On Monday, the Western District of Washington granted approval to a $415,000 settlement in a case brought by Washington consumers against DoubleDown Interactive LLC, a social casino game developer headquartered in Seattle, Wash., and its former parent company International Game Technology (together, IGT).
As the plaintiffs noted in their motion for settlement approval, the agreement is part of an ongoing seven-year campaign of lawsuits against social casino companies and now, the tech-giant platforms who partner with them.
The consumers’ operative amended complaint filed in April 2021 alleged that IGT owns and operates video game development companies in the so-called “casual games” industry, or “computer games designed to appeal to a mass audience of casual gamers.”
