Moral obligation differs from legal obligation A judge has thrown out a New York man’s lawsuit against the Borgata and its parent company, MGM Resorts International, saying that Atlantic City casinos – and their online gambling sites – do not have to stop people from gambling, even if they are displaying compulsive behavior. In her… Read more »
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High Roller Sues MGM for Allegedly Drugging Him While Played Blackjack
Long-time VIP A high roller is suing MGM Resorts International, claiming he was drugged while playing at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas in December 2020. A real estate executive and former sports agent from Brea, California, Dwight Manley believes someone put ketamine in his drink while he was gambling in the casino’s private high… Read more »
MGM, Caesars Hit With Five Class Action Lawsuits Over Cyberattacks
Plaintiffs allege lax cybersecurity As MGM Resorts International slowly gets back to normal after the cyberattack that crippled the company from the corporate offices through its casinos, it now faces another challenge: a slew of lawsuits. Last week, three law firms filed a total of five class action lawsuits against both MGM and Caesars, claiming… Read more »
Mothers Sue Roblox, Accuse Company of Facilitating Underage Gambling
Two mothers have filed a lawsuit against the popular video game platform Roblox, accusing it of facilitating gambling among minors. In the suit, filed in US District Court for the Northern District of California, Rachel Colvin and Danielle Sass said their children gambled away Roblox in-game currency on third-party websites. They claim that Roblox is… Read more »
DraftKings Fires Back at Plaintiff in Class Action Lawsuit Over Cancelled Bengals/Bills Game
Unexpected cancellation required decisions to be made No person or company is ever happy when they are the target of a lawsuit, but DraftKings is really mad about a class action lawsuit filed by one of its customers in January. In a memorandum filed in US District Court in Massachusetts, DraftKings’ lawyers called for the… Read more »
Basketball Fan Sues Wizards’ Bradley Beal Over March Post-game Confrontation
Much ado about nothing In what is clearly money-grab situation, a man in Florida is suing Washington Wizards star Bradley Beal in response to a confrontation after a March 21 game in Orlando. Kyler Briffa is seeking damages in excess of $50,000, alleging Beal committed battery and assault. The Wizards, who were trying to climb… Read more »
London Casino Sues Customer for Refusing to Pay $730,000 Debt, Gambler Claims Casino Got Him “Blackout Drunk”
Anyone who has been to a casino knows they have little tricks designed to get you to stay there as long as possible and to gamble as much as possible. One of the obvious ones is giving you free drinks while you gamble (be sure to tip!). And now the Crown London Aspinalls casino is… Read more »
Caesars Facing Lawsuit in New York for “Risk-Free” Language in Sports Betting Ads
Plaintiff says ads were deceptive As the number of states in which sports betting is legal approaches 40, the hottest topic in the industry right now is arguably the ethics surrounding advertising and promotions. And now Caesars is in the spotlight, sued by a customer who claims the company’s sports betting ads were deceptive. Filed… Read more »
Magic City Casino Customer Suing for Exact Change
Magic City Casino in Miami is the subject of an odd and perhaps petty lawsuit filed by one of its patrons. Nicolas Manzini of Florida filed the lawsuit in 11th Circuit Court against West Flagler Associates, Magic City’s owner, saying the company is essentially stealing money from customers by “manipulating the cash-out system” and not… Read more »
Jury Awards $1.7 Million to Man Beaten by Another Patron at Iowa Casino
Not how I would have handled things Last night during trick-or-treating, I let kids select two pieces of candy from a big bowl. In one group, a girl picked her candy and, as she watched her friends/siblings take theirs, she said to me, “I’m going to take three,” and she did just that. I did… Read more »
New York Man Suing MGM, Claiming He Was Paid $30,000 a Month to Not Report Frequent Disconnections
What would you do if the online game – gambling or otherwise – disconnected you so frequently that it was essentially unplayable? For Sam Antar of New York City, the answer is to just keep on playing. According to Antar, though, MGM Resorts International, its Borgata casino resort, international partner Entain, and online gambling brand… Read more »
New Jersey Man Sues FanDuel Sportsbook for Not Letting Him Cash Out His Deposit
Must wager it all first A New Jersey man is suing FanDuel Sportsbook in a case that could have implications in the poker world. Paul Manganaro, like many people around the United States and the world, deposited money into his sports betting account – FanDuel, in this case, if that was not apparent – to… Read more »
Casino Workers Group Sues Station Casinos for Violating Nevada’s Right to Return Law
