IGT is a UK-based manufacturer of casino slot machines, lottery products, and interactive games.
IGT acquired DoubleDown Interactive, a Seattle-based social casino firm, in early 2012 for $500 million. The company rose to prominence on Facebook, where players played slots for fun and not real money. IGT sold DDI in June 2017 to a South Korean firm called DoubleU Games for $825 million
Benson v. DoubleDown was filed in June 2018 and argued that DoubleDown Casino, and its current and former owner, should be held financially culpable for operating unlawful games of chance in Washington state.
The DoubleDown Casino offers players who lose their chips the opportunity to purchase additional gameplay tokens. For example, the plaintiffs’ attorneys said players can buy 300K chips for $2.99.
“By operating the DoubleDown Casino, Defendants have violated Washington law and illegally profited from tens of thousands of consumers,” the lawsuit continued.
While DDI and IGT agreed to the $415 million class action settlement, the deal doesn’t include any admission of wrongdoing. All settlement class members who haven’t properly sought exclusion from the settlement also agree to be “permanently barred and enjoined from filing, commencing, prosecuting, intervening in, or participating (as class members or otherwise) in any lawsuit or other action” related to the settlement.
IGT acquired DoubleDown Interactive, a Seattle-based social casino firm, in early 2012 for $500 million. The company rose to prominence on Facebook, where players played slots for fun and not real money. IGT sold DDI in June 2017 to a South Korean firm called DoubleU Games for $825 million
Benson v. DoubleDown was filed in June 2018 and argued that DoubleDown Casino, and its current and former owner, should be held financially culpable for operating unlawful games of chance in Washington state.
The DoubleDown Casino offers players who lose their chips the opportunity to purchase additional gameplay tokens. For example, the plaintiffs’ attorneys said players can buy 300K chips for $2.99.
“By operating the DoubleDown Casino, Defendants have violated Washington law and illegally profited from tens of thousands of consumers,” the lawsuit continued.
While DDI and IGT agreed to the $415 million class action settlement, the deal doesn’t include any admission of wrongdoing. All settlement class members who haven’t properly sought exclusion from the settlement also agree to be “permanently barred and enjoined from filing, commencing, prosecuting, intervening in, or participating (as class members or otherwise) in any lawsuit or other action” related to the settlement.