Hughes v. DraftKings
District Court, D. South Carolina —
District Court, D. South Carolina, No. 2:26-cv-03838. Status: MOTION to Remand to State Court (2026-10-15). James M. Hughes v. DraftKings Inc.; Gus III LLC (d/b/a DraftKings Predictions, f/k/a Gus III Inc.); Railbird Exchange, LLC (d/b/a DKEX); Blockratize, Inc.; QCL Quad Code USA Corp.; QCX LLC (d/b/a Polymarket US); QC Clearing LLC (d/b/a Polymarket Clearing); Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.; North American Derivatives Exchange, Inc. (d/b/a Crypto.com Derivatives North America); Bitnomial Clearinghouse, LLC; Wintermute Trading Ltd.; Jump Trading LLC; DRW Holdings LLC; IMC-Chicago, LLC; Galaxy Digital Trading, LLC; Virtu Financial Inc.; John Does 1–10.
- Court
- District Court, D. South Carolina
- Case number
- 2:26-cv-03838
- Jurisdiction
- South Carolina
- Judge
- Richard Mark Gergel
- Filed
- 2026-09-02
- Plaintiffs
- James M. Hughes
- Defendants
- DraftKings Inc.; Gus III LLC (d/b/a DraftKings Predictions, f/k/a Gus III Inc.); Railbird Exchange, LLC (d/b/a DKEX); Blockratize, Inc.; QCL Quad Code USA Corp.; QCX LLC (d/b/a Polymarket US); QC Clearing LLC (d/b/a Polymarket Clearing); Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc.; North American Derivatives Exchange, Inc. (d/b/a Crypto.com Derivatives North America); Bitnomial Clearinghouse, LLC; Wintermute Trading Ltd.; Jump Trading LLC; DRW Holdings LLC; IMC-Chicago, LLC; Galaxy Digital Trading, LLC; Virtu Financial Inc.; John Does 1–10