The judge who heard the lawsuit didn’t agree with The Stadium’s position. The PRGC and the Puerto Rico Hotel and Tourism Association, as an intervening party, requested a dismissal of the suit, which he granted.<\/p>\n
In his ruling, which was handed down last week, the judge said that The Stadium had not been able to establish the damages it suffered from this practice. He emphasized that demonstrating harm, financially or otherwise, is a requirement of injunction requests like this one, in which an order is sought to prohibit a practice.<\/p>\n
\n
The judge added that The Stadium misinterpreted the law because it details the operation of satellite locations where operators could register players. He said that Casino Metro didn’t gain an unfair advantage, since any operator can take advantage of the PRGC’s policies. As long as the property has a betting license, it can accept registrations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The Stadium had also expected to receive compensation for economic losses through the lawsuit. This didn’t work out either, since the judge ruled that the company had provided “speculative” gains.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Puerto Rico’s sports betting market is heating up and the expansion isn’t without its growing pains. A lawsuit against the Puerto Rico Gaming Commission (PRGC) challenged its registration policies, but didn’t go as the plaintiff had hoped. A judge dismissed a lawsuit last week against the gaming regulator by The Stadium LLC. That complaint\u00a0 alleged […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":299704,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33810,60],"tags":[81904,81928,83444],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Puerto Rico Gaming Regulator Sports Betting Lawsuit Dismissed - Casino.org<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n