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Allen Iverson's not a big guy, but around Atlantic City he's known as a "whale." That's what they call a gambler who bets major money on each hand.
On a late-night visit to the Trump Taj Mahal after the Sixers bested the Charlotte Bobcats Friday, sources say, Iverson, after winning a hand at a three-card-stud poker table, was overpaid approximately $10,000 in chips by a dealer.
When the dealer quickly realized the mistake and requested the chips back, Iverson refused to hand `em over, and a head-turning argument between him and casino staff began, sources said told the Philadelphia Daily News.
Overpaid at casino, Iverson reportedly gets irate
BY DAN GROSS
Philadelphia Daily News
PHILADELPHIA - Allen Iverson's not a big guy, but around Atlantic City he's known as a "whale." That's what they call a gambler who bets major money on each hand.
On a late-night visit to the Trump Taj Mahal after the Sixers bested the Charlotte Bobcats Friday, sources say, Iverson, after winning a hand at a three-card-stud poker table, was overpaid approximately $10,000 in chips by a dealer.
When the dealer quickly realized the mistake and requested the chips back, Iverson refused to hand `em over, and a head-turning argument between him and casino staff began, sources said told the Philadelphia Daily News.
The Taj Mahal declined to comment Wednesday.
A top executive at another casino said Wednesday that if a casino makes a payout mistake, a player must give back any money that was not legitimately won.
When this Philadelphia Daily News columnist tried to speak with Iverson in the Sixers locker room after Wednesday night's win over the Hawks, he would not talk. However, referring to the columnist, Iverson told his spokesman Gary Moore, "Tell him to kiss my ---."
He continued: "Tell him to write the most devilish story he can write about me. If he says I did something, just tell him all those things are true. And say I hit somebody, too, and cursed at a nun."
His rant was also heard by more than a dozen other media types.
Moore later confirmed that the Taj had overpaid Iverson for a bet and says that Iverson has given back the extra money, and was given a Taj gaming voucher for a comparable amount. Moore says he did not know if any argument had taken place between Iverson and Taj staff, nor did he know how much Iverson had been overpaid.
