{"id":271311,"date":"2023-05-01T15:43:01","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T20:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=271311"},"modified":"2023-05-02T13:18:32","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T18:18:32","slug":"nj-regulators-must-investigate-golden-nugget-loaded-dice-claim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/nj-regulators-must-investigate-golden-nugget-loaded-dice-claim\/","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey Regulators To Investigate Golden Nugget ‘Loaded Dice’ Claim"},"content":{"rendered":"

A New York court has urged New Jersey regulators to investigate a gambler\u2019s claim that craps games he played at Atlantic City\u2019s Golden Nugget Casino<\/a> used dice that \u201cconstituted cheating.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Golden Nugget, above, says it\u2019s standard practice to \u201cmark\u201d its dice, but one losing gambler believes something more sinister is going on. (Image: Golden Nugget)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

New Yorker Wayne Chan sued the Golden Nugget in a Newark federal court in September 2021 after he lost $469,125 at the casino\u2019s craps tables from 2018 to 2019. The casino chased him for $200K in markers. But Chan claimed the games weren’t on the square.<\/p>\n

Chan specifically claimed the casino marked or \u201cscribed\u201d the dice with the table number and used nontransparent dice in violation of New Jersey statutes and regulations.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chan said he approached the Casino Operations Manager with concerns and was told the casino had been \u201cdoing this for years.\u201d He interpreted this as an \u201cadmitted violation of New Jersey laws and regulations.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lack of Transparency<\/strong><\/h2>\n

New Jersey gaming regulations require casino dice to be \u201ctransparent and made exclusively of cellulose except for the spots, name or trade name of the casino licensee, and serial number or letters contained thereon.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe use of nontransparent dice is particularly egregious as it potentially facilitates cheating through using weighted dice.<\/a>“<\/strong> Chan\u2019s lawyers wrote in the complaint. \u201cThese illegal practices placed Plaintiff at an even greater disadvantage when the games are already stacked against the players and in favor of the casinos.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cIn other words, marking dice and\/or using nontransparent dice is in violation of the NJDGE regulations, and therefore, constitutes \u2018cheating\u2019 on the part of Defendant,\u201d argued Chan.<\/p>\n

No Dice<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Chan\u2019s claim, which asked for \u201cat least\u201d the return of his losses, was ultimately unsuccessful, sparking the Nugget to seek a summary judgment for the $200K owed. The Appellate Division, First Department in Manhattan, ruled Thursday that the New Jersey court had been \u201cpremature\u201d in granting that judgment.<\/p>\n

Using New Jersey case law, the New York appellate panel said the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) should decide whether the dice had been tampered with.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chan filed a complaint to the DGE in January 2020. It stated that the dice were \u201cscribed with the table number on the side of the four dots \u2026 and were scratched and nontransparent,\u201d and that \u201csuch tampering affects the integrity of each dice, throwing them off balance, causing unfair play.\u201d<\/p>\n

The DGE has so far failed to determine the complaint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A New York court has urged New Jersey regulators to investigate a gambler\u2019s claim that craps games he played at Atlantic City\u2019s Golden Nugget Casino used dice that \u201cconstituted cheating.\u201d New Yorker Wayne Chan sued the Golden Nugget in a Newark federal court in September 2021 after he lost $469,125 at the casino\u2019s craps tables […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":271312,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[81974,82055,86106,86105],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nNJ Regulators Must Investigate Golden Nugget 'Loaded Dice' Claim<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Golden Nugget Atlantic City loaded dice accusation must be looked at by DGE before casino can claim debts from Wayne Chan.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/nj-regulators-must-investigate-golden-nugget-loaded-dice-claim\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NJ Regulators Must Investigate Golden Nugget 'Loaded Dice' Claim\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Golden Nugget Atlantic City loaded dice accusation must be looked at by DGE before casino can claim debts from Wayne Chan.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/nj-regulators-must-investigate-golden-nugget-loaded-dice-claim\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Casino.org\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Casino.OrgNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-05-01T20:43:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-05-02T18:18:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/nUG.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1366\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"768\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Philip Conneller\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@casinoorgphilc\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@Casino_Org\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Philip Conneller\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/nj-regulators-must-investigate-golden-nugget-loaded-dice-claim\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/nj-regulators-must-investigate-golden-nugget-loaded-dice-claim\/\",\"name\":\"NJ Regulators Must Investigate Golden Nugget 'Loaded Dice' Claim\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/nj-regulators-must-investigate-golden-nugget-loaded-dice-claim\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/nj-regulators-must-investigate-golden-nugget-loaded-dice-claim\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/nUG.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-01T20:43:01+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-05-02T18:18:32+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58769b72851c8cf117fb58ca150ebf8b\"},\"description\":\"Golden Nugget Atlantic City loaded dice accusation must be looked at by DGE before casino can claim debts from Wayne Chan.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/nj-regulators-must-investigate-golden-nugget-loaded-dice-claim\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/nj-regulators-must-investigate-golden-nugget-loaded-dice-claim\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/nj-regulators-must-investigate-golden-nugget-loaded-dice-claim\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/nUG.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/nUG.jpg\",\"width\":1366,\"height\":768,\"caption\":\"The Golden Nugget, above, says it\u2019s standard practice to \u201cmark\u201d its dice, but one losing gambler believes something more sinister is going on. 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