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DraftKings is seeking about $23,500 in taxable court costs from Iowa bettor Nicholas Bavas after winning a federal lawsuit over five voided golf parlays that would have paid $14.2 million.
According to the source report, Bavas sued DraftKings and its Iowa affiliate, Crown IA Gaming, after the operator voided the bets and refunded his stakes. The wagers were placed during the weather-disrupted 2024 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, where severe weather canceled the final round and made the 54-hole standings official.
Bavas had placed $325 in wagers. He argued that his selections should have counted as winners and claimed DraftKings relied on ambiguous or later-modified rules to cancel the parlays. His lawsuit included breach-of-contract and consumer-protection claims.
DraftKings, in turn, argued that its house rules allowed it to void futures wagers placed after the final shot of what became the tournament’s last round. The case moved from Iowa state court to federal court in May 2025.
On July 9, 2026, the federal court entered judgment for DraftKings and Crown IA Gaming, ending Bavas’s claims at the federal district-court level. DraftKings then filed its bill of costs on July 23, seeking roughly $23,500.
For players, the case is a reminder that disputes over voided wagers can turn on an operator’s published house rules and on how courts interpret them when an event does not finish as originally scheduled. In this case, the court judgment went to DraftKings, and the company is now trying to recover part of its litigation expenses.
What happens next is not clear from the source report. It does not say whether Bavas will oppose the cost request or appeal the underlying judgment.
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Source: As reported by Brian Pempus.
