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Single Action Bet Tech sues Penn Interactive for patent infringement
Single Action Bet Tech has levied a civil complaint alleging that Penn violated two of its patents for an online casino game wagering process.
Gaming technology provider Single Action Bet Tech has sued Penn Entertainment in federal court, seeking damages related to two of its patents. The claims involve a process that allows bettors to consolidate multiple wagers with a single click or tap that Single Action Bet Tech says Penn has knowingly and illegally replicated on its apps like Hollywood Casino.
Single Action Bet states claims against Penn in complaint
The plaintiff filed Single Action Bet Tech LLC v. Penn, et al., on Dec. 12 in the federal district court for New Jersey. The brief asserts that Single Action Bet informed Penn of its patents related to iGaming, including meeting with Penn officials and exchanging correspondence with Penn from late 2024 through September 2025.
The lawsuit's two claims pertain to each of the allegedly infringed-upon patents related to online casino games for real money. Among the exhibits presented are screenshots of the Hollywood online casino app.
The first patent refers to a solution that simplifies the process of placing multiple sequential wagers on the best online casino websites. The second patent refers to the actual implementation of that solution in an online gaming system.
Patents apply to concept and application of wager consolidation
Penn has not yet filed a response to the complaint as of the time of this article. While there are a number of possibilities for this dispute at this stage, a court decision either way could set precedents for how players redeem bonus offers like the DraftKings Casino promo code in the future.
The text of the complaint takes aim at Penn consolidating multiple wagers into a single player action and how Penn's iGaming products do so. The first, referred to as the "'345 Patent" in the brief, "is directed to a computer-implemented solution for more efficient bet placement on computing devices."
In plainer language, the '345 Patent allegedly eliminates the need for bettors "to perform multiple separate user actions to place a bet and start a game" via "multiple clicks (or touches)." To reduce that perceived friction, the '345 Patent "discloses a single action betting system that consolidates the multi-step betting process into a single user interaction."
The complaint characterizes "the '397 Patent" as one that "addresses a specific technical problem in computer-implemented betting systems" by providing "concrete technical steps executed by a client-server system." The brief claims that "the claimed method performs automated credential checking and location verification using these computer components, rather than relying on any mental process or manual steps."
As one example of the evidence of the alleged violations, Single Bet argues that "on the Hollywood Casino Mobile app, the player presses a single button labeled for spinning or starting a round, immediately followed by the button greying-out to indicate the bet has been placed. The balance will be updated on the server system, confirmed by the screenshot of the player's balance after the game is exited."
A settlement remains a possibility and could be a likely outcome, seeing as Single Action Bet is only seeking damages from the court. Either way, there is some potential impact on legal standards around iGaming in this dispute.
