What was filed
The complaint is Document 1, filed October 5, 2026, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division. The case is Tamaris (Gibraltar) Limited v. Aleksandr Rogonov and John Does 1-8, No. 1:26-cv-03298. It pleads three counts: trademark infringement under 15 U.S.C. § 1114, trademark counterfeiting under 15 U.S.C. §§ 1114 and 1116(d)(1), and copyright infringement under 17 U.S.C. §§ 106 and 501. The complaint is signed by Attison L. Barnes, III, with David E. Weslow (for pro hac admission), of Wiley Rein LLP.
What the complaint alleges
The complaint says the plaintiff is a Gibraltar limited company that operates as Pragmatic Play and offers online slot games, live casino games, bingo, and virtual sports. It lists U.S. Reg. Nos. 6,848,492, 6,890,979, 7,307,616, 7,330,411, and 7,773,162 for the PRAGMATIC PLAY word and composite marks, and game mark registrations including MEGA ROULETTE, Reg. No. 8,258,537. A footnote says earlier suits were brought by Pragmatic Play International Ltd., and that a 2023 corporate restructuring transferred the trademark rights to Tamaris (Gibraltar) Limited.
The complaint alleges that Rogonov is the registered owner of the gamblingcounting.com domain, that he claims to live in Bulgaria, and that he operates the site. It alleges the site displays the PRAGMATIC PLAY marks, lists more than 300 Pragmatic Play games, and streams live data feeds of those games without authorization, including Mega Roulette and blackjack tables. It alleges a service on the site called Blackjack SPY offers live card counting, and that the site's purpose is to help players cheat, citing state statutes such as Nev. Rev. Stat. § 465.075 that it says make it unlawful to use devices or software to gain an advantage in casino games.
For jurisdiction, the complaint relies on Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(k)(2), alleging the defendants are not subject to jurisdiction in any state's courts of general jurisdiction. It says the extent of the defendants' U.S. operations is not clear, and it points to the site's use of a U.S.-based domain registry, registrar, content delivery network, hosting provider, and email provider. It alleges venue under 28 U.S.C. § 1391(c)(3) because the defendants do not reside in the United States.
The prayer asks for statutory damages under 15 U.S.C. § 1117(c), which the counterfeiting count puts at up to $2,000,000 per mark, or in the alternative actual damages, trebled for counterfeiting, plus profits, fees, and a permanent injunction. It also asks that hosting providers, registrars, registries, and other service providers stop facilitating access to the site, and that the registry or registrar place gamblingcounting.com on registryHold or serverHold so the domain does not resolve.