Last week, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled in favor of PokerStars when they affirmed a prior Illinois judgment dismissing a suit against the world's largest online poker site.
Plaintiffs Kelly Sonnenberg and Judy Farhner filed the original lawsuit, which sought the reimbursement of certain online poker losses for a period ending in 2011, on behalf of their sons, Casey Sonnenberg and Daniel Fahrner, as well as other losing poker players.
The suit was based on the Illinois Loss Recovery Act, an antiquated state statute that allows losers in gambling contests to sue winners.