A father behind on child support had $1,500 seized from his FanDuel account after the child's mother tipped off the agency. The child-support office took a cut of the garnished winnings, raising questions about how enforcement actually works when it targets gambling accounts instead of traditional bank accounts.
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Fanduel got called out on Twitter for deducting their clients' money, their winnings, because this is a gambling site, right? And so sports betting. So apparently a father that was in child support arrears, the child support agency found out where he gambled at. I think it was a baby mama, no joke, because how would they know he was gambling? She went down there and told the folks. And you know, the child support office get paid too. They got to get their cut too. Now, so he goes to look at his account. They done took his $1,500 out of his account. They said he was months behind. And I said, now how much is he really paying? $200? You couldn't make that? But you could bet on sports and win. So instead of him having a bank account that they can, you know, garnish, they went and found the gambling account. All right, Bruno Mars. Yes, sir.