Originally Posted by
Dan Druff
I understand everyone's curiosity about this. However, I have my reasons for not revealing details until the Gaming case is filed.
To answer a few questions...
No, there's no way it was something I did and forgot about. After a number of phone calls, I got someone to tell me the reason I was banned. It was something I did not do, and could not have accidentally done, either.
I'll give you a hypothetical example.
Let's say you were banned from a casino for allegedly pulling down your pants and shitting on the casino floor.
However, you know for a fact that you never did this, and you don't drink or do drugs, so you know you didn't do it while in an inebriated state.
You tell the casino, "I absolutely never did this -- here or anywhere. Can you please check the camera again and you'll see it wasn't me?"
The investigator agrees to recheck everything and get back to you. At this point, you're confident your name will be cleared once they look again and see it wasn't you who did the floor shitting. But they never call you back, and when you press the matter further, they won't answer you.
That's basically what's happening to me here, except it doesn't involve an accusation of shitting on the floor. However, the real accusation is something equally crazy which I never would have done, and which could easily be disproven if they check their evidence.
Regarding whether I could claim any form of discrimination, I couldn't. I'm a heterosexual white male in my mid-40s. The only "minority" class I belong to is being Jewish, but there's no way that's going to fly as a reason I was banned. To show this, I would have to prove that other Jews were unfairly banned, which the casino could easily counter. There was no discrimination here, and I couldn't frame it as such.
I do not believe an attorney could help me here. Even if the ban was a case of mistaken identity (which I still think it is), this was the casino's own internal decision to ban me. They have not published nor shared these allegations with anyone else, to my knowledge. Furthermore, I was never detained, nor did I even have contact with security. I heard about the ban over the phone when I tried to make a reservation.
Regarding the points, they aren't worth as much as Dancer's $1200. However, it's the principle of the matter. I waited to file a gaming complaint until I could deal with the casino in a calm, reasonable fashion and try to resolve it among ourselves. They shut me down and have put me on ignore mode. Now I have no choice but to pursue this with Gaming to get the points owed to me.
I agree with Dancer's general view on the matter. You try to resolve it with the casino first, but if your ban remains permanent, at that point you go to Gaming and claim what's rightfully yours.