“A federal jury has ordered a casino to pay $875,000 to a woman who was banished after trying to play a nickel token she found at an unattended slot machine.” Estella Romanski, 74, of Troy, Mich., said she was held by security officers against her will at the MotorCity Casino in Detroit after she saw a nickel token laying in the tray of an unattended machine and played it. “[W]hat is called slot walking, the practice of picking up tokens from unattended slot machines … is discouraged or prohibited by many casinos, including those in Detroit, though a rule against it is generally not posted.” Romanski “said they also confiscated her $9 meal ticket as well as the nickel token and would not let her rejoin her group.” (AP/Casino City Times, Jul. 23; Las Vegas Sun)(& welcome MyShingle.com readers). Update Feb. 28, 2007: Supreme Court denies casino’s certiorari petition.
“Casino Ordered to Pay Banned Slot Player $875,000”
“A federal jury has ordered a casino to pay $875,000 to a woman who was banished after trying to play a nickel token she found at an unattended slot machine.” Estella Romanski, 74, of Troy, Mich., said she was held by security officers against her will at the MotorCity Casino in Detroit after she saw […]
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