Woman Suing Chuck E. Cheese's for Promoting Childhood Gambling

[Bobbity]

Oh, for fuck's sake. Why do americans feel utterly compelled to sue over every little thing that they disagree with in life. There's a flashy circle thingy at the arcade near my house that dispenses tickets, and to call that gambling is like calling that woman reasonable.

 

[Laser Priest]

Can I sue people for promoting kids being a generation of sue-happy, greedy little bastards?

 

[Trippy Turtle]

i love claw machines. i snagged a ball with a 10 dollar note and another one with a 5 dollar note on it.

OT: these things should be left to the parents.

 

[MASTACHIEFPWN]

0_o

Seriously?

Way to fit the sterotype of a bitching ass I deserve everything I want because I'm a bitching american... Fucking realestate agents.

You always win on those roulette like machines, they atleast give you a few tickets, In gambaling, everyone looses, except for the winner, but how can someone win when winning means that someone looses? (Sorry for the Scatman John refrence)

But seriously, 5 million dollars? WTF? what would you do with that money? I hope give it to the little kids who you stole fun from! Jackarses!

 

[BabyRaptor]

America, the greatest most fair and serious legal system in the world. What would we do if this case was thrown out because of how sheerly rediculous it is?!

Praise the system for showing common sense for once?

 

[TheAngryMonkey]

Real-estate not doing so well, eh Keller.
Wow, I think she ate the whole bowl of crazy.
I feel sorry for her kids.
And what does she take them to Chuck-E every night, I think I have been 3 times in my entire life.
What a wackjob.

 

[PayneTrayne]

I work at Chuck E Cheese's and it's a bit ridiculous. We have to make sure our games are giving out no more than 3 tickets on average, otherwise we're losing money.
BUT no matter what happens you win. So it evens out I suppose.

 

[ZeZZZZevy]

Last time I was at a CC, you won no matter what.
Hell, I worked at another entertainment center, which had the same policy.

In order to run games that pay out based on skill, you need to have a specific license to do so.
Not that it really matters here, because honestly when were any of the prizes at CC worth over 50 cents?

 

[Nurb]

The judge is going to throw this out because it's not gambling when you get tickets or prizes

If she's suing Chuck e cheese, then she's going to have to sue every carnival and theme park game too

 

[Bob the frantic]

Let me just clarify this...

1. This woman's child played games at Chuck E. Cheese
2. The woman believes these games promote illegal gambling
3. She is claiming $5 million but 'money isn't the issue'

Conclusion - This woman does not know how the law works

Even if she does win, she gives up right to the money because she supported her child's child participation (giving him the money to play)

And finally - Seriously? $5 million for THIS? I doubt even the Hypnotoad could even get this into the courtroom.

 

[icame]

Only in America...

 

[Nurb]

Only in America...

...Where it has judges who throw out these lawsuits if it makes it to a courtroom when it's obvious these games are in every carnival and theme park.

 

[Cliff_m85]

Woman Suing Chuck E. Cheese's for Promoting Childhood Gambling

What happens at Cheese's, stays at Cheese's.

Denise Keller, San Diego real estate agent and mother of 2, has filed a lawsuit against Chuck E. Cheese's and its parent company CEC Entertainment over the ticket-dispensing arcade games featured in the Chuck E. Cheese's restaurant, asserting that they are, in fact, illegal gambling machines.

While Keller is asking for $5 million, her attorney, Eric Benink, claims that the money isn't the key issue here. "We don't think that children should be exposed to casino-style gambling devices at an arcade," he said, and the real goal here is to get these "gambling devices" out of the restaurant chain and away from the children.

California law, which prohibits gambling except in specific situations, makes exceptions for games that are based mostly on the skill of the player, rather than sheer dumb luck. Keller and Benink claim that this is not the case with these games, and that Keller had taken her children to Chuck E. Cheese's and saw that some of the games featured a device similar to a roulette wheel. The suit states that the games are based mostly on chance, and promote addictive behaviors in children, who will shovel tokens into the games in pursuit of tickets, which can be used to win prizes, which can "create the same highs and lows experienced by adults who gamble their paychecks or the mortgage payment."

CEC Entertainment has filed papers stating that the intent of the California law was never to outlaw children's arcade games, and points out that even if the games were deemed illegal gambling devices, Keller and her kids participated in the illegal gambling, and should not be able to seek damages.

It's easy to see both sides of this particular suit. While claiming that games like skee-ball aren't skill based is clearly absurd, I seem to recall spending a lot of time at the flashy-light roulette wheel, pumping in tokens and muttering, "C'mon ... daddy needs a new alien pencil topper ..."

The pizza sucked, too.

Source: Kotaku [http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2011/may/12/federal-lawsuit-claims-chuck-e-cheese-promotes-ill/]

(Image) [http://www.flickr.com/photos/markybon/113305662/]

Permalink

WHAT A CUN......ning woman after money.

 

[Canadamus Prime]

Oh boy, here comes the anti-fun brigade. *facepalm*
I mean, for crying out loud, you could say the same thing about those carnival games you see at well carnivals. You know, the ones that have the huge ass friggan stuffed animals hanging over then as "possible" prizes, but there's no way in hell you'd ever actually win one. ...unless maybe you're Superman.

EDIT: If I ever do have kids, I hate to think of the world I'd be bringing them into. A world where the anti-fun brigade has removed everything that's fun for them to do because it's "unsafe" or a "bad influence" or some other damn thing.

 

[samsonguy920]

What I find hard to believe is it took this long for some wag to try this. These games have been around at least since the 1970's for crying out loud.

 

[Lunar Templar]

CEC Entertainment has filed papers stating that the intent of the California law was never to outlaw children's arcade games, and points out that even if the games were deemed illegal gambling devices, Keller and her kids participated in the illegal gambling, and should not be able to seek damages.

eeyup, smart one this lady is, bet she didn't think of that on did she XD

but on a more seirus note, really? REALLY?!
*facepalms*
i hope she loses and has to pay them some ridiculous amount for being a pain in the ass

 

[crazyfoxdemon]

This is ridiculous.. Plain and simple...

 

[Canid117]

If she didn't want money and simply wanted to get rid of the "gambling" machines then she would sue to have the machines removed and for her legal fees to be covered. Either she is looking for a few quick millions or her attorney forced that number to get paid more. Either way she is an idiot and this is a silly case.

 

[Astoria]

'I spotted illegal gambling give me $5 million dollars!'

...

...'I mean, I need $5 million. In... damages... Yeah...'

Seriously, this is just stupid. $5 million? People just take any chance they can get to gain money, don't they. And I'm sure these big evil companies are trying to corrupt our children and aren't providing some fun entertainment so they aren't bored and want to come back. Why would they want to encourage gambling? How does that help them? Must people try to find things in nothing all the time?