----- Helmut <hewolf@cox.net> wrote:
> The Sun Coast was and is very lucky they were not sued by those people and as far as the NGCB is concerned, I am sure they would not have allowed this behavior if they would have known about it.
>
In November 2009, I was playing at the Suncoast to maintain my mailer. I was approached by a supervisor and security and was told that I was not allowed to play video poker there, any more. I left the casino without cashing the cash out ticket. It didn't occur to me until I was outside that I might as well cash the ticket, since I wouldn't be playing there again. So I walked back in and, in full view of a security guard whose obvious task it was to watch me, cashed out the ticket. He was so close to me that I even sarcastically asked him if it was okay if I "played" the cash out machine. In January 2010, I was there and asked for a room comp. That I was still getting invitations from them was one reason I felt free to do this in spite of what I had been told in November and I had been there several times in the meantime, so I was totally surprised by what then happened. Security surrounded me. I was asked if I had been 86ed. I said I hadn't been. This conversation was repeated a few times. I finally volunteered the information that in November, I had been told not to play video poker machines. He responded "so you HAVE been 86ed!" Explaining the difference was to no avail. They turned me around, put me in handcuffs, and said I was under arrest for trespassing. After being dragged through the casino, I spent 3.5 hours handcuffed in their security office and 12 hours in jail. I am suing them.
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