DES MOINES, Iowa —
An Iowa man is asking a judge to make a decision in his lawsuit against sports betting company DraftKings, claiming the company denied him more than $14 million in winning bets.
Nicholas Bavas of Dallas County sued DraftKings in May . Bavas claims DraftKings unfairly voided the bets he placed on the 2024 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am golf tournament as rain threatened to cut short play after 54 holes. Aware there was a good chance of the final round being canceled, and with DraftKings still accepting bets on the tournament’s outcome, bettors around the country, Bavas included, put their money on all of the competitors who were then in the lead.
The company argued that this risk was disclosed in the "house rules" Bavas agreed to, which warned that errors may occur and i