O’Aces dispute sent to Control Board

Tuesday, March 8, 2005 | 11:02 a.m.

CARSON CITY -- The Nevada Supreme Court has issued a writ stopping two Las Vegas men from pursuing their court case against O'Aces Bar and Grill in a video slot dispute.

The court said that Dan La- Porte and James Carey must first take their complaint before the Nevada Gaming Control Board. If they are unsuccessful before the board, then they can appeal that decision, the court said.

LaPorte and Carey claim they are owed thousands of dollars in connection with an O'Aces video poker promotion that promised payouts of up to $10,000. The promotion was based on the number of royal flushes hit on the video poker machines within a certain time with larger bonuses being paid for each successive royal flush.

LaPorte and Carey joined as partners and said they gambled "hundreds of thousands of dollars" and had completed over half the events to achieve the $10,000 bonus.

They said that before they could continue, the club tossed them out. They sued for breach of contract and fraud.

O'Aces asked District Judge Kenneth Cory to dismiss the suit, but he refused and the business appealed to the Nevada Supreme Court.

The court, in an order dated March 3, said the Gaming Control Board "has exclusive jurisdiction" to resolve the dispute.