Scott Leopold

Associate

  • Scott Leopold
  • Phone: +1 215 979 1558

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  • Duane Morris LLP
    30 South 17th Street
    Philadelphia, PA 19103-4196
    USA

Scott Leopold’s practice focuses on the gaming industry. Mr. Leopold has facilitated gaming licensure of individual qualifiers, casinos, sports data service providers, internet gaming companies, sports betting companies, media companies and marketing affiliates from initial application preparation through extensive regulatory investigative requests and final licensure approval. He also has experience analyzing state and international legislation, rules, and regulations to assess gaming licensure requirements, the legality of sports wagering systems, gambling prohibitions concerning employees, qualifiers and owners of sports betting operators and related regulatory matters.

Mr. Leopold is a 2020 cum laude graduate of Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law and a graduate of the University of Wisconsin.

Areas of Practice

  • Gaming Law

Admissions

  • Pennsylvania
  • New Jersey

Education

  • Drexel University, Thomas R. Kline School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2020
  • University of Wisconsin, B.B.A., 2017

Experience

  • Duane Morris LLP
    - Associate, 2021-present
  • Fox Rothschild LLP
    - Associate, 2020-2021

Selected Publications

Representative Matters

  • Represented American Racing and Entertainment, the owner and operator of Tioga Downs Casino Resort and Vernon Downs Casino Hotel, in its $175 million sale and leaseback of the real estate assets of Tioga Downs to Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. (NASDAQ: GLPI), a real estate investment trust focused on owning real estate property that is leased to gaming operators.

  • Represented as North American and Latin American gaming regulatory counsel to Aristocrat Leisure Limited, a global gaming and technology company, in its $1.2 billion acquisition of NeoGames.

  • Represented as gaming regulatory counsel to leading online sportsbook Fanatics Betting and Gaming in its $225 million acquisition of the U.S. businesses of PointsBet USA.