Bookmaker Gives $50k From Copyright Suit To Writing Class

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A bookmaker that accused a rival of copying its sports betting guide almost word for word is, in a sarcastic jab, donating part of a lawsuit settlement involving the matter to a New Jersey college for creative writing courses. William Hill settled a lawsuit in January it had brought against rival bookmaker FanDuel that alleged that FanDuel had copied William Hill's own betting guide. On Thursday, William Hill will donate $50,000 to Rutgers University-Newark's master of fine arts program in creative writing. William Hill filed a copyright infringement suit in October in federal court. It produced its guide last June when it began offering sports betting at Monmouth Park Racetrack. FanDuel circulated a virtually identical guide at the Meadowlands Racetrack a month later, the lawsuit claimed. Court documents outlined instances of entire blocks of text from the William Hill guide appearing verbatim in the FanDuel version, although in a different typeface. The suit also claimed FanDuel copied diagrams illustrating possible bets and odds.Read more on NewsOK.com

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