Company: AAPI
Filing Date: 2025-04-01
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001477932-25-002341
Chunk: 132

Company: Apple iSports Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-01
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 132
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 result in an unforeseen adverse impact on planned revenues or costs associated with the new opportunity. For example, certain states require us to have a relationship with a land-based, licensed casino for online sports betting access, which tends to increase our costs. States that have established state-run monopolies may limit opportunities for private sector participants like us. States also impose substantial tax rates on online sports betting revenue, in addition to a federal excise tax of 25 basis points on the amount of each sports wager. Tax rates, whether federal- or state-based, that are higher than we expect will make it more costly and less desirable for us to launch in a given jurisdiction, while tax increases in any of its existing jurisdictions may adversely impact our profitability. 

Therefore, even in cases in which a jurisdiction purports to license and regulate sports betting, the licensing and regulatory regimes can vary considerably in terms of their business-friendliness and, at times, may be intended to provide incumbent operators with advantages over new licensees. Therefore, some “liberalized” regulatory regimes are considerably more economically viable than others. 

FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS IN A PARTICULAR JURISDICTION, OR THE FAILURE TO SUCCESSFULLY OBTAIN A LICENSE OR PERMIT APPLIED FOR IN A PARTICULAR JURISDICTION, COULD IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO COMPLY WITH LICENSING AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS, OR COULD CAUSE THE REJECTION OF LICENSE APPLICATIONS OR CANCELATION OF EXISTING LICENSES IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS, OR COULD CAUSE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, ONLINE AND MOBILE PLATFORMS, AND DISTRIBUTORS TO STOP PROVIDING SERVICES TO US, WHICH WE RELY UPON TO RECEIVE PAYMENTS FROM, OR DISTRIBUTE AMOUNTS TO, ITS USERS, OR OTHERWISE TO DELIVER AND PROMOTE ITS SERVICES. Compliance with the various regulations applicable to real-money gaming is costly and time-consuming. Regulatory authorities at the U.S. federal, state and local levels have broad powers with respect to the regulation of real money gaming operations and may revoke, suspend, condition, or limit our real money gaming licenses, impose substantial fines, or take other actions, any one of which may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and business prospects. These laws and regulations are dynamic and subject to potentially differing interpretations, and various legislative and regulatory bodies may expand current laws or regulations or enact new