A man who was robbed at property of greater than $35,000 in gambling winnings sued the Ohio casino exactly where he won the money, arguing a cashier ought to have issued him a check in place of cash.

Police said 29-year-old David Hayes was robbed at gunpoint of the stack of $100 bills when two armed men woke him at dwelling hours immediately after he left the Hollywood Casino Columbus with his winnings Oct. 21.

Hayes filed suit against the casino’s operator, contending that he asked for any check when he cashed out his blackjack winnings but was provided cash instead.

And he claims the clerk wrote down his identification details, like his address, on a piece of paper, and held it up for him to confirm, producing it “visible to anyone in the vicinity,” The Columbus Dispatch reported Thursday.

The casino, inside a filing this month, said Hayes’ losses were as a consequence of his own negligence and “unforeseeable misconduct by third parties over whom (the casino) had no handle.”

Hayes said the cashier gave him 358 $100 bills in a manila folder that she stapled shut, telling him that he need to take future winnings in the kind of a check. He claims that when he stated he wanted a check, she told him it was as well late. A casino security guard then escorted him to his vehicle.

Hayes was robbed hours later by two armed men who entered his property via an unlocked back door. Inside the lawsuit, Hayes claims the men asked for “the revenue you won tonight.”

Two males were arrested and charged following 1 of them began bragging about the robbery, stated Joseph Landusky, 1 of Hayes’ attorneys. They had been scheduled for trial next week. A third man was becoming sought.

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