Las Vegas skill-based gaming company Skillz was awarded a $420 million jury verdict against Papaya Gaming for false advertising.
The April 23 verdict is the largest award under the Lanham Act, which allows companies to pursue civil cases for trademark infringement, in U.S. history.
The lawsuit, which was filed in March 2024 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, found Papaya was matching humans with bots, rather than other users on its platforms, despite claims on its website. Additionally, it was found Papaya had committed $4.7 billion in fraud.
“I was relieved because I’ve been telling people this and crusading for this,” said Skillz CEO and founder Andrew Paradise.
