{"id":89035,"date":"2018-09-26T14:30:21","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T21:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=89035"},"modified":"2018-09-26T13:13:19","modified_gmt":"2018-09-26T20:13:19","slug":"gambler-found-guilty-of-murder-of-casino-worker-at-eldorado-casino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/gambler-found-guilty-of-murder-of-casino-worker-at-eldorado-casino\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadbeat Gambler Found Guilty of Murdering Casino Worker with One Punch at Eldorado Casino in Reno"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A sore loser who punched a casino worker at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/eldorado-resorts-gets-ac-tropicana-as-part-of-seven-casino-deal\">Eldorado<\/a>\u00a0Casino in downtown Reno, killing him, is likely to spend the rest of his life in prison.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_89040\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89040\" data-style=\"width: 3200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-89040 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/fred.jpg\" alt=\"Frederick Borden\" width=\"3200\" height=\"1680\" \/><figcaption  id=\"caption-attachment-89040\"class=\"text-description\">Frederick Borden lashed out at James Bryant following a losing bet at the Eldorado in 2016 and was found guilty of first-degree murder on Tuesday. He has a long criminal record dating back to 1995. (Image: Washoe County Sheriff&#8217;s Office)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Tuesday, Frederick Borden, 65, was found guilty of the first-degree murder of Eldorado assistant shift manager James Bryant in September 2016. Borden faces the possibility of a life sentence without parole. He was also convicted of grand larceny for an unrelated theft from a casino valued at more than $2,000.<\/p>\n<p>According to police reports, Borden had been playing blackjack at the Eldorado when he lost his bet and then his temper. As the dealer was dragging his chips, he grabbed some of them back and headed towards the exit.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Deadly Force<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Bryant challenged Borden and attempted to stop him from leaving but was punched in the face and collapsed. Borden fled the casino and was picked by police the next day. Meanwhile, Bryant was taken to a hospital, where he died two days later of a torn right vertebral artery.<\/p>\n<div class=\"callout\">\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Borden was initially arrested for robbery, but was charged with open murder following Bryant\u2019s death and the subsequent autopsy report by the Washoe County Medical Examiner\u2019s Office.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Prosecutors argued for first-degree murder, because Borden had stolen casino chips and used deadly force against Bryant in an attempt to flee with them.<\/p>\n<p>Borden has a lengthy criminal record dating back to 1995. He is due to be sentenced on November 21.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Dangerous Deals<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>Dealing with unhappy gamblers is an occupational hazard for workers on the casino floor &#8212; but only very occasionally a bad run of luck escalate into serious violence. In July, a roulette dealer at London\u2019s Empire Casino was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/gambler-charged-with-stabbing-dealer-at-londons-empire-casino\">left fighting for his life<\/a> after a gambler plunged a blade five inches into his chest.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>David Downes, 28, was airlifted to the hospital following the attack by 34-year-old Kien Nguyen. Doctors said he was lucky to be alive: the blade missed his heart by two millimeters, punctuating his diaphragm. Two pints of blood were drained from around his lungs.<\/p>\n<p>His attacker was arrested at the scene and charged with causing grievous bodily harm. Downes was more fortunate than Bryant, and is expected to make a full recovery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sore loser who punched a casino worker at the Eldorado\u00a0Casino in downtown Reno, killing him, is likely to spend the rest of his life in prison. On Tuesday, Frederick Borden, 65, was found guilty of the first-degree murder of Eldorado assistant shift manager James Bryant in September 2016. Borden faces the possibility of a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":89040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,18],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gambler Found Guilty of Murder of Casino Worker at Eldorado Casino<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Frederick Borden is likely to spend the rest of his life in prison for the murder of James Bryant, an assistant shift manager at the Eldorado Casino, Reno.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gambler Found Guilty of Murder of Casino Worker at Eldorado Casino\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Frederick Borden is likely to spend the rest of his life in prison for the murder of James Bryant, an assistant shift manager at the Eldorado Casino, Reno.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/gambler-found-guilty-of-murder-of-casino-worker-at-eldorado-casino\/\" \/>\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=\"2018-09-26T21:30:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-09-26T20:13:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/fred-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1344\" \/>\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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/gambler-found-guilty-of-murder-of-casino-worker-at-eldorado-casino\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/gambler-found-guilty-of-murder-of-casino-worker-at-eldorado-casino\/\",\"name\":\"Gambler Found Guilty of Murder of Casino Worker at Eldorado Casino\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/gambler-found-guilty-of-murder-of-casino-worker-at-eldorado-casino\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/gambler-found-guilty-of-murder-of-casino-worker-at-eldorado-casino\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/fred-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-09-26T21:30:21+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-09-26T20:13:19+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/58769b72851c8cf117fb58ca150ebf8b\"},\"description\":\"Frederick Borden is likely to spend the rest of his life in prison for the murder of James Bryant, an assistant shift manager at the Eldorado Casino, Reno.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/gambler-found-guilty-of-murder-of-casino-worker-at-eldorado-casino\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/gambler-found-guilty-of-murder-of-casino-worker-at-eldorado-casino\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/gambler-found-guilty-of-murder-of-casino-worker-at-eldorado-casino\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/fred-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/fred-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1344,\"caption\":\"Frederick Borden lashed out at James Bryant following a losing bet at the Eldorado in 2016 and was found guilty of first-degree murder on Tuesday. 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