“It’s one thing if you have technical issues intermittently,” Gramiccioni told the AP. He added Antar, 46, had lost “easily hundreds of thousands of dollars” during that time. His lawyer, Christopher Gramiccioni, told The Associated Press that Antar experienced a disconnection rate of nearly 50 percent during the nine months covered by the lawsuit. His lawsuit accuses the defendants of fraud, racketeering and other transgressions, saying he was paid to not talk to New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement regulators about his high rate of being disconnected from the BetMGM system.Īntar’s lawsuit said he had thousands of disconnections from the online platforms, often when he had a winning hand that was then wiped out. MGM had no comment on the lawsuit Friday.Īccording to the lawsuit, Antar, a live blackjack and online slot machine player, gambled more than $29 million over nine months, getting disconnected from the BetMGM system every 15 minutes or so. Antar, a convicted fraudster who faces the prospect of additional prison time in November, said he is well-known as a compulsive gambler by MGM, its Borgata resort in Atlantic City and BetMGM and Entain Plc. Sam Antar filed the lawsuit Wednesday in state Superior Court in Middlesex County. A New York City man filed a lawsuit in New Jersey against MGM Resorts International and some of its affiliates and partners this week, alleging he was paid $30,000 a month not to tell New Jersey gaming regulators that he was repeatedly disconnected while gambling online.
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