Evolution has moved to expand its patent infringement lawsuit against Light & Wonder, targeting its “88 Fortunes Blaze Live Roulette” game.
Evolution has moved to expand its patent infringement lawsuit against Light & Wonder, specifically targeting its recently announced “88 Fortunes Blaze Live Roulette” game.
Court documents filed yesterday (April 10) reveal Evolution is seeking permission to add two additional patents and a new party to its existing lawsuit in Nevada federal court.
The motion comes after the live casino giant acquired Uplay1 in July 2024, according to the documents, obtaining ownership of the “Merati patents” that cover systems and methods for hybrid gaming servers.
It also follows an announcement earlier in the year Light & Wonder planned to discontinue and divest its live casino operations following a strategic review.
Evolution is looking to resurrect the case after its initial complaint was dismissed by the court in February, which ruled the patents at issue covered abstract ideas instead of patentable innovations.
At the time, the judge offered Evolution the chance to amend its filing but expressed “some doubt that Evolution can amend around this problem”.
Evolution challenges ‘copycat’ 88 Fortunes Blaze Live Roulette
In the latest document, the Swedish company’s attorneys argued Light & Wonder’s 88 Fortunes Blaze Live Roulette was “yet another copycat of Evolution’s Lightning Roulette.”
The game, which debuted at the October 2024 G2E Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas, combined a physical roulette wheel with a computer that electronically generates “lucky numbers” assigned increased payout multipliers.
According to the court filing, Evolution learned about the game from Light & Wonder’s public posts following its January 2025 launch.
By 14 March, Evolution had sent the Matt Wilson-led business a formal notice claiming the new game infringes both its original “Haushalter patents” and the newly acquired “Merati patents.”
Evolution’s lawyers said: “88 Fortunes Blaze Live is a live casino game provided to players using a hybrid gaming platform. The game is broadcast from a studio and provided to players using a server.”
The case represents the second infringement suit Light & Wonder is defending from its competitors in the Nevada District Court.
The business is also facing litigation from Australian slots giant Aristocrat over its Dragon Train game, among other offerings.