Gambler sues William Hill over excessive losses
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Graham Calvert has filed a 2 million pound lawsuit against bookmaker William Hill, claiming that the site didn’t follow through on its promise of excluding Calvert from placing wagers with the company after Calvert requested a ban.
William Hill, like most sites, offers players some form of self-initiated exclusion from wagering activities.
Excerpt from the Telegraph story on the lawsuit:
Graham Calvert, 28, asked William Hill to close his account and ban him because he was addicted and gambling over the telephone was “too easy”.
But he claims that despite being told he would not be eligible for another account for six months under the company’s self-exclusion policy, he was allowed to open a new account two months later.
In the following five months, he went on to lose £2 million, including a single bet of £347,000 on America to win golf’s Ryder Cup.
