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KYUNG LAH IS OUT FRONT.
>> THEY SERVED ME ALL THE
DRINKS, THEY SHOULD HAVE CUT ME
OFF.
>> Reporter: A WILD WEEKEND IN
SIN CITY BUT WHAT HAPPENED TO
MARK JOHNSTON DIDN'T STAY IN
VEGAS.
HE LOST $500,000 GAMBLING.
AND HE SAYS IT WASN'T HIS FAULT.
>> JUST PICTURE A DRUNK WALKING
DOWN THE STREET AND HE'S DRUNK
AND SOMEBODY GOES UP AND JUST
PICK POCKETS HIM AND TAKES HIS
WALLET OUT OF HIM.
THAT'S HOW I CHARACTERIZE IT.
>> YOU FEEL LIKE THEY'RE
STEALING FROM YOU?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> Reporter: THEY IS THE
DOWNTOWN GRAND CASINO.
IN A CIVIL LAWSUIT HE CLAIMS
THAT THE CASINO TOOK ADVANTAGE
OF HIM.
ACCORDING TO JOHNSTON'S LAWSUIT
HE WAS SO INVISIBLY INTOXICATED
HE WAS DROPPING CHIPS ON THE
FLOOR AND CONFUSING CHIP COLORS
AND SLURRING HIS SPEECH BADLY
AND UNABLE TO READ HIS CARDS.
HE SAID HE HAD A 44-HOUR GAP IN
MEMORY THAT HE CALLS "THE
BLACKOUT PERIOD."
HOW MUCH DOES HE CLAIM HE DRANK?
20 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES IN 17
HOURS.
THAT'S ON TOP OF THE
APPROXIMATELY TEN DRINKS HE SAID
HE CONSUMED BEFORE HE EVEN
STEPPED INTO THE CASINO.
HOW IS THAT THE CASINO'S FAULT?
JOHNSTON SAYS THAT THE DOWNTOWN
GRAND CONTINUED TO SERVE HIS
FREE DRINKS VIOLATING NEVADA
STATE LAW FORBIDDING COMPING
DRINKS TO PATRONS THAT ARE
VISIBLY DRUNK AND THEN LETTING
THEM BALGAMBLE.
HOW DO YOU VIEW THAT WEEKEND
NOW?
>> MY RESPONSIBILITY IS, I HAD A
FEW DRINKS THAT AIRPORT AND HAD
A DRINK ON THE PLANE.
YOU KNOW, AT SOME POINT, THAT'S
MY RESPONSIBILITY.
OKAY, BUT, THE UNFORTUNATE PART
ABOUT IT FOR THEM IS THAT THEY
HAVE A MORE BIGGER
RESPONSIBILITY THAN I DO.
>> Reporter: THE STATE GAMING
COMMISSION TELLS CNN IT IS
INVESTIGATING JOHNSTON'S CASE
AND IF THE CASINO IS IN
VIOLATION OF STATE LAWS, IT
COULD BE SUBJECT TO FINES OR
REVOCATION OF HIS GAMBLING
LICENSE.
THE CASINO HAD NO COMMENT SAYING
IT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A LAWSUIT
WITH JOHNSTON.
AS FAR AS JOHNSTON?
WE CHATTED NEXT TO HIS $250,000
MERCEDES.
HE SAYS HIS LAWSUIT IS NOT ABOUT
THE MONEY.
COME ON, THIS IS VEGAS.
YOU GAMBLED WITH THE MONEY.
IS THIS A SORE LOSER?
>> I AM NOT A SORE LOSER.
I HAVE LOST $500,000.
I'VE LOST $800,000.
I'VE LOST A LOT OF MONEY AND
I'VE WON A LOT OF MONEY.
THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH