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Black Woman Wins Casino Jackpot, Files Lawsuit After Detroit Bank Refused To Deposit Check

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Lizzie Pugh, 71, won the jackpot at the Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. When she took the check to a Fifth Third Bank in Livonia, employees told her the check was fraudulent and refused to give it back. Pugh’s niece, Yolanda McGee was the one who convinced Pugh to take legal action.

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Black Woman Wins Casino Jackpot, Files Lawsuit After Detroit Bank Refused To Deposit Check

A retired schoolteacher in Detroit has filed a federal lawsuit after bank employees refused to deposit a check with the money she won from a casino jackpot

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'Banking while Black': Woman wins casino jackpot, but Livonia bank won't cash check

Bank workers told the retired Detroit schools employee and church deacon her check for a slot jackpot was fake and wouldn't give it back to her.

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HometownLife broke the news on Tuesday, September 6, 2022.
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