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A Tennessee woman has filed lawsuits against DraftKings and FanDuel to recover hundreds of thousands of dollars that were lost by her husband before daily fantasy sports were declared legal in the state.
The lawsuit claims that between April 7, 2015, and Feb. 16, 2016, Kenneth Miller “delivered $1,521,379 to FanDuel for the purpose of betting on FanDuel.com.”
The civil action also claims that during the same time period, Kenneth Miller withdrew more than $976,000 from his FanDuel account, losing a net amount of more than $545,000 “upon games, wagers and/or lottery contests promoted and operated by FanDuel.”
The lawsuit seeks compensatory damages of $545,119.22 plus interest and cost, and punitive damages of at least $1,090,238.40.
At the MGM sportsbook, the action was heavy and lopsided on the Steelers. For every one parlay that included the Dolphins, there were 15 with the Pittsburgh. And there were seven times as many straight bets on Pittsburgh as there were on Miami.
“It was a fairly square play for us,” MGM vice president of race and sports Jay Rood said. “All the offsetting money on the Dolphins I’d categorize as sharp. We had four sharp plays that pretty much made up all the money that was on the Dolphins.”
Holland has, for several years now, been preparing to overhaul and liberalize its 50-year-old gambling laws.
Its Remote Gambling Act will, for the first time, open up the Dutch market to foreign online gambling companies, and will also privatize the state-monopolized Holland Casino, which is the only company permitted to operate land-based casinos in the country.
Sporting Index of London predicts that Hillary Clinton will win the election in a landslide victory.
Ed Fulton, political trading spokesman for Sporting Index, said the odds could shift again.
“Hillary Clinton has benefitted from a disastrous two weeks for the Trump campaign and looks set for a landslide victory, but The Donald has defied polls and pundits many times before and could do so again.
“It doesn’t look great for the Republicans at the moment, but Trump was even further behind in June and managed to bring the race back to a virtual tie in just weeks. A month is a long time in politics, so Clinton supporters would be wise to leave the celebratory red, white and blue balloons unfilled for now.”
William Hill is pushing forward with Amaya merger talks even after its largest shareholder spoke out against the possible move.
Bookmaker William Hill plans to continue talks over a multi-billion pound merger with Canadian online poker giant Amaya in defiance of opposition from its largest shareholder.
It is understood Hill will plough ahead with due diligence unless other major investors join Parvus Asset Management in objecting to the deal.