Metropolitan Creditors Service v. Sadri

Opinion

KING, J.

I. Introduction

In this case we hold that a Nevada cause of action to enforce gambling debts incurred at a casino for the purpose of providing the debtor with funds for gambling violates California’s public policy against gambling on credit and thus is unenforceable in this state.

Metropolitan Creditors Service of Sacramento (MCS) challenges a municipal court judgment declining to enforce gambling debts incurred by Soheil Sadri at a Lake Tahoe casino. We affirm.

II. Background

Sadri, a California resident, incurred debts totaling $22,000 over a two-day period in 1991 while gambling…