United States: Gaming

The gaming industry is rapidly adopting AI systems across operations, from fraud detection to demand forecasting, but governance frameworks have failed to keep pace with implementation. With regulators expressing low confidence in their ability to oversee AI in gaming and only 20% of companies establishing dedicated governance roles despite 80% using generative AI, a critical gap threatens the industry's regulatory compliance and market integrity.

As part of Seyfarth’s 2026 Trade Secrets Webinar Series, our panel presented Protecting the House: Trade Secret Risks in Online Gaming, Sportsbooks & Predictive Markets, examining how the rapid expansion...

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has filed the first-ever criminal charges against a prediction market platform for allegedly operating an illegal gambling business, accusing the CFTC-regulated platform of accepting bets from Arizona residents on state elections.

Loot boxes have always existed in a grey area within the U.S. regulatory landscape.

On March 12, 2026, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) took formal steps toward establishing additional regulations for prediction markets.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) recently took two significant steps towards its regulation of prediction markets.

Legalized sports betting dramatically expanded in 2018 after the United States Supreme Court decided in Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Assn.,[1] that the provisions of the Professional and Amateur Sports...

The NCAA has asked the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to suspend prediction markets tied to college sports.

Mississippi lawmakers once again failed to pass legislation authorizing mobile and online sports wagering, despite broad support from some operators and a negotiation package that nearly cleared conference.