Man Sues DraftKings After Gambling Away His Wedding Funds.

[danherbias07]

In the complaint, Miller and his attorney, Yvonne Flaherty, accused DraftKings of breaching policies by creating a product that was “highly addictive and lacking in proper safeguards.

”Miller and Flaherty also argued that the company played a role in his addiction by manipulating the brain’s dopamine receptors.

I am still unable to see any good reason he sued the gambling site. All these are just not good reasons to sue a gambling site. I did not see anything like the gambling site did not self-exclused him when he went for self-exclusion. I guess this will just be a loss case.

If he made huge amount of money from the gambling site, he will be very happy and not sue to gamble site.

This is what I always tell those who are trying to make money out of suing the gambling sites. What if you win? Will you still sue them? Will you do something about the mistake they have made if ever it is a loophole? Funny, they cannot answer it. There's one guy just recently been trying to bombard Stake.com for the mistake he has made. He did place the bet, and maybe a website error happened, and he didn't see it go in, or it notified an error. The bet came in, but he was not expecting it. Now, he lost that money because the bet actually went in, and he is claiming it back. In my mind, "that's your bet in the first place", why make a case? If it won, would you still make the same plea?
Of course not. But he said he won't answer something that didn't happen. Hypocrite.

[YellowSwap]

Extremely aggressive in what way exactly? Casinos got a business to promote, if you are a adult that can't control themselves do not gamble, some people are lost souls that they don't even know who they are.

Know yourself, then you will be picky on everything, you will know what's good and what's bad for you, everybody has their weak points and it's normal, don't be a baby blaming other adults like yourself for your own decisions.

Been a man isn't always about what you have, been a man is what happens after you fall cos believe me, many men will fall, and the few who took the blame and get up will reach the end of the tunnel.

[TopTort777]

I see another loser trying to blame everyone except himself and try to find excuse for busting all the money. Even if casino managed aggressively try to drag you to gambling by calls and email, there is always ignore and block user features. Why not call police and tell you are harassed by casino member? If this guy would not have lost his money, he would stay low and silent. I dont think he would try to sue DraftKings for dragging him to gambling if he multiplied his wedding funds

[stadus]

The guy sounds like he cannot handle losing.

Obviously, he was an easy target because he was addicted, but at the end of the day, we cannot fully blame the casino if we lose our money. We are not forced to gamble. Yes, we may get lured by promotions or offers, but the decision is still on us. So I do not think he will win that case. For me, he is only putting himself to shame because he is showing the world how irresponsible he was with his gambling.

[Vaculin]

The guy sounds like he cannot handle losing.

Obviously, he was an easy target because he was addicted, but at the end of the day, we cannot fully blame the casino if we lose our money. We are not forced to gamble. Yes, we may get lured by promotions or offers, but the decision is still on us. So I do not think he will win that case. For me, he is only putting himself to shame because he is showing the world how irresponsible he was with his gambling.

I had an experience before where an agent from a casino called me. I answered it, but they did not really force me to gamble. They just offered bonuses, and when I said I was not interested, they did not call again. So yes, this kind of thing happens. I am not sure if he is really telling the truth, but if it is coming from a popular casino, I think their agents also have limits and they need to make sure they are still doing their job legally.

And since it was only a call, how can he prove that the casino caused him to lose his money?
Unless there is evidence of the conversation or what exactly they talked about, it would be hard to prove.

[Agbe]

In years back when I was in school, there was an argument I joined that advertisement is to lure people to use the services or buy the products because ordinarily, I might not like the way the product or the service is presented but with the advertisement, I will be convinced to use it. Therefore it becomes an exploitation concept. But since the gambler allowed his instinct to deceived him to become addicted, he has no right to sue the casino. He would have over look those emails and advertised ads to avoid more loses. Lawyers are to make money so any case thAt is coming to their table, they will receive. But this was the gambler's fault.

[angrybirdy]

The guy sounds like he cannot handle losing.

Obviously, he was an easy target because he was addicted, but at the end of the day, we cannot fully blame the casino if we lose our money. We are not forced to gamble. Yes, we may get lured by promotions or offers, but the decision is still on us. So I do not think he will win that case. For me, he is only putting himself to shame because he is showing the world how irresponsible he was with his gambling.

I had an experience before where an agent from a casino called me. I answered it, but they did not really force me to gamble. They just offered bonuses, and when I said I was not interested, they did not call again. So yes, this kind of thing happens. I am not sure if he is really telling the truth, but if it is coming from a popular casino, I think their agents also have limits and they need to make sure they are still doing their job legally.

