September 14, 2006

Sometimes You Wonder, Is it Worth It?

It looks as tho Bally's has gone a bit too far in trying to prosecute some guy who they thought had cheated the casino out of sixty-five cents. The "former gambler" was found innocent, and now hes countersuiing to the tune of $5.1 million . We konw why hes a "former gambler", because hes already gambling in the courts!

The case of the 65-cent slot cheat has turned into a megabucks lawsuit.
Seven weeks after he was found not guilty of cheating at slots, a former gambler has amended his civil suit against Bally's Atlantic City to add a charge of malicious prosecution and raise the damages he is seeking from $500,000 to $5.1 million.

Calvin Maultsby, 61, has been waging a legal battle against Bally's ever since he was arrested at the former Claridge Casino Hotel on Sept. 22, 2003, for allegedly cheating a 5-cent slot machine out of $9.75.

Nearly three years after the arrest, the case finally went to trial in Atlantic City Municipal Court. A judge found Maultsby not guilty on July 26 of charges he had manipulated the slot machine by “fast feeding” coins into it to make it pay out a bigger jackpot.

With an air of sarcasm, Maultsby began referring to himself as the “65-cent slot cheat” because 13 nickels were confiscated from him by State Police and given to the casino during his arrest. The 65 cents represented the overpayment when the slot machine was cashed out.

Article via Press of Atlantic City.