In December 2008, William Conner was playing Baccarat at Harrah's Reno, and was interrupted by a pit boss.
He was told that he was overpaid $950 on a bet at the other table, and they demanded that he return the money.
He refused, saying that they had no proof of this, and that he didn't remember any overpayment.
Nevada Gaming Control was called in, and they threatened the dude with arrest if he didn't return the $950. He gave in, but later sued both Harrah's and Nevada Gaming Control.
Here's the LA Times article about it:
http://www.standard.net/stories/2012...rpaid-winnings
... and here's the Las Vegas Sun article about the Gaming Control agents being cleared:
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012...over-overpaym/
This is news again because the dismissal of the lawsuits against the Gaming Control agents just happened in March 2012, and the lawsuit against Harrah's begins in June 2012.
My take on this:
First off, I think the guy is full of shit about the overpayment. I'm pretty sure that Harrah's is correct on this one, and I doubt they'd have taken the matter this far if an overpayment didn't actually occur. It seems like he wanted to see if they had proof before paying it back, Harrah's wouldn't show him the proof, so he told them to fuck off until he was threatened with arrest.
So morally, it's hard to feel all that sorry for the guy. He could have avoided all of this if he just paid back what he was accidentally given.
However, I think it's complete BS that Harrah's refused to show him the surveillance video, and it sets a really bad precedent that you can be accused of something at a casino, yet not be able to see the video of the supposed accusation. This is especially bad if they are requiring you to give them money back under threat of arrest.
I can understand refusing to show someone surveillance video if they are simply being told to leave the casino and never come back, but when immediate demands of money are involved, the person should have the right to see, and not just forced to pay whatever is demanded, under threat of arrest.