Here's a ridiculous story. A now-disbarred attorney has brought a 40 million dollar lawsuit against a group of casinos in Atlantic City because she bankrupted herself playing blackjack. Because it can't be her own fault, it has to be their fault.
But her gambling spun out of control: She said she would go days at a time at the tables, not eating or sleeping, brushing her teeth with disposable wipes so she didn't have to leave the table, and sometimes passing out.Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post...She says her total losses amounted to nearly $1 million.
Now she's chasing the longest of long shots: a $20 million racketeering lawsuit against six Atlantic City casinos, and one in Las Vegas, claiming they had a duty to notice her compulsive gambling problem and cut her off.