William Bennett considering lawsuits against casinos

The Las Vegas Review-Journal ^ | Tuesday, July 29, 2003 | ROD SMITH

[bmwcyle]

As the ad does not say, "What happens here does not stay here."

[lelio]

Industry insiders have said details in The Washington Monthly article suggest the data about Bennett's gambling habits might actually have come from documents produced by Central Credit, a subsidiary of First Data Corp. of Greenwood Village, Colo.

Interesting

[dfwgator]

Hey Bill, how bout taking a little personal responsibility, eh? What a hypocrite.

[Richard Kimball]

Las Vegas professor and casino gambling expert Bill Thompson said Bennett's privacy rights "were violated. I think he has a beef, but I don't know if he has a legal argument."

Well, it may be a crapshoot, but I think he should go ahead and roll the dice and see what happens.

[dfwgator]

Hey Bill, how bout taking a little personal responsibility, eh? What a hypocrite.

[Austin Willard Wright]

Very smart Bill. Keep this issue alive.

[Mr. K]

hell yes!!!!!!!!!!!!

good way to get back his $8 mil too

[habs4ever]

Is this how he intends to recoup his gambling and speaking fees' losses?

[bmwcyle]

He needs could hurt them more by stop playing.

[krb]

Morals czar William Bennett is considering filing lawsuits against Las Vegas casino companies that may have leaked documents detailing his gambling habits.

Phew!...when I read the title I assumed Bennett was going to sue Vegas for his gambling problem!

[leadpenny]

Hey Bill, write another book that tells the rest of us how to live our lives. Your 15 minutes is up.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

I think he did take personal responsibility for his gambling habit, didn't he? This is a different issue, it seems to me.

[dennisw]

I would do the same ... and if sucessful donate the $$$ to charities. Perhaps gamblers anonymous.

[lelio]

The "What happens here" ad campaign is part of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority's latest marketing campaign to boost tourism to the city.

If Bill wants some more money he should just keep on talking about how his info was leaked. All the casinos will eventually pay him millions to just shutup.

[Bluntpoint]

If he wins the suit he is going to demand to be "compted" for an entire week at a casino of his choice.

[StolarStorm]

He may be a hypocrite but think about the reason for all of this. Some swarmy democrat scumbag wanted to stick it to a conservative. I'd love to see the worm rooted out.

[andy58-in-nh]

I'll bet you 3 to 1 he loses.

[OldFriend]

IMO, he has NO moral argument. Blaming the casino?????

He'd have a case if the whole story was a lie but he had admitted he was there gambling huge sums of money.

I have no problem with him gambling with his own money. He earned it. I have a big probem with him objecting to that fact being made public.

[Bluntpoint]

I'd love to see the worm rooted out.

Next month he will be suing a Reno brothel.