A Clark County jury has awarded a small defunct gaming equipment company a $20 million verdict from Caesars Entertainment for interfering with its ability to take its products to a large market.
Sam Johnson, the Atlanta-based principal of Tipping Point Gaming LLC, said in an interview that he thought he had an ideal partner when he struck a multiyear deal in 2014 with the Caesars Enterprise Service LLC subsidiary of what is now the Reno-based casino giant. Johnson said he had 60 patents associated with his products.
Tipping Point produced a slot-machine side-bet variation product similar to popular table-game side bets and partnered with Caesars for it to be the proving ground for other Tipping Point-produced systems.
