Perfil: Aristocrat Settles US Lawsuits For $47m

<img src="https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2014/03/07/03/26/jackpot-281423_960_720.jpg" width="450" style="max-width:450px;max-width:400px;float:left;padding:10px 10px 10px 0px;border:0px;"><p>Gaming provider Aristocrat Leisure will settle two class action lawsuits brought by US customers who lost as much as $US300,000 each playing online casino games.</p> <p><a href="https://happyslot.shop" rel="dofollow">Aristocrat</a> will pay $US31 million ($A47 million) as its share of a US$US155 million ($A237 million) settlement to the claimants who said the games Big Fish Casino, Jackpot Magic Slots and best online casino Epic Diamond Slots - offered by Aristocrat business Big Fish Games - were games of chance prohibited by Washington law.</p> <p>The US state does not allow online gambling.</p> <p>One woman in the group, Suzie Kelly, claims to have lost more than $US300,000 to her addiction to Big Fish Casino.</p> <p>She said she withdrew funds from her husband's <a href="https://slashdot.org/index2.pl?fhfilter=retirement%20account" rel="dofollow">retirement account</a> and took out two home loans to pay Big Fish credit card debts.</p> <p>A US court in 2018 found Big Fish Casino's virtual casino chips constituted gambling, and allowed the civil lawsuit to continue.</p> <p>The first of the legal actions was filed against US company Churchill Downs, which owned the games business prior to selling it to Aristocrat in 2018.</p> <p>Churchill Downs will pay the remainder of the settlement costs.</p> <p>The costs cover money lost on the games and legal fees.</p> <p>By 1405 AEST, <a href="https://www.vlasyhaircompany.com/product/afro-kinky-curly-closure/" rel="dofollow">aristocrat</a> Aristocrat shares were trading higher by 1.14 per cent at $25.81.</p> <p>Last week, aristocrat the company reported half-year profit had fallen 14.2 per cent to $305.9 million as casinos, pubs and clubs closed because of <a href="https://www.flickr.com/search/?q=coronavirus%20restrictions" rel="dofollow">coronavirus restrictions</a>.</p></div><p> </p><p> </p>
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