The company that provided gaming machines for “Internet lounges” in Berryville and Green Forest allegedly operated by Daniel Scallorn is suing him for allowing the machines to be used for gambling purposes.
The story is by Phillip Launius of KTLO:
Dark Knight Vending of Little Rock filed the lawsuit in the civil division of Pulaski County Circuit Court.
The suit deals with violations of a five-year contract executed early last year for placement of machines in the two “Platinum Internet Lounges.”
In court documents, it is stated there is also a Platinum Internet Lounge in Nixa that appears to have been operated by Scallorn at some point. Deactivated or inactive websites can be found for some of the shuttered operations.
The sites show the businesses as being “temporarily closed.”
In the Dark Knight Vending suit, the Mountain Home and Harrison lounges are not mentioned as being provided machines by the Little Rock firm. From photos it appears the machines in Berryville and Green Forest were different than those in other lounges.
The company accuses Scallorn of violating his contract with Dark Knight Vending in a number of ways, including provisions requiring him to assure that the machines would not be used illegally.
Exhibits filed with the suit include a multi-page, small print “amusement machine placement agreement” requiring that “monies may never be paid or awarded to players.”
The suit does mention that Scallorn has been charged with keeping a Gambling House in both Mountain Home and Harrison.
According to the suit, when Dark Horse Vending was made aware of that situation, a letter was sent to Scallorn to make arrangements to pick up the machines that had been in the Berryville and Green Forest locations.
Scallorn was reported to have moved the equipment from both “lounges” to a location that was not mentioned in the suit.
He was said to have called the attorney for Dark Knight Vending and made arrangements for the Little Rock-based company to take possession of the property.
In addition, the company says the contract required Scallorn to “prevent damage, theft, vandalism or destruction of the machines.”
The suit alleges that when the machines were picked up, only 13 of the 15 could be found and five of those machines had been damaged.
According to amounts set out in the suit, Dark Knight Vending is seeking more than $500,000 in damages.
Scallorn has pled not guilty to his gambling house charges in Baxter and Boone Counties. Final hearings are set in Baxter County Circuit Court for November 28 and in Boone County Circuit Court for December 13.
According to court records, no gambling house-type-charges have yet been brought in Carroll County.
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