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IN THIS SUIT BY A NEW JERSEY CASINO TO RECOVER DEFENDANT’S GAMBLING DEBT, DEFENDANT RAISED AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES ALLEGING PLAINTIFF CASINO VIOLATED PROVISIONS OF NEW JERSEY’S CASINO CONTROL ACT (CCA); THE CONTROLLING AGENCY, THE CASINO CONTROL COMMISSION (CCC), HAS PRIMARY JURISDICTION OVER THOSE COMPLAINTS; THE COMPLAINTS MUST BE RULED ON BEFORE THE COURT CAN CONSIDER PLAINTIFF’S SUMMARY JUDGMENT MOTION (FIRST DEPT).

​The First Department, in a full-fledged opinion by Justice Kapnick, determined the plaintiff, a New Jersey casino (Golden Nugget), was not entitled to summary judgment this action seeking to recover defendant’s (Chan’s) $200,000 gambling debt. Defendant had raised affirmative defenses based upon complaints alleging the dice used by the casino violated the Casino Control Act (CCA) which defendant filed with the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE). The Casino Control Commission has primary jurisdiction over those complaints. Therefore the complaints must be ruled upon before summary judgment can be considered by the court:

Supreme Court’s granting of summary judgment to plaintiff was premature. The motion court should instead have deferred any decision until receipt of DGE’s ruling on Chan’s “patron complaint” based on the same violations, since that grievance was filed prior to the commencement of plaintiff’s litigation and remained pending at the time of its decision. While DGE has ruled that the same scribing violations against another casino do not violate the CCA, there has been no ruling by DGE in any matter concerning defendant’s allegations of “non-transparent dice.” Accordingly, the motion for summary judgment is denied, with leave to renew upon a ruling by DGE on the “patron complaint,” or after six months if DGE has failed to resolve this issue despite sufficient notice to DGE by the parties … . Golden Nugget Atl. City LLC v Chan, 2023 NY Slip Op 02176, First Dept 4-27-23

Practice Point: Here a New Jersey sued defendant to recover a $200,000 gambling debt. Defendant raised violations of New Jersey’s Casino Control Act as affirmative defenses. Because New Jersey’s Casino Control Commission has primary jurisdiction over those complaints, they must be ruled on before the court can consider the casino’s summary judgment motion.

 

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