The complaint was filed with the High Court in the UK by the family and widow of Luke Ashton, a man who suffered from chronic gambling addiction before committing suicide.
In April 2021, a 40-year-old guy brought his own wife back after a debilitating gambling addiction. The horrific case from the United Kingdom consisted around Luke Ashton, who committed suicide after struggling with a severe gambling addiction.
Using the services of Flutter -owned firm Betfair, the 40-year-old man was not identified as a problem gambler, prompting the operator to admit that its protective measures failed. According to a fresh story, the deceased man’s relatives have filed a case against Flutter in the UK’s High Court.
Betfair Has Not Faced Consequences So Far.
According to NEXT.io, Annie Ashton, Luke Ashton’s widow, and other family have just launched a personal injury lawsuit against the well-known gaming and entertainment corporation. In an interview with the journal, the widow admitted that all the money in the world would not be enough to repair the devastation done to her family.
However, Annie Ashton said that the action was brought “to ensure that there is meaningful accountability for the failings which caused Luke’s death and that it leads to changes that benefit others.” The widow stated that the legal challenge follows the coroner’s conclusion in her husband’s death, which admitted that he suffered from a gambling issue.
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Gambling contributed to the death of a 40-year-old man.
Furthermore, Annie Ashton claimed that Betfair failed to safeguard her husband and “contributed” to his death. “To date, Betfair has faced no consequence for its failings in Luke’s case, other than the rightful condemnation and public embarrassment which arose from the inquest, and it has been able to keep the profits which it made from Luke’s gambling,” the woman told me.
The inquest into Luke Ashton’s death was a landmark decision. This is because the coroner decided that the 40-year-old man had a long-term gambling disorder and referred to Betfair as a “interested person” throughout the inquest. The decision was the industry’s first such case.
Before his death, Luke Ashton gambled heavily and lost thousands of pounds. At one point, the 40-year-old guy wagered almost 100 times every day. Following the man’s suicide, Betfair instituted extensive measures and safeguards to avoid similar incidents from occurring again.
In a recent unrelated litigation, Flutter’s brand won a problem gambling case. In the case before the country’s High Court, a judge ruled in favor of Betfair, dismissing a claim filed by a gambler who lost more than one million pounds between 2009 and 2019.
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