A New Jersey family has had enough of DraftKings ruining their lives. They are now set to take them to court after a father of two gambled away more than $1 million of his family’s money over a four-year span.
The man, who wasn’t revealed by his real name, only by his username Mdallo1990, allegedly spent and lost $942,232.32 between Jan. 1, 2020, and Jan. 13, 2024, as he continued to fuel his gambling habits.
In a lawsuit, Lisa D’Alessandro alleges that DraftKings targeted her husband with bonuses and gifts, which pushed him to deposit $15 million and the previously mentioned $1 million from his wife and children’s savings.
D’Alessandro stated that the gambling giant knew her husband had a problem and preyed on him with incentives so he could feed his addiction.
The lawsuit claimed the father “stole money from his spouse” to deposit with DraftKings by taking funds from her credit cards and other accounts “without her permission or knowledge.”
The two of them are separated. There is no word on whether they were separated before this or after his gambling addiction came to light.
Her complaint also alleged he stole money from his kids’ savings accounts, which were funded “with gifts from baptism, Christmas presents, and birthday presents.”
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DraftKings is accused of negligence, fraud, and violation of the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act. The complaint added the company participated in his addiction “by targeting him with incentives, bonuses, and other gifts to create, nurture, expedite, and/or exacerbate” the problem.
D’Alessandro wants all the money that Mdallo1990 “stole” from her and the kids, according to the complaint.
It Will Be An Uphold Battle For Upset Mother To Get Any Money Back From DraftKings
A New Jersey father lost nearly $1 million he stole from his wife and two kids while feeding his gambling addiction, according to his distraught family.
Lisa D’Alessandro has filed a lawsuit against DraftKings, claiming they intentionally “nurtured” his gambling addiction by coercing him into wagering “exponentially higher amounts.”
“Mdallo1990,” his DraftKings username, went from betting no more than $3,775 in a single month to betting as much as $125,000 a month, the complaint states.
Unfortunately for Lisa D’Alessandro, an expert states that her case is unlikely to succeed because the gambling industry moves much faster than lawmakers.
“The laws in any state regarding mobile sport betting and how it’s supposed to be done are so fuzzy and they change so quickly,” said Tim Fong, an addiction psychiatrist and co-director of UCLA Gambling Studies Program.
