Nowadays, in the famous casino city of Las Vegas, people can not only see all kinds of bright vanity fairs, but also many huge billboards with a series of zeros, totaling $1 million.
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This is actually a reward warrant looking for eyewitnesses to a case.
First, let's introduce the person who issued the bounty order, and this person is Dwight Manley.
(Dwight Manley)
At the age of 23, Dwight made his fortune buying and selling collectible coins and became a millionaire.
Later, he worked in a number of industries, including numismatist, real estate developer, and even a professional sports agent for a while.
At that time, he negotiated several very famous deals, such as representing the NBA team Utah Jazz and negotiating a $66.5 million contract with star Karl Malone; He also served as an agent for NBA star Rodman.
(Dwight watched a live NBA game while working as a sports agent)
So why did such a rich man make a bounty in Las Vegas?
Because he was drugged......
In December 2021, Dwight traveled to the MGM Tower in Las Vegas.
(MGM Tower)
Dwight has been working with MGM's casinos for more than 30 years, so when he comes to Vegas, he usually rests and entertains at MGM Hotels, and his food and drinks are also taken care of by the hotel.
On this day, he rested in his room until noon, as usual, and at one o'clock in the afternoon, Dwight came to the hotel casino to gamble.
Sitting down at the table, he ordered a glass of wine as usual, but this time he just took a sip and felt that something was wrong, the wine was much more bitter than usual.
However, Dwight didn't pay attention to it, just thought that there was a problem with the recipe, and after drinking this glass, he asked for another one, and emphasized to the bartender, "Don't make the second drink as bitter as the first." ”
He didn't expect that the first cup of "bitterness" was not a recipe, but a drug......
(Casino Environment)
Soon after the first drink, Dwight began to faint, even drunk.
As he played, he smashed the ashtray on the table, and blood flowed vigorously from his hands, but he didn't seem to feel it at all, and was still playing calmly.
Strangely, MGM's service staff didn't help him get medical help, but just took Dwight to the bathroom, put a band-aid on him, and sent him back to the table to continue playing.
Not only that, but the staff in charge of serving Dwight also took him through two procedures and helped him apply for a $2 million credit line, which is equivalent to a loan for gambling, so that he could play first and pay later.
The drunken Dwight quickly lost the $2 million, so the staff helped Dwight raise the $3.5 million limit for the third time......
(Casino Environment)
In this way, after more than 3 hours of gambling, Dwight's friend finally discovered his abnormality, and at this time he could not even stand up on his own......
His friends hurriedly helped him back to his accommodation, watched him together, and did not let him leave the hotel room.
The next morning, Dwight woke up in a daze, feeling sick and wanting to throw up, and he couldn't remember what he had played at the casino yesterday or how his hand had been injured.
On the other hand, the casino sent someone to inform him that he had lost more than $2 million in the casino in one day yesterday......
Dwight finally realized that he might have been drugged.
(Dwight)
He returned to his home and underwent a medical test.
The test results showed a positive test for Dwight ketamine, a sedative commonly used by veterinarians and often used to anesthetize animals.
Now Dwight understood that he had been tricked by the casino......
He filed a complaint with the police and the Nevada Gaming Control Commission to investigate the details of the drugging of the casino bar. In addition, he also asked the casino to cancel his debt because he was not able to make a loan request at that time.
After calling the police, Dwight was still puzzled, and he hired a private investigator to help him investigate the whole incident, and in order to find witnesses at the time, Dwight set up a $500,000 bounty.
As a result, more than two years later, the case has not progressed, and Dwight was furious, raised the reward to $1 million, and also advertised on 14 huge billboards in Las Vegas:
"$1 million to find witnesses, who drugged a player's drink at the bar at MGM Tower on December 10, 2021?"
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Now, the lawsuit between Dwight and MGM is still pending, and the most recent court proceedings ended on May 9, and the trial may not have gone well, which is one of the reasons why Dwight is willing to spend a lot of money to find witnesses.
What do you say, they all say that nine out of ten bets are lost, but I really didn't expect that a "thick-eyed and big-eyed" person like MGM would actually use this kind of means, let's pay attention to the follow-up......