Originally Posted by
Dan Druff
This does raise an interesting legal question.
Regarding casino promotions which require a lot of -EV play to earn some sort of lucrative bonus/promotional play down the line, does a casino have the right to trespass someone just prior to redeeming the promotion, thus saving the company a lot of money?
If I were in charge of the NGCB, I would definitely say that, short of egregious behavior which would warrant a clear ban, this should not be allowed. If necessary, I would say that the player should be allowed to complete the promotional play earned, even if under supervision, and THEN banned if the casino so chooses.
Otherwise this is ripe for abuse. In fact, casinos could exact revenge upon particular APs they don't like, by inviting them to a lucrative promotion, and then banning them for some flimsy reason before redemption.
I know that players do have a right to earned points in Nevada, but I believe promotional play is different, as casinos can rescind any offer at any time.
According to the description in the case text, it does not seem like Toll committed anything close to an egregious violation to where they should have banned him. It looks like they just got suspicious of his play, invented reasons to search his room, and found a bunch of players' cards (mostly in his name or morphed forms of his name), and then used that as the basis to trespass him, along with some lol website created by a guy who hated him.
Regardless of what you think of Toll himself, it does look like he got screwed here. I don't like the precedent this sets.