Sad and Bad news... Indiana Supreme Court gave the thumbs down to Donovan's case.
Indiana Supreme Court refused to adopt Jersey Supreme Court‟s decision of Uston v. Resorts Casino, and it ruled against Card Counter THOMAS P. DONOVAN with these reasonings:
"An owner of an Indiana business has long had the absolute right to exclude a visitor or customer, subject only to applicable civil rights laws. This long-standing common law right of private property owners extends to the operator of a riverboat casino... " For your perusal of the ruling:
However, Donovan gets a very strong supporter (Justice Dickson) if Thomas ever decides to take his case all the way to U.S. Supreme Court
Dickson wrote :
"I disagree with the Court‟s foundational premise that gambling casinos are entitled to the same common law right of arbitrary exclusion as possessed by proprietors of conventional businesses at common law.
...Permitting a casino to restrict its patrons only to those customers who lack the skill and ability to play such games well intrudes upon principles of fair and equal competition and provides unfair financial advantages and rewards to casino operators. I am not persuaded that such schemes are supported or protected by any common law right or privilege...
...I find that targeting unskilled blackjack players and excluding gifted ones is grossly incompatible with the integrity of the game.
...Grand Victoria should not be allowed to exclude the plaintiff from playing blackjack simply because the casino fears that he may be exceptionally good at it."
U. S. Supreme Court: Open, open wide your golden gates, here comes Donovan with his golden roller skates. Hmm... if this Court will give thumbs up to his case... watch out ... NV casinos will ban APs no more Perhaps Indiana Supreme Court's adverse ruling may turn out to be a blessing in disguise :grin: .
Indiana Supreme Court refused to adopt Jersey Supreme Court‟s decision of Uston v. Resorts Casino, and it ruled against Card Counter THOMAS P. DONOVAN with these reasonings:
"An owner of an Indiana business has long had the absolute right to exclude a visitor or customer, subject only to applicable civil rights laws. This long-standing common law right of private property owners extends to the operator of a riverboat casino... " For your perusal of the ruling:
However, Donovan gets a very strong supporter (Justice Dickson) if Thomas ever decides to take his case all the way to U.S. Supreme Court
Dickson wrote :
"I disagree with the Court‟s foundational premise that gambling casinos are entitled to the same common law right of arbitrary exclusion as possessed by proprietors of conventional businesses at common law.
...Permitting a casino to restrict its patrons only to those customers who lack the skill and ability to play such games well intrudes upon principles of fair and equal competition and provides unfair financial advantages and rewards to casino operators. I am not persuaded that such schemes are supported or protected by any common law right or privilege...
...I find that targeting unskilled blackjack players and excluding gifted ones is grossly incompatible with the integrity of the game.
...Grand Victoria should not be allowed to exclude the plaintiff from playing blackjack simply because the casino fears that he may be exceptionally good at it."
U. S. Supreme Court: Open, open wide your golden gates, here comes Donovan with his golden roller skates. Hmm... if this Court will give thumbs up to his case... watch out ... NV casinos will ban APs no more
Perhaps Indiana Supreme Court's adverse ruling may turn out to be a blessing in disguise :grin: .
