Flutter Entertainment’s FanDuel unit was sued by a former Jacksonville Jaguars executive, Amit Patel, who pleaded guilty in December to stealing more than $22M from the team and was sentenced to 78 months behind bars in March, alleging that the website operator knew he was an addicted gambler and offered him more than $1M in credits and “lavish” gifts to make sure he continued to place bets. The complaint, filed in a federal court in New York, alleges that FanDuel ignored its own responsible gaming protocols and “actively and intentionally targeted and preyed” on him with incentives to feed his addiction. The suit seeks more than $250M in compensatory damages.
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