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Originally Posted by The Commish
A couple months ago a guy was stabbed in the neck on the casino floor at the Muckleshoot (near Seattle). He died on the floor. The casino put up partitions around the body as the police investigated. The table games just 30 feet away did not miss a hand. The greed by casinos (and patrons) can be disgusting in such situations.
I’ve seen this happen, with sheets instead of a partition. Unseemly as it is, this is a little different than the situation at the WSOP. In that case nearby players didn’t have a choice to leave.
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Originally Posted by IhateJJ
This situation reminds me of my first year as a Deutsch Mark options trader on the floor of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. A trader in the crowded D-Mark futures pit stumbled and dropped to the center of the pit during a particularly busy morning, apparently having a heart attack. As he laid motionless on the ground, surround by hundreds of traders, the world's trading in D-Mark futures came to a complete halt..... for about 15 seconds! Then, as the traders in the pit realized there was nothing they could do, they began yelling bids and offers over the top of their fallen comrade while he was still on the ground. Not even a man dying on the floor a few feet away could stop the flow of the FX markets. After about 10 minutes, the paramedics arrived and dragged him out of the pit.
This is also somewhat different than the situation at the WSOP. Perhaps even worse. In any case, we see this happen all the time where bystanders just watch or film life-threatening events occurring. This is probably made worse by the handful of circumstances which are widely reported where someone who tries to help is a) killed themselves, or b) sued by the people they are trying to help or c) charged with a crime by the government.