A gambler has sued a casino because he lost a lot of money while he was drunk. The California man lost $500,000 in Las Vegas over Super Bowl weekend and now he's suing because he said he was blackout drunk.
According to News3, retiree Mark Johnston is suing the new Downtown Grand casino for loaning him the money and letting him play with it while he was drunk. While that may be sound ridiculous, Johnston may have a case due to the law. According to Nevada law, casinos are not allowed to let visibly drunk guests to gamble or receive comped drinks.
"I feel like they picked my pockets," Johnston told MyNews3. "I feel like they took a drunk guy...like a drunk guy walking down the street, and you reach in his pockets and grab all his money."
Johnston says that he drank at the airport and while on the way to the hotel. He says he had dinner with his friends at a restaurant and blacked out after.
"After that, I don't remember anything," he said. He wound up taking out a $500,000 loan with the hotel and proceeded to lose it all while gambling.
"You certainly aren't to issue half a million dollars in markers to someone who's intoxicated," Johnston's attorney Sean Lyttle said.
Now the state Gambling Control Board is investigating.
The hotel is fighting back. They wouldn't comment on the case but the Downtown Grand is countersuing Johnston for trying to avoid paying his gambling debts.
Johnston says it all comes down to who is responsible and he blames the casino causing him to lose so much money.
"They should have cut me off," he said. "The bottom line is the casinos are supposed to not gamble to you and not overserve you in alcohol. That's gaming regulation."
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