William Hill are being sued for allowing a man to gamble
18th February, 2008
Gambling addict Graham Calvert excluded himself from gambling at William Hill in order to put a stop to his addiction and stop him losing his money. Mr Calvert placed a bet after his self-exclusion and is now suing William Hill for his two million pound losses.
Many casinos in America already offer the self-exclusion policy to stop / help addicts but many problems arise from it. Addicts decide they no longer want to be self excluded, they pretend to be someone else or they simply go elsewhere and make the same bets. These causes many problems in keeping to the duty of care set down in the Gambling Act 2005. The duty of care is set down to monitor and, if necessary, put a stop to excessive / compulsive telephone or online betting.
The case for William Hill goes down to whether they were careful enough, whether he actually excluded himself and whether or not he went out of his way to get round his exclusion.
