Posted on 08/21/2012 8:05:12 PM PDT by Justaham
A New Jersey casino has sued a group of gamblers who won $1.5 million after they allegedly realized the eight decks of cards used in a game of mini baccarat were not preshuffled.
The Golden Nugget in Atlantic City, N.J., filed suit against the gamblers and playing card company Gemaco after 14 players collectively won $1,536,700 in 41 winning hands.
As the same sequence of cards kept appearing April 30, the players increased their bets from $10 to $5,000, the casino alleged.
"The gamblers unlawfully took advantage of the Golden Nugget when they caught onto the pattern and ... by passing money to fellow gamblers in order to place bets in excess of posted betting limits," the casino said in a statement.
In a lawsuit filed in New Jersey Superior Court, the casino cited gambling regulations that state gaming odds must be fair for both sides.
The Golden Nugget is seeking a return of the $558,900 it paid out to several of the players and the nearly $1 million worth of chips.
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Case dismissed. Shuffle next time, casino.
I’d say “tough luck” to the casino. They won 41 hands and no one at the casino noticed? Not buying it.
The people running this casino are idiots as they missed out on a good PR opportunity. People would have flocked to their casino hoping for similar luck and the casino would have quickly made up their losses and then some with all the extra business. Instead, nobody is going to want to play there because they will be afraid of being sued if they win.
Bwahahahahaaaaa....that is too funny.
In this case, the casinos are going to argue that the gamblers recognized that there was a pattern of cards being dealt and SHOULD HAVE notified the casino.
Given the history of these court cases, I have a feeling that the casino may very well win.
Don't get me wrong, I think that the casinos should be FORCED to pay out the winnings in all cases, as long as no cheating by the gambler is proven, including in the cases of "software errors."
Mark
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