johndoe said:
My guess is the ace was flashed or he otherwise knew with certainty it was coming.
Of course. And I'm NOT saying that the story definitely WAS wrong. And I'm CERTAINLY not going to blindly take the casino's side (haven't even HEARD that yet). But until I hear both sides of a story, I can't make up my mind one way or another.
Even my best friends will sometimes embellish a story, or leave something out. Perhaps the ace didn't actually HIT the felt; maybe it was just the card that WOULD have come out? I can think of several OTHER things that could have occurred in which the casino MIGHT have a defense. There ARE a few (very few) circumstances in which the casino IS in the right to call a misdeal.
I've had this EXACT same thing happen to ME before. And I've also had it happen the OTHER way; a BAD card would come out & the circumstances would be such that I've successfully argued for a misdeal (I've discussed THIS move in a previous post). I've even had a hand ruled dead after BOTH of my cards were out.
I also have a friend who has even had THIS happen to him, and more than ONCE:
AFTER a winning roll on the dice table, the pit would rule "NO ROLL!", and NO one would get paid! ONLY because they realized WHO it was that was rolling. :whip:
That said; I'm in perfect agreement - his odds of prevailing in a lawsuit are probably pretty good, at least on the false imprisonment aspect. Doubtful that it's going to even end up in court.