Marcus Jordan's Las Vegas Partying Under Formal Investigation

LAS VEGAS — 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."

Jordan was in Las Vegas for his dad's fantasy basketball camp with his brother, Jeffrey, and teammate A.J. Rompza.

A video posted to Twitter by Jeffrey Jordan shows all three players hanging out at the Liquid Pool Lounge, the resort's adults-only pool.

UCF basketball spokesman Doug Richards said the school had no comment.

MGM Resorts spokesman Alan Feldman declined comment. The Aria is the centerpiece casino of CityCenter, the company's joint venture with Dubai World that cost $8.5 billion to build.

Markling said he could not comment specifically about the case. He said the control board's findings would not be made public.

Markling said punishments in general depend on the infraction's scope, and could involve verbal warnings, fines, or in extreme cases suspending an operator's gambling license.

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Associated Press Writer Antonio Gonzalez in Orlando, Fla., and researcher Barbara Sambriski in New York contributed to this report.

Comments

[motoGpifupleez]

08:21 PM on 09/02/2010

Spending the day dropping $50K. A chip off the old block.

Another degenerate gambler on the rise.

[Millie Lencioni]

12:48 PM on 09/02/2010

Just like his refusal to wear the official footwear of his team, this kid is a problem. His father should be so proud of him, he really created a monster.

[Brad Martin]

02:03 AM on 09/02/2010

It's Michael Jordan's son who cares, plus why does any one care. Minors do crazy things that is why they are minors Jordan's son can do anything he wants to do. If it is such a big problem, then why doesn't anyone comment on Paris Hilton. When Paris' license was suspended she was still driving and no one made any comments at the situation.

[clarendon67]

03:57 PM on 09/02/2010

Welcome to the world of a black male Paris Hylton.

[fromdnorth]

01:18 AM on 09/02/2010

No one investigates Paris...

[Forester]

05:21 PM on 09/01/2010

So this would be "Air Head" Jordan?

[Dr Confuso]

02:54 PM on 09/01/2010

Now we all know the type of person you are. A useless loudmouth with no apparent moral compass.

[plooger]

10:28 AM on 09/01/2010

> "My family and friends know the type of person I am."

And now the Twitterverse does, as well.

[nappyman]

10:01 AM on 09/01/2010

There is something wrong in the world when I wrote a comment about this article and someone flagged it because i disguised a bad word(starts with s ends with t), and HP has an article up about some football player that exposed himself online and they got a picture of him in some hotel with his shirt off.

Say what?

[Harris Foster]

07:51 AM on 09/01/2010

Like father like son..LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSER!!!!!

[ScarlettMocha]

09:41 AM on 09/01/2010

Six NBA Championships is hardly a loser. Sounds like a hater to me.

[alreadybad]

03:22 PM on 09/01/2010

Pull your head out of a basketball. This has nothing to do with the NBA, try reading the story and maybe then you'll understand the comments.

[suemj]

03:12 PM on 09/02/2010

I agree with you Scarlett. Regardless of his son, of which college kids and kids in general will do and say stupid boastful things, Michael Jordan has done and given more of his time and money to many charities and organizations. This hardly makes him a bad father or a loser. It does sound like hating to me.

[alreadybad]

03:23 PM on 09/01/2010

Truth!

[ncynthis]

06:23 AM on 09/01/2010

It appears as though the headline to the article is not quite accurate. After reading, one finds that the casino is under investigation. There's really nothing to the article. An 18 year old parties in Las Vegas and brags about it publicly. yawn. yawn.

[netaholic13]

06:15 AM on 09/01/2010

think twice before you posted something on twitter or facebook or even on this comment form!

[truthinperson]

05:03 AM on 09/01/2010

Maybe the Justice System should just spend all it's time investigating Twitter and Facebook accounts instead of actually going out and finding criminals. If someone says it on twitter or facebook, it has to be true right? I don't have Facebook, twitter, or any other "social networking" inter-net fad that might easily get me investigated or fired from my job for having my picture taken while sipping a beer on my day off.

[1980 2 infinity]

03:17 AM on 09/01/2010

Vegas is all bout money and nothing else

[ScarlettMocha]

09:42 AM on 09/01/2010

Sex & booze?

[Forester]

05:22 PM on 09/01/2010

I ain't sayin' it is, and I ain't sayn' it isn't.

[Felipe Castilla]

03:01 AM on 09/01/2010

agreed-Merrie way! With all due respect to Jordan (perhaps the greatest althelete of all time, certainly the greatest NBA player of all time)...the rumors were that he was worse than Tiger Woods and Arnold Palme ..maybe even than Wilt The Stilt Champerlin in regard to women and philandering/wild life style.....perhaps his son picked up bad habits from Dad...it's too bad either way!
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[MerrieWay]

01:32 AM on 09/01/2010

If it's true...let the kid do some community service...and the Casino, yawn, should donate to the Boys and Girl's Club...the 35,000.