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While Michigan gambling regulators remain hell bent on going after sweepstakes casinos and offshore sports betting operators, a supreme court ruling shows that more attention needs to be spent on that state's regulated operators.
Jacqueline Davis sued gaming giant BetMGM, which she said owes her more than $3 million in online winnings from a gambling streak four years ago.
On Tuesday, she secured a 7-0 unanimous decision from the Michigan Supreme Court in a multimillion-dollar gambling case.
Davis alleged she won more than $3.2 million playing BetMGM's Luck o' the Roulette game over a six-day period in 2021. BetMGM has refused to remit the winnings, according to court records, claiming that the game malfunctioned and erroneously credited the winnings to Davis' account.
"They say it malfunctioned, but they really don't have much evidence as to what actually happened," said attorney Mark Granzotto, who represented Davis in the appeals portion of her lawsuit.
According to BetMGM's website, Luck o' the Roulette is an Irish-themed game with a 95.39% return to player rate with a 10-cent minimum bet and $25 maximum bet. Players can win up to 100 times their bet on each play.
According to the 26-page opinion written by Michigan Supreme Court Justice Brian Zahra, the court's lone Republican-nominated justice, Davis made her first wager on the game in March 2021 for $4.50 and lost. But then, "In gambler's parlance, plaintiff went on a 'heater' of epic magnitude."
