Self-Appointed Virtue Czar Bill Bennett

[Theophylact]

is considering suing several Las Vegas casinos for blowing the gaff on his gambling jones.

During a 60-minute interview with Tim Russert on CNCB this weekend, the former education secretary complained his privacy rights had been "deliberately damaged" while also mocking Las Vegas' latest national marketing campaigns.

"By the way, there's a commercial on that people may have seen about Las Vegas, that 'What happens here stays here.' Well, not in my case. Some people there were trying to do me great harm," Bennett said.

The "What happens here" ad campaign is part of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority's latest marketing campaign to boost tourism to the city.

He argued the magazine report stemmed from the release of "some documents" by the casinos themselves which was not legal and violated his privacy rights.

He alleges documents were selectively leaked to create a false impression that he had a gaming problem.

While Bennett did not dispute the legitimacy of the documents and said he had no problem with the reporters who have written stories on his gambling, he told Russert the release of the information was not legal and he is looking into the possibility of legal action against the casinos.

Don't know about you; but if I lost $8 million gambling, I'd think I had a problem.

[Theophylact]

And in case you're wondering: the word for what I'm feeling is Schadenfreude.

[OuTpaTienT]

Hey, I know that word.

Shame on you.

[ClubMed]

Schadenfreude ist nicht nett Herr Theo

[Theophylact]

Ja, aber...

[Target]

<lol> Supposing he only played nickel slots, thats not so bad. I mean, thats only 5 cents per pull.....until you realize he would have to lose 160,000,000 nickels to equal $8M. </lol>

The scary part is that this idiot could afford to gamble away eight million dollars and act like its no big deal.......