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Marker dispute grounds gambler
Las Vegas Review-Journal, Tuesday, June 17, 2008 at 4:21:50 PM
When Wisconsin businessman Christian Peterson stepped into Harrah's Entertainment's private jet, he thought he was a winner.
The self-confessed gambling addict, who routinely plays blackjack at $25,000 a hand, spent several days in April gambling at Caesars Palace and says he won $1.5 million.
Harrah's Entertainment, which owns Caesars Palace, offered to fly him back to Wisconsin on its private jet, and he took them up on it. He says the company and other gaming establishments often fly him to Las Vegas, so he didn't even consider it a big deal.
But it turned into a big deal. About 45 minutes into his flight, the pilot turned the plane around and returned to Las Vegas, Peterson said.
Once on the ground, he claims a handful of Harrah's Entertainment employees surrounded him and intimidated him into signing a marker for $3.5 million.
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