that gives consumers the ability to tell a business not to sell their personal information. It also requires companies to provide an opt-out notice that is presented in a way that…
Read MoreNew York Mobile Sports-Betting Deal Growing Nearer Amid Budget Talks
Meanwhile, online gambling industry association iDEA Growth reaffirmed calls for the budget talks to result in a competitive sports betting model, citing the findings of a state-commissioned study by Spectrum Gaming Group released earlier this year. “Spectrum Gaming concluded that a competitive environment that allowed consumers a choice would also build out the most robust…
Read MoreIfrah Law Welcomes New Associate to Online Gaming & Sports Betting Practice
Ifrah Law is pleased to welcome new associate, Sara Dalsheim to our online gaming and sports betting practice. A graduate of American University Washington College of Law, Sara served as Vice President of the Sports and Entertainment Law Society, Vice President of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Honor Society, and was a member of the Sports…
Read MoreAmazon’s driver cameras protected under state law, but privacy concerns remain
Despite the concerns raised by federal lawmakers, Amazon is in the clear with its use of the Driveri cameras due to a fairly extensive body of state law that says employers can generally monitor their workers, particularly if they give them notice and as long as the monitoring is not in a private space like…
Read MoreIt’s March, But NCAA, Unlike Professional Leagues, Is Yet To Budge On Legal Sports Betting
It is hard to believe that as recently as three years ago—prior to the Supreme Court’s May 2018 decision declaring that the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) was unconstitutional—Americans seeking to wager on the NCAA basketball tournament had to choose between either traveling to Nevada or wagering illegally, whether with an offshore provider…
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