{"id":60792,"date":"2019-11-06T10:30:18","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T15:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/?p=60792"},"modified":"2020-12-26T16:31:11","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T21:31:11","slug":"san-jose-sharks-evander-kane-sued-by-las-vegas-casino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2019\/11\/06\/san-jose-sharks-evander-kane-sued-by-las-vegas-casino\/","title":{"rendered":"San Jose Sharks Evander Kane Sued by Las Vegas Casino"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>News broke late Tuesday that a Las Vegas casino is suing <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/sharks\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Jose Sharks<\/a> forward <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/kaneev01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Evander Kane<\/a><\/strong> for $500,000 in gambling credits. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, The Cosmopoitan Casino filed suit on Monday. Mick Akers of the publication first broke the story.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Las Vegas casino sues NHL\u2019s Evander Kane over unpaid gambling markers <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/F2BOS33zYt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/F2BOS33zYt<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/vegas?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#vegas<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/nhl?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#nhl<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/sharks?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#sharks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mick Akers (@mickakers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mickakers\/status\/1191861784870699008?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 5, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Vegas Casino Sues Evander Kane<\/h2>\n<p>The story went onto say that Kane took eight separate credits that numbered $500,000. This incident allegedly traces back to win the Sharks played the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/knights\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vegas Golden Knights<\/a> during the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. The debts got accumulated during Games 3 and 4 in Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>The markers ranged around $20,000 to $100,00 according to the lawsuit. Markers are used by casinos to allow big-money clients to access large amounts of money on the spot.<\/p>\n<p>Kane is in the second year of a seven-year, $49 million deal. He got <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/2019\/10\/01\/nhl-suspends-evander-kane-for-three-games\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">suspended once this season<\/a> for three games for abuse of an official. That suspension has cost him $112,000 in salary. Sharks team officials have yet to comment on the lawsuit so far. Two of those three games were against the Golden Knights.<\/p>\n<p>The Vancouver native has 225 goals, 198 assists and 423 points in 662 games. He&#8217;s scored nine goals and four assists for 13 points in 13 games this season. The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/jets\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Atlanta Thrashers<\/a> originally draft Kane in the first round, fourth overall of the 2009 NHL Draft.<\/p>\n<h2>What it Means for the Future<\/h2>\n<p>The old saying in Vegas is &#8220;the house always wins&#8221; and they&#8217;ll find a way to get their money. Kane will likely have to pay up in the future unless the lawsuit is settled.<\/p>\n<p>This lawsuit will also give more fodder for the Golden Knights&#8217; fans to pick on Kane. The 28-year-old has become the object of scorn in the budding rivalry. This seems to be another bump in the road for Kane, who has had some struggles with off-ice issues in his career.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2018\/04\/Evander-Kane-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>LAS VEGAS &#8211; San Jose Sharks forward Evander Kane gets into a scrape with Vegas Golden Knights defenceman <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/schmina01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nate Schmidt<\/a>. (Getty Images)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News broke late Tuesday that a Las Vegas casino is suing San Jose Sharks forward Evander Kane for $500,000 in gambling credits. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, The Cosmopoitan Casino filed suit on Monday. Mick Akers of the publication first broke the story. 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