There is a man who is suing a casino. He lost a lot of money Gambling and wants them to return the money.
Apparently it is not his fault, he didn't want to gamble the money but they kept on sending him offers, freebies and discounts. He accepted all these things, never asked to be removed from their contact list and is now taking action.
I know it's awful to lose a lot of money, but as I see it he made the decision to take what was offered and he made the decision to gamble. How does it then become their fault?
[question posted by pilbara]
responses and comments:
IF he made the chose to gamble, then it is his fault. I think that whenever we do something that causes lose, pain, heartache, and anything along those lines, we should take responsibility for our actions. I think that is the problem now days. Nobody wants to admit that they are in the wrong, so they try blaming other people. I personally don't understand why though. It seems like they would feel guilty, but I guess if you make that your way of life, it must come naturally. I would much rather take the blame myself, especially in his situation. [tator_tot8073]
Come on really? Stand up and accept the blame where it lyes. At his own feet! A person needs to accept the responsibility that they did smething stupid. Sure he can argue that gambling is a habit, maybe even an addiction, but if he argues that, then he knows he had a problem to begin with! He needs to realize that he has a problem, and its no ones fault but his own! Be responsible and own up to your mistakes! [silvermoonmyst]
I suppose it could be said that they took advantage of his addiction to gambling, and maybe that's his argument. But the Casino is their business, and legal, so all they are doing is what businesses do all over the world - encouraging their clients/customers to continue dealing with them with offers, discounts etc. The fact that he accepted their specials, and got carried away with the "kick" of it all, is his responsibility - and his monetary loss. [Limey73]
Well maybe he was an older man that didn't really know exactly what the offers were for. Maybe they mislead them on the offers and told him that it would benefit him in some ways. not knowing what you are getting into can take its tolls. That is why so many people get scammed! [Mollyjo]
I think taking responsibility for ones actions is a sign of maturity. It's natural as a child to try to lay the blame elsewhere. But as we mature we learn to accept the responsibility for our actions. Some children mature beyond their age. While at the same time, some adults have never matured enough to take responsibility for their actions and never will. Unless the man had a mental disability he knew very well what he was doing. I don't mean to be cruel but even if he became addicted to gambling it is his problem not the Casinos. If he did not ask to be removed from the contact list I can not see how he could blame the casino. He needs to grow up and accept responsibility. [Patswords]
that sounds like the people suing the tobacco company for a family member dying of cancer recently. I smoke and would be mortified if my family tried something like that. McDonald's : sued for having hot coffee.. a woman burned herself by dropping coffee on herself then sued McDonald's and WON. I mean, coffee is hot people. There are warning labels on everything now.. one of the funniest is on an iron that says.. DO not iron clothes while wearing them. The world is turning into a place where everyone sues everyone else for everything. I take responsibility for my own actions, and if I die from smoking, or if I choose to gamble all my money away, it's no ones fault but my own. [misheleen73]
lol...it is a good discussion,and i think i will take responsibility if it is my mistake. [vicky19810]
Yes you are right. It is and it has been the decision of the man. Why put the blame on the casino that kept on sending him freebies and discounts? Those were just offers anyway, he can leave it or go for it. But obviously he went to the casino and gamble. Apparently he chose to spend his money there. The lesson here is we must learn to be responsible with all our actions and the after effects of such actions. [Shebang]
i always being taught to take responsibility for all my actions and cannot cast the blame on someone else... well, the man is the one who make a decision to gamble... so, how can he blame the casino??? it is his free will and nobody is forcing him to do it... if he loses a lot of money, then it is his fault and not the casino's fault... [lingli_78]
sorry but I did not understand what you were trying to say but if you meant the question as referred to each individual,i sometimes take responsibility for my actions and thats most times.rarely do I cast the blams else where. [olisae]
the judge should laugh it out of court. we r responsible for our actions so the responsibility of it lies with us. how stupid to sue a casino. They did not hold a gun to his head and make him gamble his money away. [rainbowzr4ever]
