![]() The last five years have seen approximately a dozen such lawsuits against casinos by gamblers and, in at least one case, by a gambler’s spouse, according to David Stewart, a Washington, D.C., lawyer who has defended casinos in three recent cases. The Detroit lawsuit is the latest in a growing number of cases brought by compulsive gamblers. What’s more, their attorney, Blaise Repasky of Woodhaven, Mich., says he is investigating whether to file new cases in other states. They allege breach of contract, among other charges, and are seeking class certification. In October, they sued three Detroit casinos for failing to keep them out, saying the casinos should not have allowed them in after they put themselves on the ban list. The women have filed suit in Michigan state court, alleging that they are compulsive gamblers who signed up for a voluntary program through which they were to be banned from casinos-and subject to arrest if found on the premises.īut both continued to gamble, anyway. ![]() Now they want that money back-plus extra for pain and suffering. Since casinos came to Detroit in 1999, Norma Astourian and Virginia Ormanian haven’t been able to keep from giving them their money.
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