onetoomany: Park Place Appealing $8 milion Judgment

[onetoomany]

Anyone been following this case??
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Park Place appealing $8 million judgment won by high-roller
By Liz Benston

LAS VEGAS SUN

In the casino business, they say, the house always wins -- a truism that has prompted numerous gamblers to try their skill at counting cards or by outright stealing.

A federal jury verdict last month, however, marked a surprising turnaround for a casino giant used to pouncing on potential cheats.

Last month, a U.S District Court jury in Las Vegas sided with high-rolling gambler Steven Mattes in a fraud suit against Park Place Entertainment Corp., awarding Mattes close to $8 million in damages on all seven charges leveled against the company, including $1.5 million in punitive damages.

Read rest of the story:
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/st...514343472.html

(may have to cut & paste if link is too long)

[pat]

> Anyone been following this case??
>
> -----------------------------------------------

> Park Place appealing $8 million judgment won
> by high-roller
> By Liz Benston
> LAS VEGAS SUN

> In the casino business, they say, the house
> always wins -- a truism that has prompted
> numerous gamblers to try their skill at
> counting cards or by outright stealing.

> A federal jury verdict last month, however,
> marked a surprising turnaround for a casino
> giant used to pouncing on potential cheats.

> Last month, a U.S District Court jury in Las
> Vegas sided with high-rolling gambler Steven
> Mattes in a fraud suit against Park Place
> Entertainment Corp., awarding Mattes close
> to $8 million in damages on all seven
> charges leveled against the company,
> including $1.5 million in punitive damages.

> Read rest of the story:
>
> http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/st...514343472.html

> (may have to cut & paste if link is too
> long)

[Buick Riviera]

Click on this link:

Park Place Gets Whacked for $8 Mil

[onetoomany]

[arjay]

Thanks for the link to this well-written story.

arjay

[arjay]

Thanks to you and Buick Riviera for the info on this great article. Shows the astonishing dishonesty of big casino management in their attempts to screw the customer.

[Don Schlesinger]

> Thanks to you and Buick Riviera for the info
> on this great article. Shows the astonishing
> dishonesty of big casino management in their
> attempts to screw the customer.

And this comes as a surprise?! :-)

Don

[arjay]

Not the basic idea, but the magnitude of this scam does surprise me- guess I'm naive!

arjay