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Man tries to clear name

"Wanting to clear his name, DiGiralomo is asking a New Jersey appeals court to release S.D.'s true identity so that his personal and business reputation won't be harmed by suspicions that he is the anonymous gambler. DiGiralomo owns a publishing firm and a freight business.

"In a court motion filed this week, DiGiralomo argues that he has been mistaken for S.D. because of their identical initials and other similarities between the two men. He contends the confusion has caused him 'much embarrassment and humiliation' and can only be solved by having S.D.'s full name revealed.

"Trouble is, the real S.D. refuses to have his identity disclosed. Also objecting to DiGiralomo's motion are the New Jersey Casino Control Commission and the Division of Gaming Enforcement, the same regulatory agencies that S.D. battled earlier this year in a highly publicized court case over his attempts to resume gambling in the casinos.

"In 2004, after dropping a bundle at a craps game, S.D. signed up for a confidential program that bars him for life from Atlantic City's gaming halls and affiliated casinos across the country. He later tried to have his name removed from New Jersey's self-exclusion list, saying he acted impulsively and had no idea that the gambling ban also extended outside Atlantic City.

"...The Casino Control Commission denied S.D.'s request, fearing that if the state let S.D. out of the self-exclusion program it would open the floodgates for other gamblers to leave. S.D. sued to overturn the decision, but a New Jersey appeals court upheld the commission's action in a March ruling.

"According to DiGiralomo's court papers, widespread publicity over the court case led DiGiralomo's friends and business associates to believe that he was S.D. Besides having the same initials as S.D., DiGiralomo contends there are other 'striking similarities' between the two, including the fact that DiGiralomo is a well-known gambler who once was enrolled in the self-exclusion program..."

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