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<\/figure>\n\n\nDraftKings is the target of a class action lawsuit in New York that accuses the sports betting giant of misleading customers with deceitful promotions and practices that put problem gamblers at risk.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
Filed with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, the lawsuit asserts that DraftKings has been \u201cdeceiving New Yorkers\u201d with the objective of \u201cmisleading them\u201d into wagering larger amounts of money on a more regular basis.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
The plaintiffs claim that the practice is likely to increase the amounts that customers will bet by refunding such promotional wagers with bonus bets rather than real cash money.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\nThe suit asserts that DraftKings has designed the promotions in question as an incentive to \u201cgambling-naive customers\u201d, and that DraftKings does not clearly communicate the risks of losing money to new customers taking advantage of these \u201cno sweat\u201d promotions.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n
In addition, the plaintiffs argue that the application of these \u201crisk-free bet\u201d and \u201cno sweat bet\u201d promotions by DraftKings is designed to promote long-term gambling by new customers, whom they claim are forced to make multiple bets to comply with the terms of the promotions.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n