A New York golfer who unsuccessfully sued after not being paid for a hole-in-one is now taking shots at the judge.
Manhattan Judge Katherine Polk-Failla last month dismissed John Aretakis’ $1 million Manhattan federal court lawsuit against Caesar’s and the Rio Secco Golf Club in Las Vegas, finding the former lawyer failed to prove his breach of contract and fraud claims over the January 2016 dispute.
Aretakis was at the club with three buddies when, for $20 apiece, they got a chance to hit a hole in one for a $1 million prize. One of Aretakis’ buddies made the incredibly rare shot, only to discover the fine print: The big money wouldn’t be awarded until a second round. The pal who made the shot had offered to share the prize with Aretakis, but the second round was canceled. An employee at the club allegedly told the men the game was “kind of a bait and switch,” claimed Aretakis, who sued in October 2016.
Aretakis is now accusing Polk-Failla of bias. “Most people who know about Las Vegas, and know about casinos and games of chance, are aware from common knowledge and common sense that entering into novel games of chance can be replete with rip-offs, scams, bait-and-switch and/or outright misrepresentations, deceptions and lies,” he wrote in a letter Friday.


