Arelia Margarita Taveras Sues Casinos for $20 Million
Arelia Margarita Taveras is a gambling addict, she spent her whole money in casinos and now is owning them like a million dollars! Why? She blames it on the casinos. And not only that, she is suing for $20 million.
I’ve seen this happen to some relatives of mine, they get caught up in gambling and end up losing a lot of money. Ms. Taveras had a good job, she made $500,00 dollars working as a lawyer, an her life was destroyed because of this addiction. She was one lawyer who represented victims’ families in the WTC attacks, and also appeared as a TV commentator also called one of the “21 New Yorkers to Watch in the 21st Century” by the Daily News in 2000.
It all began with a simple trip to Atlantic City. The trip was meant for relaxation, but t turned into a nightmare.
“They knew I was going for days without eating or sleeping. I would pass out at the tables. They had a duty of care to me. Nobody in their right mind would gamble for four or five straight days without sleeping,”
Taveras was given many “rights”, like permission to bring her dog to the blackjack table, clearly the casino was encouraging her to spend and spend more. I know of many casinos that do this, and this should be an illegal practice. However some lawyers think Taveras case is hard to prove:
“How are you supposed to know whether this was a woman who was just having a good time, or had money and was just lonely, as opposed to someone who couldn’t control themselves?”
Since that trip Taveras life has gone downwards, she used $100,000 of clients escrow money to cover her losses, charged with forgery and grand larceny at the DA’s office , lost her apartment and parent’s home and now is working at a call center. She says “It’s like crack, only gambling is worse than crack because it’s mental. It creeps up on you, the impulse. It’s a sickness.”
So, what do you think? I think is bad for the casinos to do this, but it is also the responsibility of each person to get some control of what they are doing. No one forced Ms. Taveras to go and bet enormous amounts right?
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