The man made about $175,000 a year, but made more than $6M in sports bets last year on DraftKings, according to the lawsuit.
The estranged wife of a New Jersey man who lost more than $942,000 gambling on DraftKings has filed suit accusing the online betting site of fueling his addiction to wagering.
For nearly four years, DraftKings failed verify the source of the money the husband deposited into his account as is protocol with gamblers who bet large amounts of money, his wife said in the suit.As a VIP, the New Jersey man received frequent texts and phone calls from VIP hosts that included bonuses and free bets that incentivized him to bet higher amounts of money on a daily basis, the suit says.
The husband placed 1,560 bets in 2020, 2,674 in 2021, 6,139 bets in 2022, and then 14,736 sportsbook bets in 2023 totaling $942,232.32 in losses, according to the lawsuit.
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