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I would have collected as many names as possible and wrote to the Gaming Commission, explaining all the relavent facts and circumstances and naming the participants, and sent a copy to the Casino Manager. I would expect it likely to receive a letter of apology and my monies returned after that.

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That was my intention when I thought they'd ruled incorrectly by awarding the pot. I have the names and pertinent info all typed up and ready to send. But since Bally's rules and Robert's rules state that 51-cards does not invalidate the hand, it's not a matter for Gaming. Bally's followed their own rules, and the apparently commonly accepted rules of many poker rooms, so what are you asking Gaming to do? You want Gaming to rewrite the poker rule book and declare 51-cards does invalidate hands?

Nope... I lost that one fairly. I wasn't upset at losing, I was upset 'cause I came away from Bally's card room with two suits shaking their heads and saying "I'm so sorry we screwed up that ruling, but the decision of the floor is final and we're not changing it" PLUS the serious annoyance of the casino manager then refusing to even talk to the aggrieved players. The first part of that is resolved; they got it right, despite taking a wild guess at it and later incorrectly second guessing themselves. The second part isn't a matter for Gaming.