Horrible story if true (and it probably is).

Andrew Lauer is claiming that he hit a royal flush at MGM Springfield, was entitled to a $500 bonus due to a poker room promo for hitting 2-card royals, and then they refused to give him the $500 because his ID was in his car.

When he offered to go get the ID out of the car, they told him that it didn't matter, and that he already forfeited the $500 because he didn't have the ID on his person at the time he hit.

This is complete BS (the ruling, not the story).

Also, he claims that a casino employee agreed to give him some comp points in lieu of this, but when he went to use the comp points at dinner, he found he had none.

Awful all around.

MGM Springfield is located in Massachusetts, a little bit north of Hartford, Connecticut.