Teens Set Off Fire Extinguisher, Steal Chips at MGM National Harbor
- Teens set off fire extinguisher in MGM National Harbor casino theft.
- Commerce casino winner settles suit over prize denial.
- New podcast "Scamtown" features story of Harvey's Casino in Lake Tahoe and the so-called Harvey's Casino bomb.
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Teens Set Off Fire Extinguisher, Steal Chips at MGM National Harbor
A young man and two 16-year-old boys face adult charges in a robbery involving a fire extinguisher at the MGM Grand Harbor Casino in Prince George's County, Maryland.
County police said officers were called around 2:45 p.m. Saturday to the MGM National Harbor Hotel and Casino, where assailants sprayed a fire extinguisher on the casino floor, stole chips and fled.
Police said officers arrested an 18-year-old man and two 16-year-old boys, who were charged as adults, and detectives are working to identify others who fled.
Gambling News
Alleged $70,000 Commerce Casino Winner Settles Suit Over Prize Denial
A woman who alleged the California Commerce Club Inc. wrongfully denied her $70,000 in winnings from a progressive drawing play in 2022 has settled her lawsuit against the business.
Lien Bui sued the hotel and casino in Los Angeles Superior Court on May 28, alleging breach of contract and both fraud and intentional as well as negligent misrepresentation.
“The representations were made with the intent to induce plaintiff’s reliance and to get plaintiff to gamble at defendant’s casino,” the suit alleged.
On Tuesday, Bui’s attorney filed court papers with Judge Maurice A. Leiter stating that the case was resolved, but no terms were divulged.
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New Apple Podcast ‘Scamtown’ Features the story of Harvey’s Casino in South Lake Tahoe
“Scamtown,” an Apple Original podcast, is an 11-part series narrated by filmmakers Brian Lazarte and James Lee Hernandez. It dives into the world of scams, heists, hustles and even forbidden love.
“It felt like such a natural fit for us and it was really exciting because usually doing a documentary or a series takes like two years to do, and it was awesome to do 11 stories in one year,” Hernandez said.
The first two episodes were released on August 26 and feature a story familiar to those in the Lake Tahoe area: the Harvey’s Casino bomb.
Hernandez first heard the story of the Harvey’s Casino bomb when he was at a high school basketball tournament in Lake Tahoe. When they were getting into making this podcast, he brought the Harvey’s story to Apple and the team and they loved it.
“(The story) has so much of what we love. We’re following this investigation into what’s going on and there’s literally a ticking clock. Will the bomb go off? How big of a bomb is it? It’s the most complex bomb the FBI has ever seen, still to today, and all of these pieces, and then how it’s resolved, all of it was just so right up our alley,” Hernandez said.
When Hernandez first brought the story up, Lazarte said he did not know much about it.
“There was a moment where it’s like ‘Oh, did the bomb even go off?’ and I think that level of curiosity for the listener as they’re going through this particular episode is… incredibly fascinating,” Lazarte said. “I think there are tons of surprises. The first thing that comes to mind is the fact that there were people betting on whether or not the bomb was going to go off or not.”
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