These days there is a lot made of the "sue them" culture. People have sued over the most ridculous things, suing McDonalds for getting fat, suing cigarette companies for developing a smoke related illness and now this. I guess this is the "it's not my fault" generation but no one forces us to smoke, forces us to eat junk food and no one forced with guy into a casino to lose his money. [recycledgoth]
The casino is not responsible for the loss of money he has incurred they did not make it compulsory for him to gamble. It was his mistake he should know whether he should gamble or not or how much should he gamble so that he dont lose a lot of money. The man is again gambling by suing the casino and he will further lose a lot of money on this case and he will be never be able to win the case against the casino. One shouldnt blame others for what they do, they should accept their mistakes and try to rectify it than pointing fingers on others [vanchinathan]
Sadly he'll probably win, kind of like the dumb a** that put a cup of coffee between their legs, or the guy sueing the tobacco co's [Impervious]
I think that sort of thing is ridiculous. It's like people suing fast food places because the food made them fat. Well, everyone knows if you eat Big Macs and fries everyday you are not going to be skinny. So how can you blame the restaurant? To my way of thinking, blaming the casino for losing money is the same thing. Kelly [kelly3]
In whatever any person does, he must be responsible for any consequences, positive or negative, that might result on his actions. A person alone is responsible for everything that he does, and nobody else. If the man in your discussion has lost a lot of money in the casino, then nobody is to blamed, not even the casino company, but only himself. He is the one who is the maker of his misfortune. [ernst111]
this is the most funniest story i have ever read and the absord in that is that i wont be surprised if he will get the money back by suing them ..stranger things happend to people.. ofcourse it is his fault. he made the decision and he acted no one is the blame i am sorry but it is like i am going to sue the candy shop for gaining weight because they gave me the money.. but can i tell you i wish him good luck if he will win this won i would be amazed:) [liranlgo]
What you sow, you reap. So? I take responsibility for all that I do. [jessescottus]
2 me da fault is of dat man only.... dats bcoz he s a grown up guy....n he is grown up to take his own decisions.. nobody forced him 2 take decisions...... so its completely his fault [sban035428]
He wants the money returned??? That guy has got to be nuts! It's not like the casino put a gun to his head and forced him to gamble. All they did was send him some offers and such. It wasn't the casino's fault that he caved in and went and gambled his money away. Why didn't he just throw away those offers instead? Sounds like he has no self control when it comes to gambling. [sacmom]
Quite probably as he lost millions of dollars [pilbara]
that is plain nonesence i never heard of a casino holding a gun to anyones head and forcing them to enter he needs to grow up and taske responsibilty for his own actions! [revdauphinee]
Well he needs to learn to take responsibility for his own actions . I get coupons all the time but it doesn't mean I have to use them . If I don't want to use them , it is so very easy to walk over to my garbage and drop it in . It sounds like he is making excuses for his own gambling problem . I have been in the casino's myself and know how easy it would be to lose a lot of money so when I do go in I only take 20 dollars in with me and that way when it is gone then I have nothing left to play with so I have to go . I can see that they will allow him to win this in court as they would have every body who ever lost money trying to sue for there money back . At some point we all have to grow up and take responsibility for our own actions and this man is being very immature in the way he is trying to blame someone else for his own mistakes . [samtaylorskykierajen]
Look, the man must be intelligent to reject the offer freebies. After that casinos are in for making money [cyrux004]
We live in such a litigious society. Everyone is looking for someone to blame for their woes and someone they can sue to make a lot of money very quickly without having to work for it (or so it seems to me). No one stood over him and forced him to bet at the tables or feed quarters into the slot machines. No one showed up at his house and kidnapped him to bring him to the casino either! If he was there of his own choice, then the blame for his losses and not knowing when to walk away is soley on him. Casinos want people to come and spend money so they advertise and offer specials. It's no different than getting a flyer for a sale from Sears or any other store offering a bonus if you come shopping. Are people going to start suing the shops next for luring them in with deals and freebies when they outgrow the clothing or have buyers remorse? I get flyers from the casino near me too but most of them wind up in the trash! When I go, I only take with me what I am willing to lose and that is it...because I go in knowing that there is a greater probability that I will lose. Plus, the casino near me has signs plastered all over the place about gambling addictions and the number to call if you need help. People really need to learn to take responsibility for themselves and their actions. Actions have consequences. It's sad that this guy lost all his money but it was his decision to risk losing it in the first place by gambling it away. [Molly322]
