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Supreme Judicial Court Justice Serge Georges Jr. sat inside the John Adams Courthouse and pressed an attorney, Joshua Garick, to explain the alleged discrepancies in payout rules for blackjack. A gambler claimed a Massachusetts casino ripped off its customers by paying out less than it should for blackjack winnings by a factor of 6 to 5 instead of 2 to 3.
Garick, who would normally be standing in court to address the judge, stood in front of a white wall in his home as he made his rebuttal, with pictures framed on a wall behind him.
With millions of dollars at stake, casinos faced tough questioning about whether their games were fair but it wasn’t clear who will ultimately win the jackpot.
Ahead of the June 1 reopening of Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Conn., a masked blackjack dealer demonstrates newly installed clear, plastic shields that surround table games on May 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Haigh)
BOSTON (CN) Blackjack players who claim they were cheated out of tens of millions of dollars by Massachusetts casinos appeared to face better odds in arguments Wednesday before the state’s highest court.
The court heard two class actions claiming that many players were unknowingly steered into a variant where they got a payout of only 6:5 for a blackjack an ace along with a 10 or face card instead of the traditional payout of 3:2.