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    Default Gambler Gramma Lost $700,000! Casino to Blame for her Addiction!

    A South Carolina woman suing to recoup the fortune she lost gambling on video poker in a state where it is illegal will take her case to the state Supreme Court on Tuesday.
    Lauren Proctor says lost $700,000 at two restaurants in Columbia, South Carolina, according to court documents. At the time, she was addicted to gambling, she said.

    She sued to get her money back under the South Carolina Unfair Trade Practices Act. Courts previously have found that habitual gamblers act on "uncontrollable impulses" and deserve protection from themselves, her lawyers argued in a legal brief.

    Her right to sue was upheld by a state appellate court. However, the two establishments where she gambled, Rockaway Athletic Club and Pizza Man, have appealed to the high court.
    The issue before the court is whether a gambler can sue for recouped losses on a game that is illegal in the state, said James M. Griffin, a lawyer for the restaurant owners.
    "It's uncharted territory," he said in a telephone interview. "Where do you draw the line? We'll have cockfighters suing each other; people suing over dog fighting."
    South Carolina had banned video gambling in 2000, after the state high court ruled that it was illegal. The once multibillion-dollar industry continued illegally in the state despite police efforts to stamp it out.

    Proctor lost between $1,000 and $5,000 each week between 1999 and 2005, according to court records. To pay her gambling debts, she began to embezzle money from her employer, TransUnion National Title Insurance Co.
    In 2007, she pleaded guilty to fraud and agreed to pay back $700,000 in money she stole, according to federal court records.
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    Default Re: Gambler Gramma Lost $700,000! Casino to Blame for her Addiction!

    Oh for Pete's sake.
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    Default Re: Gambler Gramma Lost $700,000! Casino to Blame for her Addiction!

    Bars in many states are culpable if a driver gets drunk in their bar. This is similar; for high stakes gambling, there needs to be some vetting of the gambler to determine the hard limits on losses/indebtedness. But those crooked casinos will never stand for that.
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    Default Re: Gambler Gramma Lost $700,000! Casino to Blame for her Addiction!

    Well this is insane.

    I was going to say the lady is dumb for not getting help sooner with her gambling addiction and she pleaded guilty in 2007 so she needs to accept responsibility for her actions and suffer the consequences but she may have a case since the places she gambles at were operating illegally.
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    Default Re: Gambler Gramma Lost $700,000! Casino to Blame for her Addiction!

    Quote Originally Posted by miss.a.p1600 View Post
    Well this is insane.

    I was going to say the lady is dumb for not getting help sooner with her gambling addiction and she pleaded guilty in 2007 so she needs to accept responsibility for her actions and suffer the consequences but she may have a case since the places she gambles at were operating illegally.
    That doesn't change her choice to play over a period of time, knowing they were illegal, She didn't care the first day or the ext. All she cared about was trying to win. Do you think she would have refused her winnings from the illegal slot machines had she won? Doubt it. She was an opportunist. Just like a guy coming into a restaurant and eating the meal, then walking out, the onus is on him to pay for his meal. Whenever the legal status of the business is between the state and the business. She can't weasel out of her very sober multiple day gambling spree based on a violation against a government entity. She owes those people and if the state wants to sue for what she pays them, that's within their rights.
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    Default Re: Gambler Gramma Lost $700,000! Casino to Blame for her Addiction!

    Wow, that's a lot of money :o

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