Former Beauty Queen Sues Tiltware

There will soon be another case hitting the United States courtrooms. And this time it is not the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act lobbyists. This time it is a United States poker player Cycalona “Clonie” Gowen and Full Tilt Poker, which is an online casino site that has supported her for years. They will go head to head in court after Full Tilt Poker told the Gowen that her services would no longer be needed and that all of her images and promotional material would be removed from their online casinos. The once teenage beauty queen, Gowen, filed the lawsuit in late November in the state of Nevada. The lawsuit was filed against Tiltware, LLC, Full Tilt Poker and apparently the rest of the online casino’s online poker personalities.

The online casino news website, Poker News, reported that the lawsuit is a 20 page report that has many claims against the website that breach the Covenant of Goof Faith and Fair Dealing, breach of contract and fiduciary duty, and unjust enrichment and fraud. With that long list of charges, the former beauty queen is seeking for $40 million in damages. The plaintiff claims to have taped phone conversations with the Tiltware executives which have spoken contracts and details of meetings. The online casino has been asked for comment in regards to the lawsuit from their former spokesperson and have gone as far as to dismiss her claims as ‘meritless’.

Online casinos often get into legal trouble, but that seems to be the nature of the business. A spokesperson for the online casino released the following statement: "Tiltware, LLC, has been made aware of the recent filing of a meritless lawsuit by a former Full Tilt Poker endorser - Ms. Cycalona Gowen. All claims have no merit and there are many inaccuracies improperly and unlawfully asserted by Ms. Gowen within her frivolous complaint. Tiltware LLC expects that this lawsuit will be dealt with accordingly by a competent court in due course."