Apparently, the house does always win.
A Third Circuit panel ruled Monday that hospitality and entertainment conglomerate MGM Resorts cannot be held liable for enticing a self-described “problem gambler” into spending nearly $25 million in online casinos.
Sam A. Antar filed a federal suit against MGM Resorts and its subsidiaries in 2022 for negligence and New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act violations, arguing that designated personal VIP hosts from MGM wrongfully enticed him to gamble despite knowing he was a gambling addict. A federal judge dismissed Antar’s claims; Antar promptly appealed.
In the Monday opinion Senior U.S. Circuit Judge Jane Richards Roth noted that courts in New Jersey and across the country have “uniformly” rejected imposing a duty of care on casinos over compulsive gamblers.
