A Nashville man has taken BetMGM to court in Tennessee, arguing the sportsbook let him continue gambling for years after he had formally asked to be blocked. The case, now in Davidson County Chancery Court, claims that the company failed to honor its own self-exclusion rules.

Dilvar Tayip says he signed up for Tennessee’s voluntary self-exclusion list on June 16, 2021. On that same day, he also enrolled in BetMGM’s separate exclusion program. According to his amended petition, both were supposed to keep him from betting until June 16, 2026.

Court filings describe Tayip as an experienced sports bettor who had previously seen financial success. Still, he decided in 2021 to step away from gambling entirely for five years. His lawsuit says the state removed him from its list earlier than expected, in May 2023, but insists that change should not have affected BetMGM’s independent restriction.

He points directly to the company’s own policy, which states, “Self-exclusion is irrevocable and binding for the entire selected duration. Once a customer selects a self-exclusion period, it cannot be reversed or shortened under any circumstances. Removal from a state list does not alter or override the operator’s separate exclusion obligations.”

What the BetMGM lawsuit in Tennessee claims happened next

Tayip argues that despite that language, BetMGM allowed him to resume wagering shortly after his removal from the state list. He says he continued placing bets from May 2023 through roughly June 2025, with total wins and losses nearing $300,000 during that stretch.

The filing also leans on another part of BetMGM’s policy, which says any wagers placed by a self-excluded user should be voided and refunded. Instead, Tayip claims those bets were processed normally.