A multimillionaire who blew nearly £1.5m [$2.0m] on football wagers is attempting to overturn a ruling after suing Betfair for allowing him to gamble – in a landmark case that could change the rules on what duties online betting companies owe to gamblers.
Lee Gibson, 47, claims the betting giant should have stopped him sooner as it allegedly knew he was a “problem gambler”. The buy-to-let property tycoon told the Court of Appeal he placed more than 30,000 bets through Betfair between 2009 and 2019.
He is claiming £1 million [$1.3 million] in damages – roughly the amount he lost in the six years before filing his claim in 2021.
