From The Philadelphia Inquirer March 9, 2008: A woman gambling in Atlantic City is suing the casinos because she said they should have recognized her gambling addiction and prevented her from losing close to $1 million by cutting her off. She said the casinos should have noticed her "abnormal" behavior. According to the article, she "would go days at the tables without food or sleep, cleaning her teeth with disposable wipes so she didn't have to leave the table and sometimes passing out."
Well, unless she is wearing a sign or t-shirt that says, "Help me! I am a compulsive gambler! Please cut me off!" or tells them specifically to cut her off at a certain amount, it is hard to tell that she needed help. How is a casino supposed to diagnose a medical condition? How are they supposed to know that she has not been eating or sleeping? That's tricky. Maybe she is just an insomniac trying to pass the time away. Who knows. And if they did cut her off they might be sued for discrimination. Casinos are only looking for people cheating them or people disturbing other people.
This situation would be similar to a shopaholic suing a discount store for not stopping her stopping or a foodaholic suing a fast-food place for not stopping his eating. This lady with this so-called gambling addiction could just have as well sued the other patrons of the casinos for not stopping her. I mean she wasn't alone in these casinos was she? The patrons were around her more (especially the regulars) than the staff was probably. Then again she would make more money suing the casinos. Being a lawyer should would know that.
Where were her family and friends at to help her if she has no self-control? Instead of spending court costs to sue the casinos she would be better off taking that money and going to Gamblers Anonymous for help. States that have lotteries better hope she loses the lawsuit otherwise they could be sued for selling lottery tickets to someone with a gambling addiction.
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