Suit claims DraftKings ‘nurtured’ New Jersey father’s gambling addiction as he lost $1M of family’s money

A New Jersey father lost nearly $1 million he stole from his wife and two kids while in the throes of a ruinous gambling addiction the man’s family claims was intentionally “nurtured” by DraftKings, a new lawsuit claims.

Lisa D’Alessandro says her husband funded his habit by maxing out her credit cards and draining their young childrens’ savings accounts, which were funded entirely by gifts they had gotten for Christmas, their birthdays, and their baptisms, according to the lawsuit filed Thursday and obtained by The Independent.

In it, D’Alessandro, 32, accuses the online sportsbook of having “actively participated” in furthering her now-estranged spouse’s gambling problem, coercing him into wagering “exponentially higher amounts,” with increasing frequency, until he was a full-blown addict.