Seventy-five dollars is all Sam needed for his next round of sports bets on his BetMGM app.
Well – it wasn’t officially his. He was 17 years old, and the legal gambling age in his home state of Arizona is 21. Sam used his mom’s ID behind her back to create the account where he’d bet on basketball and football games.
Except she found him out and reported him to the company.
BetMGM opened an investigation and found Sam had deposited $75 into the account with two ApplePay accounts. Investigators tracked his iPhone 13 to his home, but also the local high school where Sam had placed his bets. They banned the account and wrote up a report for state authorities.
But as soon as he was 21, Sam was back at it. Gambling on the apps again.
