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YOU'RE IN LAS VEGAS THE E
WEEKEND OF THE SUPER BOWL.
YOU WAKE UP THE NEXT MORNING
LIGHTER TO THE TUNE OF $500,000.
THAT'S WHAT MARK JOHNSTON SKAS
HAPPENED TO HIM.
HE SAYS HE SHOULD NOT BE
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LOSSES
BECAUSE THE CASINO SHOULD HAVE
CUT HIM OFF.
MR. JOHNSTON, THIS IS YOUR
OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THE CASE.
YOU TELL ME WHY YOU SHOULD NOT
BE RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT YOU DID.
>> WELL, MR. CUOMO.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
THE CASE IS BASICALLY ABOUT THE
CASINO SERVING ME TOO MANY
COCKTAILS, WHEN GAMING
REGULATIONS -- IT'S A DIRECT
VIOLATION OF GAMING REGULATIONS
TO SERVE SOMEONE WHO'S
INTOXICATED.
>> AND YOU'RE SAYING THEY KNEW
YOU WERE INTOXICATED AND SERVED
YOU ANYWAY?
AND YOU'RE ALSO SAYING THEY KNEW
THEY WERE DOING THIS BECAUSE
THEY WANTED TO COAX YOU TO
GAMBLE TOO MUCH?
>> YES, SIR.
>> AFTER LEAVING THE FIRST
PLACE, I REALLY DON'T REMEMBER
THAT.
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, ONE OF
THEIR OWN EMPLOYEES, A BARTENDER
WHO SAT APPARENTLY WITH ME WHILE
I WAS GAMBLING IS THE ONE THAT
BROUGHT THIS TO MY SOMETHING AB
SEE NA HAS DECIDED TO TREAT THE
MARKER THAT YOU THINK IS
SUSPICIOUS.
>> YES, BASICALLY I HAD A CREDIT
LINE AT THIS CASINO.
I'VE ONLY BEEN TO THIS ONE A FEW
TIME LS.
I WENT THERE BECAUSE A FRIEND OF
MINE GOT A JOB THERE.
AND PRETTY MUCH BEGGED ME TO
COME THERE.
I ENDED UPCOMING THERE.
I DON'T GAMBLE ON CREDIT.
AT SOME POINT DURING THE NIGHT,
WHILE THIS EMPLOYEE THAT WORKS
FOR THEM WHO IS A BARTENDER,
THEY SIMPLY DOUBLED BY CREDIT
LINE WITH HIM TELLING SHOULDGOD
REST.
AND THEY DIDN'T DO THAT.
>> IN TERMS OF WHEN YOU USUALLY
HAVE TO PAY BACK THE MARKER,
THERE'S A PERIOD YOU GET.
YOU SAY THIS TIME THEY'RE
TREATING IT DIFFERENTLY.
TELL ME.
>> YES.
AND THAT'S ANOTHER COMPONENT TO
THE STORY IS THAT THE CASINO, IN
FACT, AS YOU AND I SIT HERE
TODAY, THE MARKERS AREN'T EVEN
DUE UNTIL MARCH 31st AT A
DISCOUNTED RATE OF 20% WHICH
MEANS THAT THE DEBT IS ACTUALLY
$400,000.
WHAT THEY DID IS THEY WENT AHEAD
AND -- WITH THE BEHAVIOR --
SHOWING THE BEHAVIOR THEY HAD,
THEY WENT AHEAD AND DEPOSITED
THEM TRYING TO STEEL $100,000
FROM ME.
>> YOU BELIEVE THEY TRIED TO