And since it was only a call, how can he prove that the casino caused him to lose his money?
Unless there is evidence of the conversation or what exactly they talked about, it would be hard to prove.

I think it depends on what actually happened during the call. Just because a casino agent contacted someone doesn't automatically mean they convinced that person to gamble or that they're responsible for the losses. A lot of casinos have agents who reach out with promos or bonuses and thats pretty common. Whether it's right or wrong depends on how they handled the conversation, and without any proof of what was actually said during the call, its really  hard to know if the agent crossed the line or was simply doing their job. I can understand why someone would be upset after losing money, but making a claim like that would need more than just saying they received a phone call.

[JeffBrad12]

The best example to tell how important gambling responsibly is. At least someone needs to accept the fact that if he loses money when he gamble. So this kind of ridiculous case won't happen.
He gamble his hot money with the hope to double it, then he lose it. So he blames the gambling site because he lose.

The worst part is that instead of getting popular to win the case against the gambling site. He's embarrassing himself to the public if he's an addicted gambler.
A high moral can be learned is that don't be an addicted man that blames others for our stupidity.

[Pandu Geddon]

The best example to tell how important gambling responsibly is. At least someone needs to accept the fact that if he loses money when he gamble. So this kind of ridiculous case won't happen.
He gamble his hot money with the hope to double it, then he lose it. So he blames the gambling site because he lose.

The worst part is that instead of getting popular to win the case against the gambling site. He's embarrassing himself to the public if he's an addicted gambler.
A high moral can be learned is that don't be an addicted man that blames others for our stupidity.

That person should admit that their mistake was gambling with money that wasn't theirs. I think that would be better, instead of blaming the gambling site where they lost all that money. With heavy pressure, it can sometimes make someone do stupid things. And that's what we see in this case.

[Doan9269]

So people like this like this that will decided to waste their money unnecessarily on what is not meant for, how on Earth will someone use his marriage fund to gamble, some people are so doubt to the extent that they like taking unnecessary risk that does not require any pity after the phase the consequences to their actions in such regard, the only person I pity most here is the Bride, because she will be in a situation that will be so devastating because of the financial challenges she's going to face in our wedding preparation, due to the recklessness of the husband using the wedding fund to gamble.

[xenomorfo]

In years back when I was in school, there was an argument I joined that advertisement is to lure people to use the services or buy the products because ordinarily, I might not like the way the product or the service is presented but with the advertisement, I will be convinced to use it. Therefore it becomes an exploitation concept. But since the gambler allowed his instinct to deceived him to become addicted, he has no right to sue the casino. He would have over look those emails and advertised ads to avoid more loses. Lawyers are to make money so any case thAt is coming to their table, they will receive. But this was the gambler's fault.

The fact is very complicated, because if the casinos have carried out all the right operations, and avoided exploiting all the things we know about the brain to induce addiction. So yes, i agree with you. But since all casinos try to make the most of all the problems, all the biases we have to induce addiction, i would tell you that the player is right.

[Hardyrobust]

 The guy is responsible for whatever that happens to him and not Draft king .There are so many people that are like that is always looking for who to blame for there own failure. Someone that lacks self discipline should not blame others people for there own inability to control themselves. Although the company might have bombarded him with emails and text messages but the man is not a kid and he should own to the consequences of his actions and not to throw the blame at draft king.

[Franklyn-wood]

An Illinois man filed a lawsuit against DraftKings, alleging that the sports betting company led him to gamble away millions of dollars — including money he had saved for his wedding — which ultimately led to him being dismissed from his job and contemplating suicide.

His father tried to intervene that same month, asking him to self-exclude through the State of Illinois, which Miller declined.

Filing a lawsuit is something anyone can do for just any reason in the world, of course the court would be welcoming to your lawsuit, it’s business for those in the legal field but, you wouldn’t always win and that’s a fact.

The fact that his father tried to persuade him to self exclude and he refused highlights how deeply addicted to gambling he is and should never have being gambling in the first place. Gambling calls for a more responsible set of persons capable of good money management but often, it’s filled with those that are irresponsible as it concerns these matters.

I doubt he would win this one.

