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LAS VEGAS (AP) — A lawyer for a German gambler says he'll seek to consolidate two federal lawsuits in Las Vegas after an appeals court reinstated a case alleging his client owes the Wynn Las Vegas resort $250,000, but not $1.3 million.
Attorney Gary Logan said Wednesday that Konstantis Zoggolis signed an agreement with Wynn to cap his credit at $250,000, but the casino issued him more than $1 million more in casino markers, or IOUs.
A three-judge panel of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that markers are credit instruments like checks, and that civil disputes don't have to go before the Nevada Gaming Control Board before reaching U.S. District Court in Las Vegas.
Attorney Lawrence Semenza III, representing Wynn, declined comment.
The panel didn't say how much Zoggolis owes.
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