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A New York man who sued BetMGM in a bid to recoup around $29 million he lost gambling on the platform saw his claim dismissed by a New Jersey federal judge Wednesday.<\/p>\n

\"Sam
Sam A. Antar\u2019s gambling on BetMGM exceeded $24 million in 2019 alone, including more than $5 million in a 16-day period. A federal judge ruled this week that casinos owed no common law duty of care to stop problem gamblers from gambling. (Image: NYPD)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sam A. Antar accused BetMGM<\/a>, a joint venture between MGM Resorts and Entain, of violating the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act (CFA), negligence, and unjust enrichment for offering continued him \u201cinducements to gamble\u201d in the form of casino bonuses. This, despite knowing he was a problem gambler, according to the filing.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2019, Plaintiff\u2019s gambling activity exceeded $24 million, including more than $5 million in a 16-day period in January 2020. From May 2019 to January 2020, Plaintiff placed more than 100,000 online bets,\u201d according to Antar\u2019s lawsuit.<\/p>\n

Investment Fraud<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Lawyers for BetMGM countered that Antar was simply trying to claw back money he owed after being convicted of defrauding numerous victims out of more than $550K in a bogus investment scheme.<\/p>\n

In 2022, Antar was sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to fraud charges<\/a>. He was ordered to repay around $650K. He has since been released.<\/p>\n

The operator\u2019s attorneys also argued that the CFA is preempted by New Jersey\u2019s Casino Control Act (CCA).<\/p>\n

\n

In her ruling, Judge Madeline Cox Arleo agreed, writing that the CCA \u201cdoes not require casinos to prevent or stop inducing gambling from those that exhibit problem gambling behavior.\u201d \u00a0She also determined that \u201cthe casino owed plaintiff no negligence common law duty of care.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cAlthough the CCA regulates the responsibilities of casinos as they relate to problem gambling behavior, the CCA is silent on any duty owed by casinos to prevent or stop inducing gambling from those that exhibit problem gambling behavior,\u201d Cox Arleo asserted.<\/p>\n

\u2018Crazy\u2019 Eddie Antar<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Antar is the nephew to disgraced electronics mogul \u201cCrazy\u201d Eddie Antar, once the head of the multimillion-dollar Crazy Eddie electronics chain.\u00a0The company will be remembered by Tri-state area residents of a certain age for its TV spots featuring radio DJ Jerry Carroll exhorting consumers to succumb to the company\u2019s \u201cinsaaaaane\u201d prices.<\/p>\n

Once one of the biggest consumer electronics chains in the US, Crazy Eddie floated on the NASDAQ in 1984 before being exposed as a fraudulent enterprise that artificially inflated profits and engaged in widespread securities fraud.<\/p>\n

Eddie Antar was arrested in Israel in 1992 on federal racketeering conspiracy charges and extradited to the US, where he spent eight years in prison. He died in 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A New York man who sued BetMGM in a bid to recoup around $29 million he lost gambling on the platform saw his claim dismissed by a New Jersey federal judge Wednesday. Sam A. Antar accused BetMGM, a joint venture between MGM Resorts and Entain, of violating the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act (CFA), negligence, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":234750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,19,60],"tags":[82510,89736,89735],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\u2018Crazy Eddie\u2019 Nephew Loses $30M Legal Fight Vs BetMGM<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sam A. Antar sees case against BetMGM dismissed. 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