Gambler sues casino, says he lost $500,000 playing drunk

CBS News ^ | 03/07/2014

[Rodamala]

I didn’t think that hooker would give me the clap.

Hey, serves you right... but really... I mean you didn't have to go and marry the b!tch on top of it. Demon liquor! Sheesh!

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[JimRed]

Tough luck, Mr. Johnston. Big money players always get free drinks. You don’t think that is just a “thanks”, do you?

[Riley]

“I mean, what do you think we’re doing out here in the middle of the desert? It’s all this money. This is the end result of all the bright lights and the comped trips, of all the champagne and free hotel suites, and all the broads and all the booze. It’s all been arranged just for us to get your money. That’s the truth about Las Vegas. We’re the only winners. The Players don’t stand a chance.”

Sure we do. Recognizing the above, I go in, stuff myself for next to nothing at the buffet, soak up free booze while nursing five bucks worth of nickels playing video poker, then walk out again.

[grania]

if I were a judge I'd look at him and say NEXT CASE

So would I. Except for the part of having him sign off on loans when he's knocked-out drunk.

[Kenton]

Using his logic, if he’d won instead of losing, could the casino sue him for what he won because he was drunk?

[flying Elvis]

I don’t know.....there does seem to be a bit of inconsistency in the legal system as far as consent and intoxication.

[Kozak]

So if he won he would of course have returned the money.

[Tenacious 1]

Sure we do. Recognizing the above, I go in, stuff myself for next to nothing at the buffet, soak up free booze while nursing five bucks worth of nickels playing video poker, then walk out again.

I learned a similar trick when forcibly dragged into a Vegas Casino that only does slots (and video poker). I sat at a bar for more than 90 minutes playing video poker after putting a $50 bill in the machine. When it was time to go, I realized several things:

1) I was up $12 2) I had imbibed A LOT of top shelf libations for free while sitting there. 3) Upon getting up to leave with my loving wife, I learned that I was unusually inebriated.

I gave the bartender the $12 dollars as a tip. I am sure that bar tab was over $100 (retail).

[Kozak]

The “nest egg “.

[RichInOC]

“...and it was at that point that I realized my life had become completely unmanageable.”

Really, if you’re capable of getting blackout drunk and dropping half a million dollars over a weekend, you’ve got bigger problems than losing the half mill.

[Kozak]

When I was in the USAF one of the enlisted guys in my squadron hit a BIG jackpot on the slots. When they took him in to pay, he had to show ID for tax purposes etc. Too bad he was under 21. All he got was escorted out the door.....

[Dusty Road]

Played a 5-10 no-limit at the Inn of the Mountain Gods in Ruidoso NM, 5 called the big blind and I had QJ suited. The flop came QJJ with the QJ suited, at the river there was three of us and one was all in with 3400 dollars in the pot. I had a boat, one had a a high straigh and the other a flush. I took down the pot and the other player congratulated me, the all in player approached at the bar and complained that was all the money he had. I told him he should have never sat at the table, then gave him a black chip and walked away. Some people don’t know when to quit.

[mowowie]

“Sure we do. Recognizing the above, I go in, stuff myself for next to nothing at the buffet, soak up free booze while nursing five bucks worth of nickels playing video poker, then walk out again.”

That pretty much describes how I plan out my Vegas trips as well.
I was very upset the year I discovered that they removed the video poker machines from the outdoor carnival court bar at Harrahs and I had to start paying 5+ dollars per beer instead of free like before.
Now I see that they tore down O’Sheas! One of my favorite people watching, watch the game, video poker free beer bars.
Ugh!!