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Two poker players from Los Angeles have failed in their attempt to sue 5 local casinos after they claimed the casino’s bad beat jackpot games weren’t being offered as no-purchase-necessary, something which state law requires them to do.
Casinos in the Los Angeles area typically take a $1 fee from each pot in order to compensate the bad beat jackpot, which pays out a prize amount if any players have four of a kind beaten by a royal flush in a hand of Hold’em.
Dennis Chae and Jeff Kim filed the lawsuits against the Bicycle Casino, the Commerce, the Hustler Casino, Hollywood Park Casino and the Hawaiian Gardens. The players insisted that the casinos were falsely advertising their bad beat jackpots because only players willing to play on the tables with the additional $1 fee per pot were eligible to win.
This argument was quickly thrown out of court by Judge Emile H. Elias who ruled the state law prohibited the two players from trying to recover and gambling losses in court. During his summary he stated: "Plaintiffs chose to play the games despite the knowledge that they would be charged.” Andy Schneiderman, the general counsel for the Commerce Casino, was pleased with the verdict and commented after the hearing that the casino, “had every confidence the case would be dismissed because all of the games we offer are approved by the state, including jackpot games.”
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Casinos in the Los Angeles area typically take a $1 fee from each pot in order to compensate the bad beat jackpot, which pays out a prize amount if any players have four of a kind beaten by a royal flush in a hand of Hold’em.
Dennis Chae and Jeff Kim filed the lawsuits against the Bicycle Casino, the Commerce, the Hustler Casino, Hollywood Park Casino and the Hawaiian Gardens. The players insisted that the casinos were falsely advertising their bad beat jackpots because only players willing to play on the tables with the additional $1 fee per pot were eligible to win.
This argument was quickly thrown out of court by Judge Emile H. Elias who ruled the state law prohibited the two players from trying to recover and gambling losses in court. During his summary he stated: "Plaintiffs chose to play the games despite the knowledge that they would be charged.” Andy Schneiderman, the general counsel for the Commerce Casino, was pleased with the verdict and commented after the hearing that the casino, “had every confidence the case would be dismissed because all of the games we offer are approved by the state, including jackpot games.”
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although I ve never been there