This case is one out of the millions of addiction cases we have heard. Filling a lawsuit against the casinos shouldn't be the first thing to look at when a life is at stake. I am happy that he was restored and married now, because many people don't usually escape such experince, when it has reached a level where they can no longer manage funds due to gambling addiction and lack of self control to increase there financial statues. I am not supporting this person for going too far to the extent of using funds ment for something else to gambling with hope of get higher returns, but the casino calling him frequently did not do well if that was true which is rear. It is not everyone that has a mature mind to control there decisions when it comes to gambling. For this kind people who are not mentally matured, it is hard for them to digest information received when it comes to money, as if there life depends on it, and will not give up until they are completely ruined.

[Rockson1]

Surely I blame the sportbook for bombarding him with call, email and text messages, because it was like a trap that led him to gamble away him fund. But then I still blame the guy that gambled as a result of the call they called him. If this case was to be judged, the gambler will be held responsible for his actions because he chose to accept. He was not forced to gamble under duress but out of will. Anything you do out of will is just a personal risk.

He allowed himself to get into this, because if you are been disturbed with an email or call trying to convince you to participant in something you do not found interested, you will ignored the calls at some point and pay less attention to the email since you already know the content of the email as you have read them countless times, I believe in someone taking responsibility of his actions, I do not like it when someone blame other persons for something that would have not happened if they were careful enough not to fall for it, I do not think this guy was persuaded to do anything, so the blame is on the guy not the casino.

[SatoPrincess]

IMO he doesn’t have a case, if he was uncomfortable with the receiving cold calls or emails, he could have made it clear to the sales representative and they would add him to their red list. From the story, he’s an adult and anyone who’s about to start a family of his own should be able to say NO to activities and habits that can be destructive.

In years back when I was in school, there was an argument I joined that advertisement is to lure people to use the services or buy the products because ordinarily, I might not like the way the product or the service is presented but with the advertisement, I will be convinced to use it. Therefore it becomes an exploitation concept.

Not sure I understand what you mean. You were advertising for a casino in uni or you were exploited??

[YOSHIE]

Currently, the guy is still in recovery, has a job now, and is married and has a child with his wife.

What's your view on this?

If something like that happens, what else should I say? Regret always comes too late.
The man should have thought with common sense, even though the gambling party did as his lawyer said, Couldn't the man think that it was a trap or something that might take away his money, because of the coercive encouragement that was sent through bombardment of email lines, telephone calls and so on.

What's more, the man came to the conclusion by using all his wedding money, damn man, that's why humans are created by the mind and brain to think about what is bad and what is good, that's the function of both.

There was no response for the man, hopefully there will be some light in his case, but I doubt it because he simply lost a bet, the email and telephone bombardment situation is another story.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

There's this self realization that hits me. Immediately once I face a quick lose that I didn't expect, normally i set a limited amount for myself if I want to gamble and I expect the money not to be exhausted for a period of time or I expect to  win a good amount from that money but if I lose that money quicker than I expect to without winning, self realization hits immediately and I will either retrain myself from gambling for some period of time when I feel I'm over that lose or when I have better control of my habit. I always take responsibility for my actions when playing and that's what even prevent me from being compulsive. The guy is at fault too, he was not force to make deposit.

[Renampun]

If he's receiving so many emails and other notifications from the casino, why doesn't he just ignore them and block the channel? Casinos wouldn't specifically send so many notifications to him alone, they'd also send similar promotional emails and notifications to a large number of other users as part of their marketing campaigns.. so why aren't others as addicted as he is? I suspect he's just looking for an excuse to shift responsibility away from his own decisions.

[Youngrebel]

This is basically equivalent to someone drinking so much that their liver fails and they then sue their favorite beer company.
Granted the bombardment of calls didn't help but come on this has no chance in court.

That's totally absurd because even though these companies advertise their products they still make it clear that consumers should take them with caution this include cigarettes, on the pack it is clearly written " smokers are liable to die Young" this is to warn people that excessive intake is dangerous. Casinos advertise and try to promote their site but they still remind people to gamble responsibly. Blaming the casino for his own actions is a sign of irresponsibility because he made the decision and he doesn't want to face the consequences.

[Leahized]

The best example to tell how important gambling responsibly is. At least someone needs to accept the fact that if he loses money when he gamble. So this kind of ridiculous case won't happen.
He gamble his hot money with the hope to double it, then he lose it. So he blames the gambling site because he lose.

You are absolutely right, you will never lose too much money if you gamble responsibly. But he should not have used this money for gambling. Because it should be known that gambling will not always allow the players to win but the chances of losing are very high. But he is really acting like a fool. And one of the reasons for suing the casino is that he can not accept his loss. But it is very shameful to bring it before the nation. Yes, there is much to learn from this.