( October 22, 2025, 1:48 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — An Illinois federal judge on Oct. 21 granted a motion to compel arbitration filed by a group of Canadian gaming website developers and operators facing claims that they deceived consumers into signing up for “free” gaming websites and addicting them into losing money through illegal gambling, after finding that the arbitration agreement is enforceable under the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards (the New York Convention)....