Gambler sues, claims he was blackout-drunk when he lost $500,000

oh boo hoo. What would he be saying now if he had happened to win the 500 grand rather than loose it? I'm thinking no one would hear a peep except for the sound of his chips being cashed in.

An illegal contract is not enforceable. The easiest example is a contract to murder someone. After you do the murder, you can't sue to collect the debt.

A less obvious example is when a city has banned the sale of alcohol on Sundays. If the person asks for alcohol on Sunday and you deliver that same Sunday, and the buyer refuses to pay the bill, you can't sue to enforce the debt. The same would apply in this case. If it was illegal for the casino to lend the money for gambling purposes, they cannot sue to collect.

It is a felony in Nevada to not pay a Casino Marker. In this guy's case it doesn't apply since they took the 500K right out of his bank...but if he hadn't paid, I believe he would have been charged with a Felony..drunk or not. Just like if I go around town writing bad checks while drunk I probably wouldn't be able to use the "I was Drunk" defense.

I'd take the felony and keep the $500K. But it's a false choice, because it's probably not a felony if the marker was obtained illegally. I.e. if the casino was violating some law when he issued the marker, e.g. fraud, false pretenses, kidnapping, etc. A knowingly false filing with the gaming commission would probably be sufficient.

I doubt their rush to collect the markers will work in their favor.

That sports book shouldn't have allowed me to bet on the Broncos. I was probably in excess of .08 on the breathalyzer and would have taken Seattle if I was sober.

I hope the casino goes all out in this case. Just looking at the guy, he has "jerk" written all over him.

I'm not so sure the Casino was violating some law when they issued the Marker to a drunk person....but I can guarantee that if he hadn't paid it, he'd be facing Felony charges.

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Sounds like chili. Same irrlevant type responses as chili. Lost twin or is it Chili?

Do you know that irrelevant and irreverent are two different words? You can read about that, if you look past the book's cover.

I am guessing you are right about that. But if a bartender served someone alcohol to the point of incapacitation, and then entered into a contract with that person, I'm guessing the bartender is screwed.