Vance’s lawyer, Larry Wilder of Jeffersonville, said after the trial that a key issue is whether Indiana law allows a casino to enter into a legal contract with a patron who is drunk. “He had at least seven drinks in 160 minutes. He remembers borrowing the first $20,000, but not the last $55,000,” Wilder said. Two casino employees testified that Vance signed seven credit markers — similar to two-party checks drawn on his bank account — between about 8:30 p.m. and 12:47 a.m.

It doesn't say whether he had established a line of credit or, if he had, how large a limit he had arranged for ...