Chuck E. Cheese serves food?

Chuck E. Cheese's Promoted Gambling With Kids

The Chuck E. Cheese's chain of restaurants uses the slogan, "Where a kid can be a kid." But to one San Diego mother , the chain is really where a kid can develop a serious gambling habit.


Debbie Keller, a real estate agent with two kids ages 3 and 5, is suing the Dallas-based restaurant chain for $5 million because she feels that many of the games intended for children at these locations are actually illegal gambling devices -- like slot machines and roulette wheels.


Although Keller is asking for a jury trial as well as damages and restitution totaling at least $5 million, her lawyer, Eric Binink told the San Diego Union Tribune that the money is a secondary issue.


Benink said the lawsuit's real purpose is to prevent Texas-based parent company CEC Entertainment Inc. from keeping the machines in its game rooms.


Another mom who is bothered by the suit is San Diego blogger Morgan Quinn Benzian, who says Keller's suit is "mind boggling."


Benzian -- who has written love poems to the chain -- freely admits she's taught her daughter to play "The Claw" and claims the girl has, so far, not had any major meltdowns.


Benzian believes that instead of suing Chuck E. Cheese's, Keller should look at the restaurant as a godsend.


"Chuck E. Cheese's serves beer and pizza and they watch your kids for two hours," Benzian said, adding with a cackle, "[Keller] better not f--k it up for the rest of us."

These two are both crazy. The second one for taking her kids there and then getting drunk. The first for suing Chuck. She should be suing the chain for serving something billed as food. The games are safer than the food. as a matter of fact - eating that food is gambling with your life!