HOW ARE UNPAID CASINO MARKERS OUTSIDE OF NEVADA COLLECTED?
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A Judgment Obtained by a Casino can be 3 Times the Amount Owed
When casinos began multiplying outside of Las Vegas, first on the East Coast and later in the heartland, they adopted many of Nevada’s business practices developed over the decades of legalized gambling in Las Vegas and Reno. One of those practices is the use of the casino marker to facilitate larger amounts of play from those who the casinos considered a good risk.
The difference between Nevada and other states was, and still is, that Nevada’s economy is mostly based upon tourism tied to gaming, and in other states, casino gambling is a small part of the economy which does not carry the same political or economic clout. As a consequence, gaming laws outside the State of Nevada have characteristics similar to regular business rules rather than the special consideration they get in Nevada. On other words, Nevada laws are highly favorable towards casinos where laws in other states do not give casinos any great advantages over any other types of businesses.
The practical outcome of this difference between Nevada and other states is that casinos do not have as great an advantage with respect to casino marker collections over players as they do in Nevada, where casinos are king.
In other states, casinos cannot use the criminal law to enforce markers, they must do what any other creditor must do to collect, file a lawsuit. Although a casino marker lawsuit is not as life altering as a Nevada criminal prosecution, it’s no cakewalk either.
One of the little known aspects of civil lawsuits used by casinos is the concept of “treble damages.” This means that a casino can sue a player for three times the amount owed to that casino, plus attorneys fees and costs. Treble damages is born out of the area of law dealing with fraud. The casinos attorneys will file a complaint that states the marker in question was obtained through fraud. In essence, that the player misrepresented his financial position to the casino to obtain a marker which he eventually did not have the financial ability to pay. Treble damages are not automatically granted by the court to a casino, but must be argued and the fraud shown to exist before these types of damages can be obtained. Obviously, this will require serious legal representation of a player and the costs in attorneys fees could be staggering.
Hire a Casino Marker Lawyer to Avoid this Situation
If you owe on an overdue casino marker outside of Nevada, contact a casino marker lawyer to handle the negotiations with the casino or the casino’s law firm to try to avoid the filing of a lawsuit. If the casino has already filed a lawsuit file, a casino marker lawyer can help negotiate a player out of the lawsuit. Remember, if a judgement is obtained, that judgement will usually be for three times what was owed on the marker as well as attorney’s fees, costs, and all kinds of expenses.
One final aspect of the fraud allegation which casinos will make is regarding the issue of bankruptcy. Many lawyers who are not experienced in casino marker law will tell a player to avoid the debt by filing for bankruptcy. A lot of people make that mistake and here’s the problem with using bankruptcy law to try beating a casino marker debt. One of the aspects of bankruptcy law is that if the federal bankruptcy court can be convinced that a certain debt was obtained through fraud, the same fraud casinos are alleging to get damages in their lawsuit, the marker debt cannot be discharged in bankruptcy. This involves a whole different set of litigation in federal court and it’s a tough situation.
If you owe a marker to casino anywhere outside of Nevada, it’s a good idea to get on it, don’t let it sit around. Talk to a casino marker lawyer because, although it may seem hopeless, there is a way out.
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WHY CHOOSE GABRIEL L GRASSO TO DEFEND YOU AND NEGOTIATE YOUR UNPAID CASINO MARKER DEBT?
Gabriel Grasso is a 1988 Magna Cum Laude graduate of the University of Miami Law School. After a short stint in civil corporate defense for a New York based nationally recognized law firm, Mr. Grasso became an Assistant Public Defender where he tried over 100 felony Jury trials to verdict, with an 85% acquittal rate.
He started his private criminal defense practice in 1995 and continued to try cases and successfully defend his clients before state and federal Juries all over the country. During his 30+ year career as a criminal defense trial lawyer, Gabriel Grasso has helped thousands of clients with top notch representation and legal advice born out of decades of study and experience as one of the most successful trial lawyers in America.
From his earliest days as a practicing criminal defense lawyer, Gabriel Grasso began handling casino marker cases. As an attorney based in South Florida, the casino marker cases were few and far between, but after moving his criminal defense practice to Las Vegas, Nevada, cases where clients were being criminally prosecuted for overdue markers became a large part of his everyday practice.
Today, Gabriel Grasso is recognized around the country, and held in high regard by numerous casinos and casino law firms, as one of the most experienced and capable casino marker lawyers available. You can have Mr. Grasso’s wealth of experience turn the tide in your casino marker case and take the pressure off. Make the call!
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