The UK High Court judge explained that the gambling operator continued to accept the bets of Mr Parente and even encouraged him to gamble more by giving him enticements such as special bonuses and hospitality services. Although Mr Justice Griffiths dismissed the businessman’s claim and ruled in favour of the gambling company, he criticised Paddy Power for failing to get information about the problem gambler’s source of wealth and source of funds even though it was aware that his losses did not match his income and assets. The judge also criticised the gambling operator that was taken to court by another businessman who sought to recover the money he had previously given to Mr Parente. Still, the Irish bookmaker owned by the gambling giant Flutter Entertainment did nothing to prevent the man from continuous gambling. The High Court Judge further noted that Paddy Power knew from its own monitoring that Mr Parente suffered from unhealthy problem gambling that had escalated to a desperate and uncontrollable scale. Mr Justice Griffiths said that the bookmaker was aware of the fact that Tony Parente, a businessman, was gambling as if he found it hard to control his gambling habits. A UK High Court judge found that the Irish gambling operator Paddy Power did not really care about a gambling addict who was not able to afford the losses he generated at the time he placed bets with the company.

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