$12.8M Megabucks won @ Aria is in dispute

[Vegas Vic]

So, how do you all think this will play out?

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[Alan Mendelson]

Good question. I think we have all been in a position when either someone has given us a few dollars to bet for them in Vegas, or when we've given someone a few dollars to make a "lucky bet" for us when we go to a casino.

It really raises a sticky problem when someone does give you bet money and you do win -- but not necessarily with the other person's money. How do you prove the jackpot wasn't hit with the money from the guy from the office? And, how do you prove that when Jack from upstairs hits the jackpot that he was using the bet money you gave him?

I guess you could use a video camera and shoot a video that says, "OK now I'm using Bill's $5 to play hand of video poker. Oops, sorry bill, got nothing on that hand. See you on Monday." But when you come back with the money from a $4,000 royal flush how do you convince Bill that you didn't shoot the "losing hand" a few hours after you won hit the royal with his money?

Maybe we should just tell our friends and coworkers that we are not bookmakers and don't carry bet money to casinos for them? Or maybe we take another path and just sell shares in our trips to Vegas and only play the money that comes from the shareholders in our trip?

[Rob.Singer]

This is easy. If the statement in the article is 100% true about the agreement to split any winnings and where she is on record under oath saying that she played the 2 hands ($6) and turned it into $15--but kept on playing that money off until the jackpot was hit--it's a no-brainer as easy to see as an video-poker-playing AP falsely claiming they're "playing with an edge" over the casino if the pay table is >100% for the very short burst of time they sit at it.

The lady will have to give up half, only she's probably already spent more than her share and this will end up in years of litigation, making the lawyers rich.