Russo and Grosjean consider themselves "advantage" gamblers who legally increase their odds of winning by taking advantage of a dealer's or casino's mistakes or by means such as card-counting. Grosjean is a doctoral candidate in economics who has authored a "how-to" manual on legal ways of beating the odds at gambling.
Their lawyer, Bob Nersesian, sued Park Place Entertainment Corp. and its Caesars Palace resort on the Las Vegas Strip after their 2000 arrests following a win of about $18,000 playing poker. The suit against Caesars is still pending in Clark County District Court.
Russo was jailed for about 12 hours, and Grosjean was jailed for four days. They also wound up being named in the Griffin Book, a casino industry "black book" used by resorts to bar certain gamblers from playing at their tables. Griffin Investigations Inc. also has been sued.
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