That is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard. I think most people know when to claim responsibility for their poor actions, except for this guy. That's kind of like the people who become overweight by eating too much McDonalds and suing them for getting that way. [DontxSurrender]
It doesn't sound like they held him at gunpoint so I would say it is his own fault. [missmuffet]
I hope he loses. If he has an addiction, it's his responsability to seek help for it. [onesiobhan]
They didn't tell him to lose ALL of his money; Sorry, I cannot see how it ISN'T his fault. They may have sent offers and invited him to come, but we all have this thing within us called "discipline" or "self control" to keep us from doing stuff that would mess us up. I live like an hour from the casinos in Biloxi,Mississippi, and I know of folks who go down there and spend their paychecks at the casino. I don't believe in giving ALL my money to a place like that. I know of one person who was in deep and if it wasn't for Katrina, they wouldn't have been able to handle their business right if they had continued. I can't get with that. [Savvynlady]
I would have to agree with you, this man is responsible for his own choices, I have gotten plenty of advertisements from companies some from casinos, I made the choice not to use those "specials" because I didn't want to spend the money on what was being offered. If it is free, then it is free and no one twisted his arm to gamble, if it is comp then he knew going in, that you get comps for the gambling you do. Either way he made his own choices. I could have just as easily thrown the offers away with out even reading them, or thrown them away after he read them. When he was gambling and losing, he could have just gotten up and left the casino, gone to his room, gone some where for a meal, gone to darn movie, there was no one chaining him to the chair with a gun to his head, forcing him to gamble his money. Unfortunately we have come to live in a time when people do not take responsiblity for their own actions. These ridiculous suits are the reasons why people who may have a valid claim against a company, doctor, insurance company, or another individual often get lost in the paperwork or over looked. Example, there are laws that protect insurance companies, and take away the liability from those they insure, so that those who do get hurt, or victimized by companies, people, doctors, or any other way, can not file legitimate claims. This has happened and continues to happen because people like this man keep filing such ridiculous suits. He should be held legally libel for the legal fees of the casino, when he loses this case, this perhaps would then cause so many of these cases that are a joke to be ended, before they are even filed. [nowment]
For the most part I take responsibility for the things that I do, whether wrong or right. I think it is better to take responsibility for your actions and not to blame other people. I have in the past blamed others when I should not have but do not do that anymore. It is the man's fault for losing money since he was the one who gambled. The casino did not force him to gamble. he did not have to accept the offers sent to him. When it comes to gambling, it is only the person who lost the money fault. [kgwat70]
Suing a casino is like suing the tobacco companies or an alcoholic suing the alcohol company or a fat person suing McDonald's. The person was partaking of their own free will and should stand up and take responsibility for their actions. Lawsuits like this just make me angry. They are just so pointless and stupid. And it makes me even angrier when the judge sides with the person suing! [serialmommy]
casinos are legalized business. it is usually in the form of a corporation which stands as a separate legal entity. the incorporators are likewise protected by suits (direct, indirect, special, consequential, etc.) against possible hold of their personal assets in the eventuality of unliquidity. gambling is a vice and the marketing strategies set by the team are merely to lure the not-so steadfast ones to try their luck in earning big-time in a short-time. however, like all buinesses it can be prone to internal fraud (whether directly or indirectly sanctioned by management). the story about the man suing the casino for his monetary loss might have more to it that what meets the eye. at any rate, whether or not fraud was an issue, he should gain a mature understanding that winning the suit and proving to the court that he was a victim of fraud is again another roll of the dice. in a nutshell, the court issue is still one big gamble. let us all be responsible of our actions and take accountability for it. [roadlesstraveled]