Borgata Casino Destroyed Cards of Phil Ivey Lawsuit

The famous case of Phil Ivey and Cheng Yin Sun against Borgata Casino experienced a new twist recently as the court found out that the Gemaco cards which were used by them to play baccarat that fateful day in 2013 when they won $9.6 billion have been destroyed by the casino staff. These cards could be presented as evidence for this case, but following company policy, casino staff destroyed the Gemaco cards that were used by both the players. Phil Ivy had been sued by Borgata Casino of deliberately using defective cards to his advantage and winning several million dollars. The suit alleged that both gamblers used “edge sorting” to increase their odds and win at high stakes games between 2013 and 2014.

Suit filed by Phil Ivey

On revelation of this fact, Paul Ivey’s lawyers filed a countersuit which alleged that Borgata casino employees deliberately destroyed the cards so he could not prove his lack of guilt in the case. The destruction of evidence which in this case is “playing cards” will not allow Paul Ivey to show his lack of guilt and prove that the pack did not contain defective cards and he won the amount in a just manner. He has also claimed in the lawsuit that Borgata staff knew that Gemaco cards do not manufacture symmetrical cards but still these cards.

Other cases against Phil Ivey for Gemaco cards

The lawyers or Borgata casino stated that Phil Ivey and his friend Cheng Yin Sun used the asymmetrical design of Gemaco cards to their advantage and they urged dealer to flip cards in certain ways to suit their needs as then they could predict which cards were coming their way. Malaysian casino Genting also filed a similar case against Phil Ivey and refused to give him $12 million that he won at its UK based casino stating that he used edge sorting to win the amount.