The U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday heard from attorneys representing an alleged addicted gambler and BetMGM, the defendant in a lawsuit that arrived on appeal to the Federal circuit court after the lower court dismissed the gambler’s claims.
As had been the case with previous filings in the suit, a core issue is to what extent a gaming operator can continue to woo a customer who already has lost millions of dollars by offering incentives such as bonuses for continued play via text messages.
“This case is not about a casino [operator] passively permitting an addicted gambler to continue to lose,” plaintiff’s attorney Matthew Litt told the three-judge panel in a Philadelphia courthouse.
