{"id":6264,"date":"2023-12-12T05:53:26","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T05:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/slategray-wallaby-310340.hostingersite.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/12\/draftkings-faces-potential-class-action-lawsuit-over-bonus-promotion-in-massachusetts\/"},"modified":"2023-12-12T05:53:26","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T05:53:26","slug":"draftkings-faces-potential-class-action-lawsuit-over-bonus-promotion-in-massachusetts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casino-online-best.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/12\/draftkings-faces-potential-class-action-lawsuit-over-bonus-promotion-in-massachusetts\/","title":{"rendered":"DraftKings Faces Potential Class-Action Lawsuit Over Bonus Promotion in Massachusetts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The well-known sports betting behemoth DraftKings is in danger of facing a class-action lawsuit in its home state of Massachusetts. The Center for Public Health Litigation, located at Northeastern University, and the Public Health Advocacy Institute (PHAI) have declared their intention to take legal action in relation to an alleged deceptive marketing involving a $1,000 incentive given to new bettors in Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<p>The claim that <a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/sports-news\/draftkings-and-passamaquoddy-tribe-forge-sports-betting-partnership\/\">DraftKings<\/a> consumers were not properly informed about the terms associated with the promised $1,000 bonus is at the center of the upcoming court action. According to the complaint, in order to be eligible for the bonus, players had to deposit $5,000 and put $25,000 worth of bets within a ninety-day period.<\/p>\n<p>In order for these wagers to be eligible for the offer, they also had to have odds of at least -300. According to the complaint, even if these requirements were satisfied, bettors would only get \u201cnon-withdrawable credits,\u201d not the real bonus that was promised.<\/p>\n<p>Executive Director of PHAI Mark Gottlieb emphasized the experiences of two plaintiffs who were identified in the case: Melissa Scanlon and Shane Harris. The lawsuit claims that a greater number of Massachusetts consumers were duped by vague bonus conditions.<\/p>\n<h2>DraftKings\u2019 Response and Legal Defense<\/h2>\n<p>Disputing the claims made by PHAI, DraftKings expressed its intention to defend itself against the lawsuit. 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However, the industry faced challenges related to marketing rules even before the launch, prompting regulators and lawmakers to adjust rules to ensure fair practices.<\/p>\n<p>Richard Daynard, president of PHAI and law professor at Northeastern University, compares the legal challenges experienced by Big Tobacco businesses to those faced by online gambling platforms. Daynard alleges that DraftKings engaged in unfair business practices by intentionally designing its offer to increase consumer sign-ups, wagers, and spending, considering the addictive nature of gambling goods.<\/p>\n<p>The identified plaintiffs demand economic damages, statutory damages, triple damages, injunctive remedies, and any other action deemed reasonable, even though they do not allege any harm. The complaint also demands that DraftKings stop running such deals going forward.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/casino-news\/draftkings-faces-potential-class-action-lawsuit-over-bonus-promotion-in-massachusetts\/\">DraftKings Faces Potential Class-Action Lawsuit Over Bonus Promotion in Massachusetts<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/igaming.org\/\">iGaming.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The well-known sports betting behemoth DraftKings is in danger of facing a class-action lawsuit in its home state of Massachusetts. The Center for Public Health Litigation, located at Northeastern University, and the Public Health Advocacy Institute (PHAI) have declared their intention to take legal action in relation to an alleged deceptive marketing involving a $1,000 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/casino-online-best.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/casino-online-best.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/casino-online-best.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casino-online-best.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casino-online-best.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/casino-online-best.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6264\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/casino-online-best.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casino-online-best.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/casino-online-best.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}