April 01, 2026
An Illinois federal judge largely denied cross motions for summary judgment in a suit alleging a gambling product company used sham patent litigation to shove competitors out of the automatic card shuffler market, and certified a class of casinos and other buyers claiming they suffered antitrust injuries as a result.
May 08, 2025
Card shuffler giant Light & Wonder argued Thursday that an Illinois federal judge shouldn't let a group of casinos take the company to trial claiming it used fraud and sham litigation to secure a monopoly because they "cannot, did not and will not" define a relevant market for their case.
April 22, 2024
Scientific Games successor Light & Wonder has urged an Illinois federal judge not to certify a class of automatic card shuffler buyers, even as the riverboat casinos accusing it of tricking the patent office into shoring up its shuffler monopoly argued that their claims should go to trial.
January 31, 2023
The gambling corporations formerly known as Scientific Games and Bally Gaming have asked an Illinois federal court to quash a subpoena issued by riverboat casino companies against a playing card company in litigation over automatic card shufflers, saying the card company doesn't belong in the case.
January 10, 2023
A longtime U.S. playing card company has urged an Illinois federal court to put a stop to a subpoena in antitrust litigation by riverboat casino companies against Scientific Games Corp., saying it's not a party in the suit and doesn't participate in the automatic card shuffler market.
April 05, 2021
Scientific Games Corp. is facing a third antitrust suit in Illinois federal court, this time by riverboat casino companies who say the company used sham patent litigation to shove competitors out of the automatic card shuffler market.