Kelly Sonnenberg v. Amaya Group Holdings (IOM) Ltd

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

The four plaintiffs have filed between them two diversity suits, governed by the substantive law of Illinois, against a variety of persons and companies that host Internet gambling websites. They contend that the' defendants owe them the money that two of the plaintiffs (Casey Sonnenberg and Daniel Fahrner) lost in gambling on the defendants’ websites. The district court granted the defendants’ motions to dismiss, precipitating these two appeals. Although both suits are in federal court under the Class Action Fairness Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1332(d)(2), the district judge had…