Tuesday, August 31st, 2010 at 9:00 am  |  65 responses

Marcus Jordan’s Gambling Tweets Caused an Investigation

by Marcel Mutoni / @marcel_mutoni

Eleven days ago, Michael Jordan’s son, Marcus, took to the Twitter machine to brag about the amount of money him and his friends blew at a Las Vegas casino. He boasted about going through something like $50,000 in a single day.

There’s just one problem: Marcus Jordan is 19 years old, and the ensuing investigation is news because of who his father is.

The AP reports:

MGM Resorts International was under investigation after the underage son of basketball great Michael Jordan bragged on Twitter about partying at a Las Vegas Strip nightclub, Nevada gambling regulators said Monday. Officials were examining whether the casino operator violated laws prohibiting drinking or gambling by minors, Nevada Gaming Control Board enforcement chief Jerry Markling said.

People under 21 often try to gamble or drink in Las Vegas, but punishment for casino operators depend on the circumstances, Markling said. Jordan’s 19-year-old son Marcus Jordan tweeted Aug. 20 about spending $35,000 at Haze at Aria Resort & Casino. “Last night was stupid… 35K at Haze,” the University of Central Florida sophomore guard said. “Totals 50K something the whole day.” The tweet has since been removed from the site.

Jordan told a Fox Sports website last week that the tweet was a mistake and said he had conversations with both his parents about it. “I didn’t mean it the way it came across,” he said. “My family and friends know the type of person I am.”

Little more than a small slap on the wrist for the casino — if that — is expected to come of this. As for Marcus Jordan, his school has so far refused to comment.

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  • total scrotal implosion

    Hes a spoiled rich kid, and a douche about it, nothing new there. Kids starting getting soft when they put padding under their plastic slides and gave out participation trophys. We had metal slides that would scald your legs. Metal jungle gyms, long falls and ‘if youre not bleeding, youre fine’

  • Harrell

    Dumb Ass PERIOD.

  • http://dfjklf.com Jukai

    Allenp: I’m f’ing with you. I love to gamble. I do it way more than I should. I NEVER gloat about losing money. There is no point. it means you suck.

  • http://www.slamonline.com Pardeep

    He was just showing off how much money he had…… idiot

  • rav

    this kid needs a good smack across the face but i doubt his daddy will do a thing as he’s proud that junior is being just like him

  • http://idunkonthem.blogspot.com/ albie1kenobi

    actually, Haze is a night club, so it’s more about him drinking underage than gambling. or maybe he did gamble/lose 15K. just saying.
    and twitter is dumb. when’s the last (or first) time you heard positive news related to twitter?

  • http://www.shawnkemp.com Masr

    Unfortunately like father like son. But honestly marcus is really being a dumb@$$ bragging bout ish like that and over twitter too, oh well.

  • Lz – Cphfinest3

    What a tool. But please people Twitter is not stupid, it is the way you use Twitter that is misunderstood. Sure people following celebrities and ret*rds like Marcus will get fed a lot of BS. But there is a whole other way to use the service. I for instance use it for work purposes every single day; by following a few (around 25) selected media I get a constant and updated newsstream, as well as links to a bunch of articles about certain topics (that I choose according to my needs/taste). I have never once had a ‘I just had x for dinner’ tweet in my Twitter newsstream. Except for some personal friends and a couple of BBall players (S.Nash is funny) my Twitter stream is made up of good qualified mediasites and people posting links to/about selected topics. People there is nothing wrong with Twitter, quite the opposite, it is solely about the people you follow/let pollute your newsstream. So try start using it in the ‘right’ way (right for me at least) and I’m sure you see the value it offers.

  • Yulenevano

    Philosopher is officially the Chuck Norris of fitting quotes. Chuck Norris quotes the Philosopher lol.

  • http://slamonline.com CB 34

    Philosopher has always been an idiot. shut up!

  • The Fresh Prince of Nsam

    He doesn’t look like MJ at all (I mean physically)…

  • nastierthanu

    Man what I could do with 50,000. Lots of hungry people out there. Every 19 year old makes mistakes. His are blown up due to his last name. Give the kid a break

  • http://hoopistani.blogspot.com hoopistani

    Twitter isn’t stupid, it just exposes the stupidity of certain people.

  • Anon E Mouse

    He was just showing off how much money “his father” had…… idiot.

    There you go pardeep, fixed.

    Also see above for those of you saying like father like son – Nope, MJ Senior spent MJ Senior’s money. As a father, there’s a real simple way to stop this type of shit…This little Nucca ain’t got an allowance, he’s got a damn budget.

    On the upside, this will make a great season 4 episode of Boondocks…

  • The Philosopher

    @CB 34:
    Have you found what I have been asking you for?
    I thought you changed your screen name, or something.
    Anyway, it is good to see you up here again, making me look reputable.
    You… STILL LOVE ME.

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