A group of 76 hospitality workers filed a lawsuit against Station Casinos Tuesday, accusing the casino company of violating Nevada’s Right to Return law. The law, signed by Governor Steve Sisolak in June 2021, requires employers (with some exceptions, particularly small businesses) to offer workers laid off during the pandemic their previous jobs back or… Read more »
Scientific Games Hit With Antitrust Lawsuit by Two Casinos
Lawsuit alleges monopoly created by cheating If you have visited a casino or watched poker on television, you have almost assuredly seen an automatic shuffler built into the gaming tables. They are wonders of technology: when the hand is over, the dealer just grabs a new, shuffled deck from the device’s cute, little elevator and… Read more »
84-Year-Old Woman Sues Wind Creek Bethlehem After Casino Offers Free Dinner as Apology for 2019 Attack
Forced into car, assaulted, and robbed The octogenarian slot machine player is cliché, but you know what? We all just want to enjoy our lives, so just because something is cliché, it doesn’t mean it’s bad. You do you. In 2019, an elderly woman was having a good day, playing slots at Wind Creek Bethlehem… Read more »
Wealthy Gambler Sues London Casino After Betting £27 Million on Roulette
Customer says he was promised cash-back If I won £1.5 million, I’d be over the moon. But if I thought I should have had another quarter million, well, there is a chance I’d feel a bit perturbed. Such is the case with Croatian businessman Juste Puharic, who wagered £27,057,621 at The Park Lane Club in… Read more »
Judge Dismisses Sahara’s Lawsuit Against Vital Vegas Blogger
In August, the Sahara Las Vegas filed a defamation lawsuit against a popular local blogger. On Tuesday, Judge Trevor Atkin dismissed suit, granting Scott Roeben’s special motion to dismiss, citing Nevada’s anti-SLAPP laws. Roeben, founder of VitalVegas.com, a resource I myself have used several times for articles on this site, tweeted that he was “elated,… Read more »
Poker Players Settle With Stones Gambling Hall Over Postle Cheating Allegations
No proof of cheating More than 60 of the 88 plaintiffs who sued Stones Gambling Hall, Justin Kuraitis, and Mike Postle over an alleged cheating scheme have entered into an “amicable settlement” with the casino. The financial terms were not disclosed, but a Stones source told The Sacramento Bee that the amount paid to each… Read more »
Sahara Sues Vital Vegas Blog for Posting Rumor of Casino’s Future Closure
We have used the Las Vegas insider/lifestyle blog Vital Vegas as a reference on several occasions. Sometimes we have used rumors the site discussed as the basis of the story. And you know what? Even when Vital Vegas posts a story as a rumor, the site is usually (or “often,” if we don’t want to… Read more »
Culinary Union Files Lawsuit Against Las Vegas Casinos for Unsafe Conditions
Casinos allegedly skirting pandemic regulations As COVID-19 cases rise dramatically across the United States, taking proper care to be clean and safe is of the utmost importance. The Culinary Local 226 union in Las Vegas does not believe some casino properties are being responsible in the face of the health crisis and have sued several… Read more »
New York Man Sues Resorts World Casino Over Accusation That He Damaged Slot Machine
In the Final Fight and Street Fighter II video games, there is a bonus stage during which you beat up a car. I would imagine this would be great fun in real life, even more so if you inexplicably turned into a panther afterward like at the end of Michael Jackson’s “Black or White” video.… Read more »
French Court Rules Poker is Game of Chance, Denies Rick Salomon $2.8 Million Lawsuit
A French court ruled against professional poker player Rick Salomon, who sued wealthy Saudi Arabian Raad al-Khereiji for $2.8 million in unpaid poker debt. The poker game in question took place at the Tiara Miramar Beach hotel in Théoule-sur-Mer, France in 2014. Gambling law goes back to start of Napoleon’s reign The court made its… Read more »
DOJ to Appeal Wire Act Lawsuit Defeat
We all hoped they would just go away. Just stop. But we knew they would be back. On Friday, the Department of Justice filed a Notice of Appeal of the US District Court for the District of New Hampshire’s Wire Act ruling from June. In that ruling, US District Judge Paul J. Barbadoro said that… Read more »
Poker Pro Gavin Griffin Rebukes Backers in Nick Marchington Staking Saga
In an op-ed posted on CardPlayer.com, professional poker player Gavin Griffin says that the backers that are suing Nick Marchington for ten percent of his World Series of Poker Main Event winnings are flat-out trying to steal his money. He makes no bones about this and while he doesn’t think Marchington is squeaky clean in… Read more »
Maurice Hawkins, Former Backer “Amicably” Resolve Payment Dispute
After Twitter Rant, Garcia Says Conflict Has Ended More than a week after an ongoing dispute between poker pro Maurice Hawkins and his former backer, Randy Garcia, was made public, Garcia has announced that the two have arrived at an “amicable” resolution and Hawkins will pay the money he owes. Garcia took to Twitter on… Read more »