Are you familiar with the story of Leonard Tose, Former owner of The Philadelphia Eagles in the 70's and 80's?
Toes made his money in the trucking business, bought The Eagles. Lived in a mansion in the exclusive Main Line section of Philly suburbs. Tose ran up huge gambling debts at several Atlantic City Casinos, which forced him to Sell The Eagles to cover those debts. Eventually he was evicted from his mansion and died living in a small rundown, old hotel room in Philadelphia.
Several of the casinos sued him to get their money. Toes countersued, claiming the casinos all overserved him. There was some pretty damming testimony when a cocktail waitress, testified that her instructions were to keep his glass filled at all times until he was no longer standing. She said she complained to management that they were illegally overserving him and she was threatened with the loss of her job. There was similar testimony from a number of people. Despite this pretty damming testimony, the casinos won, and I have already told you how it ended for Mr. Tose. He literally lost an NFL team (and a fortune) to gambling addiction. That is on him. But what the Casinos did, is also illegal and predatory behavior. And that is precisely why so many people despise the casino Industry.
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