New Jersey Superior Court Judge Danielle Walcoff Monday denied BetMGM’s request to throw out a case in which a New Jersey man questions how a major gambling company could change the rules of a promotion in the middle of it. The case, over BetMGM adding a player late to a slots contest without warning or explanation, is set for oral arguments in New Jersey’s Superior Court for Atlantic County on Jan. 26, 2026.
Plaintiff Larry Murk is seeking $2.5 million in damages under New Jersey’s Consumer Fraud Act. Judge Benjamin Podolnick will preside over the jury trial.
In the motion to dismiss, BetMGM lawyers wrote that the company had not defrauded gambler Murk, nor breached its contract with him. By dismissing the motion, Walcoff essentially said that she is not so sure the company didn’t do just that.
