The Jaguars will get some money back after they had millions stolen by a former employee for gambling purposes.

FanDuel Sportsbook will pay the team approximately $5 million for the $22 million that Amit Patel, who worked in Jacksonville’s finance department, stole through a virtual credit card program between 2019 and 2023, according to ESPN .

Patel transferred $20 million of that stolen money to FanDuel and another $1 million to DraftKings for sports betting and daily fantasy. 3

According to his attorney, Alex King, Patel lost “approximately 99 percent” of the stolen money through gambling.

He was described by a fellow daily fantasy player as “the biggest loser ever on FanDuel” and “legendarily bad” at sports betting in a report from ESPN in December 2023 .

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