I personally would love to see Slot Machines outlawed. Are they deceptive? it certainly appears that words like "loose" are designed to deceive. Maybe next time...
Dodging a tobacco bullet
Nevada (litigation) - Liz Benston, Las Vegas Sun - The gaming industry won a significant victory recently when a federal judge in Las Vegas dismissed a lawsuit that claimed slot machines were deceptive and misleading. Saying that there was no evidence the machines were deceptive, U.S. District Judge Roger Hunt last month threw out the long-running lawsuit that -- if it had succeeded -- could have threatened the gaming industry with the financial nightmare of tobacco-industry-style lawsuits filed by losing gamblers. The 1994 lawsuit, filed by gambler William Poulos in Orlando, Fla., alleged video poker and electronic slot machines are inherently deceptive and that casinos and slot makers, through ads and other promotions, conspired to mislead people into thinking the odds of winning were more favorable than they actually were. "The court finds there's no evidence of a causal connection between any gambling losses suffered by the plaintiffs and any fraud, misrepresentation, or any racketeering activity by any defendant, or all of them," Hunt said in a September hearing.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/business/2005/oct/05/519465648.html
Dodging a tobacco bullet
Nevada (litigation) - Liz Benston, Las Vegas Sun - The gaming industry won a significant victory recently when a federal judge in Las Vegas dismissed a lawsuit that claimed slot machines were deceptive and misleading. Saying that there was no evidence the machines were deceptive, U.S. District Judge Roger Hunt last month threw out the long-running lawsuit that -- if it had succeeded -- could have threatened the gaming industry with the financial nightmare of tobacco-industry-style lawsuits filed by losing gamblers. The 1994 lawsuit, filed by gambler William Poulos in Orlando, Fla., alleged video poker and electronic slot machines are inherently deceptive and that casinos and slot makers, through ads and other promotions, conspired to mislead people into thinking the odds of winning were more favorable than they actually were. "The court finds there's no evidence of a causal connection between any gambling losses suffered by the plaintiffs and any fraud, misrepresentation, or any racketeering activity by any defendant, or all of them," Hunt said in a September hearing.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/business/2005/oct/05/519465648.html
