He’ll also have to pay $463,540 in restitution to the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa for the revenue it lost when it had to cancel the three-week 2014 tournament in Atlantic City, reports the Associated Press, along with an extra $9,455 to Harrah’s Casino Hotel to cover the plumbing he broke when he tried to cover his tracks.
He was staying at the hotel at the time, and the guests one floor below complained about water dripping from the ceiling into their rooms. Busted.
He scattered his chips in the bathroom at the Borgata as well, as another $5,000 in plastic pieces was recovered from a clogged toilet there the next day. All told, $3.6 million worth of fake chips were found. Another $800,000 in bogus markers was put into play during the first two days of the tournament, investigators determined.
The man said he’d bought the chips online from China and put a Borgata logo on them. Since then, the casino has started using chips with more colors and an authentication mark that shows up under ultraviolet light.
Man who brought fake chips to poker tournament gets prison [Associated Press]
by Mary Beth Quirk via Consumerist
No comments:
Post a Comment