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Does an online casino make it harder or easier for someone to stop gambling?
That question sits at the center of Sam A. Antar’s lawsuit against BetMGM. Antar is an admitted compulsive gambler who’s served time in prison for ripping off clients and is the nephew of one of the New York metro area’s most notorious white-collar criminals.
He says BetMGM iCasino’s VIP hosts continued to ply him with enticements to gamble even after he lost millions of dollars playing various games online. But BetMGM claims Antar could have stopped at any time and that its New Jersey hosts were well within their rights in trying to keep him engaged.
In its final filing before the civil suit is either dismissed, sent to arbitration, or allowed to proceed in open court, BetMGM’s attorneys argue that case law is on their side. Among numerous cases cited in their briefs is that of Arelia Taveras, a formerly wealthy lawyer who unsuccessfully sued several casinos — including the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and Atlantic City’s Trump Taj Mahal — in 2007 for letting her gamble away her fortune.
Taveras claimed that in the midst of multi-day gambling benders, she was permitted to resume playing even after passing out at the table for several hours. She was eventually incarcerated for stealing money from her clients, just like Antar.
The casinos argued that it was Taveras’ responsibility to police her own behavior. Ultimately, a judge agreed.
But Antar’s attorney, Matthew Litt, thinks her case and others are dated.
“We’re in a completely different world now,” Litt told US Bets. “When Taveras was decided, we were talking about brick-and-mortar casinos. It was before everybody was literally walking around with a casino in their pocket.
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