Michael Duke Thomson remembers leaving the high-limit blackjack room at the Aria Resort & Casino around midnight with a few thousand dollars in chips. He doesn’t remember anything else after that.
Thomson, according to a federal lawsuit deal detailed by The Independent, allegedly went on an epic The Hangover-style rager that he doesn’t remember at all—because he may not have actually done it.
According to a federal complaint, the next thing Thomson knew, he was waking up the next morning, handcuffed in a casino security holding area. He had been banned from the property and would eventually face felony charges tied to $75,000 in casino debt he insists he never knowingly accrued.
Thompson is a 64-year-old licensed…