JXM ...
>>>>>Slevin is going to switch to pink and yellow chips for me.
far be it from me and my nature as a PrimeMinister to derive any pleasure from having to explode your fantasy ...
BUT
I guess you've NOT been apprised of where/how
ol Blue GOT
those yellers and panks you've "heard" he is going to share witcha ......
I'm sticking to appropriating a paltry few of his black ones *( like ONLY about eighty three) ...
and I'll leave you to discover the TRUE deal on the pastels ......
hint ...
you might peruse this newspaper article as a starting place in your chip education discovery .....
what with you being a Discoverer and all .....
I can see it now ..
VegasWorldStupak,
a preacherman,
ol Blue
AND
JXM
all in court together .....
maybe October will be time for another exposure ......
By Joe Schoenmann
Review-Journal
The nation's biggest gambling critic has joined forces with one of Las Vegas' most successful gamblers by filing a second lawsuit against Binion's Horseshoe because the casino refused to cash $5,000 gambling chips.
The Rev. Tom Grey filed a class action lawsuit in Clark County District Court on Friday alleging breach of trust, slander, infliction of emotional distress, violation of gaming laws, breach of contract, fraud, breach of covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and assault.
His lawsuit follows a similar one filed Nov. 9 by gaming entrepreneur Bob Stupak, who seeks similar damages after the casino refused to cash his $5,000 chip. Last week, Stupak gave Grey the $5,000 chip, which the Horseshoe refused Thursday morning.
Grey admitted he has been a pawn in Stupak's plan. Grey said, however, it felt good to be used by the master.
"I want to tell you, Stupak played me like a Stradivarius," he said. "And I want to tell you, I didn't mind it a bit. It's nice to see someone who knows how to get things done."
"We say God moves in mysterious ways," he added.
Las Vegas attorney Jim Jimmerson, who represents Grey and Stupak, said the lawsuit represents hundreds of people who are seeking "several million dollars" in payments from the casino.
"I know one person alone who has $500,000 in chips that they would like to cash," Jimmerson said. "The whole matter gives a black eye to the gaming industry. And Binion's is jeopardizing their gaming license by their inaction."
A spokesman for Binion's said late Sunday that the company asks for a verification of a win before cashing chips. As for the lawsuits filed by Stupak and Grey, the spokesman called it a bizarre situation.
"Any time you can put Rev. Grey with Stupak, it's got all the makings of a good novel," said the spokesman, who did not want to be named. "It gives new meaning to the phrase, 'strange bedfellows.' "
Grey, an Illinois preacher, is executive director of the National Coalition Against Legalized Gambling. As part of its national fact-finding tour, the coalition met at the MGM Grand last week.
Grey said that after one of those meetings, he met Stupak for the first time. After Stupak won $1,000 on blackjack at the Golden Nugget -- and donated the winnings to Grey -- he gave the reverend a $5,000 chip from the Horseshoe.
"Bob said, 'I'd like to donate to the church, and I've got a chip,' "said Grey, reached at his Illinois home Sunday. "I figured I knew a few places that could really use that money, a youth group in the city of Chicago, for one."
Grey said that a manager at the Horseshoe on Fremont Street treated him rudely in refusing to cash the $5,000 chip Thursday morning.
"A man said, 'Who gave it to you?' "Grey recalled. "I said, 'Mr. Stupak.' He got visibly angry and upset. He turned his back and walked out on me."
Grey filed the lawsuit on behalf of "all persons who hold one or more gambling chips of the $5,000 denomination of Horseshoe." The number of people who might have such chips, the lawsuit said, "is believed to be in excess of one hundred."
Members of the Nevada Gaming Commission could not be reached for comment Sunday night.
Though Grey went into the Horseshoe just to cash his chip, he said he thought his situation would lend support to those arguing for more regulations on the gaming industry.
"I've been sitting in these commission hearings and am being told that Las Vegas is the model and a great regulatory system," he said. "For me it was of personal interest for the money, but now it's the larger question of what's going on.
"You can't have it both ways: If you're going to brag about what a great system it is, then you can't have this happening."
Stupak, former owner of Vegas World and former chairman of the Stratosphere, in his lawsuit against the Horseshoe accused the casino of emotional abuse and other wrongs after he was refused the chance to cash his $5,000 chips.
Attached to Stupak's lawsuit was a letter from Jack Binion, chief of Horseshoe Gaming, in support of Stupak's claim.
Horseshoe Gaming is separate from the Horseshoe in Las Vegas, which is owned by Becky Behnen, Jack Binion's sister.
"All of our financial and gaming transactions at the Horseshoe with Mr. Stupak are without question or doubt as to their absolute integrity and validity," Jack Binion wrote.
Stupak's lawsuit also alleged the casino refused to let him withdraw more than $100,000 he had deposited at the casino in front money. Further, he said he has two safety deposit boxes full of money stored at the casino that he cannot access.
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