But when Ezell provided her driving license as ID, casino management told her she wouldn\u2019t be paid because she was trespassing on the property. Instead, she was asked to leave.<\/p>\n
It turns out that Ezell had been 86\u2019d from the casino in 2015 after being accused of \u201cpanhandling.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Ezell says the incident was a misunderstanding. She had been arguing with her cousin, who had refused to float her some cash when she started losing, as was the prearranged agreement when they gambled together, she claims. But casino security thought she was pestering a stranger for money, according to the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
As she left on that occasion, Ezell asked the security guard \u201chow long does this last?\u201d She was told \u201cmaybe 24 or 48 hours,\u201d the lawsuit states.<\/p>\n
She received no notification from the casino, either by email, phone call, letter or text message, that she was not welcome on the property, the filing claims.<\/strong><\/p>\nIn the meantime, Ezell has been back hundreds of times, and the casino was always happy to take her money, she says.<\/p>\n
\u2018They Take Your Damn Money\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\nIn the days after her \u201cwin,\u201d she called the casino and spoke to an employee who told her, \u201cDon\u2019t worry about them saying you were trespassing, we are going to get you your jackpot,\u201d according to the lawsuit.<\/p>\n
But when the employee called her back, he explained the matter had escalated \u201cbeyond his paygrade.\u201d<\/p>\n
I just thought when you won, they would pay you,” Ezell said. “When you lose, they take your damn money.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
The MGM Grand said it had not yet been formally served with the lawsuit when contacted by the Free Press<\/em> on Thursday and was not able to comment.<\/p>\nEzell described the casino\u2019s reason for not paying the jackpot as \u201cbull***t.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A Michigan woman who won a $127K jackpot playing progressive blackjack at the MGM Grand Detroit is suing the casino after it refused to pay out and instead accused her of \u201ctrespassing.\u201d That\u2019s despite the plaintiff playing at the casino \u2013 and mainly losing \u2013 for more than 20 years. Denise Ezell, 65, visited the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":323888,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,86430,84511],"tags":[91490,82508,82103,86693,91491],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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