Company: AAPI
Filing Date: 2025-04-01
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001477932-25-002341
Chunk: 130

Company: Apple iSports Group, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-04-01
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
Chunk 130
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SETTLED AND STILL DEVELOPING, AND WHICH COULD SUBJECT IT TO CLAIMS OR OTHERWISE HARM ITS BUSINESS. ANY CHANGE IN EXISTING REGULATIONS OR THEIR INTERPRETATION, OR THE REGULATORY CLIMATE APPLICABLE TO OUR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES, OR CHANGES IN TAX RULES AND REGULATIONS OR INTERPRETATION THEREOF RELATED TO ITS PRODUCTS AND SERVICES, COULD ADVERSELY IMPACT ITS ABILITY TO OPERATE ITS BUSINESS AS CURRENTLY CONDUCTED OR AS IT SEEKS TO OPERATE IN THE FUTURE, WHICH COULD HAVE A MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT ON ITS FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS. We are generally subject to laws and regulations relating to gaming and online sports betting in the jurisdictions in which we conduct our business, as well as the general laws and regulations that apply to all e-commerce businesses, such as those related to privacy and personal information, tax, and consumer protection. These laws and regulations vary by jurisdiction and future legislative and regulatory action, court decisions or other governmental action, which may be affected by, among other things, political pressures, attitudes, and climates, as well as personal biases, may have a material impact on our operations and financial results. Some jurisdictions have introduced regulations attempting to restrict or prohibit online gaming, while others have taken the position that online gaming should be licensed and regulated and have adopted or are in the process of considering legislation and regulations to enable that to happen. The regulatory environment in any jurisdiction may change in the future and any such change could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations. For example, in 2018, the U.S. Department of Justice (“DOJ”), reversed its previously issued opinion published in 2011, which stated that interstate transmissions of wire communications that do not relate to a “sporting event or contest” fall outside the purview of the Wire Act of 1961 (“Wire Act”). The DOJ’s updated opinion concluded instead that the Wire Act was not uniformly limited to gaming relating to sporting events or contests and that certain of its provisions apply to non-sports-related wagering activity. In June 2019, a federal district court in New Hampshire ruled that the DOJ’s new interpretation of the Wire Act was erroneous and vacated the DOJ’s new opinion. The DOJ appealed the decision of the district court to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, which reaffirmed the district court’s decision on January 20, 2021. If such a ruling were to be appealed