King’s Casino LLC, the parent company of the Stones Gambling Hall, filed a motion this week to dismiss the lawsuit brought by Veronica Brill and 24 others in relation to the Mike Postle cheating scandal.

“This lawsuit reflects the oldest complaint of gamblers – that their lack of success means they were cheated,” the motion reads.

The lawsuit was filed in October 2019, sought $30 million in restitution for Postle’s victims and named Postle, King’s Casino, the owner of the Stones Gambling Hall, and Justin Kuraitis, the Stones Tournament Director, who was oversaw the live streaming operation, as defendants.

The motion, which cites 55 other cases as precedent, asks for the court to throw out all five claims against Stones in part because the “plaintiffs make no credible allegations of wrongdoing by Stones” and “gambling losses are not cognizable as damages under California law and public policy”.

The motion to dismiss is only relevant to the accusations against Stones and not those against Postle and Kuraitis, who would remain as defendants.

Stones’ lawyers have also asked the court to dismiss the libel complaint brought by Brill in relation to the tweet below, claiming “the alleged statement did not refer to her expressly or by clear implication and she fails to plead the require economic damages to the type of libel that she alleges.”

Earlier this year an accusation was made that a player was cheating in our game

We conducted a full investigation & found no evidence that any cheating had occurred

Stones Live stream remains a secure poker streaming platform

The recent allegations are completely fabricated

— StonesLivePoker (@StonesLivePoker) September 29, 2019

Stones makes no attempt to deny or confirm that they believe any cheating occurred, but make the case that Stones Casino simply provided a venue for a poker game to occur and are not responsible for the alleged actions of any players involved.

“Plaintiffs decided whether they wanted to play, for how long, how much to bet, and in which hands to participate,” the motion reads, while citing a lawsuit related to the Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao broadcast in 2017 in which unhappy boxing fans sued the fight promoters after learning that Pacquiao entered the match injured. That lawsuit was ultimately dismissed.

Stones’ legal team also pointed to decisions made by some of the plaintiffs to continue playing on Stones Live Poker with Postle even after allegations of cheating had been raised as a reason for dismissal.

“Plaintiffs concede that they continued to play with Mr. Postle despite their own beliefs about what was allegedly going on, suggesting that even Plaintiffs thought that Mr. Postle could have just been playing excellent poker,” the motion states.

The case is set to be heard April 16, 2020.