Philadelphia convenience store clerk Ahmedein Maham, 27, is suing a skill games firm whose machines, he claims, were the cause of an armed robbery that left him shot in the face.
Maham’s suit filed Tuesday seeks to hold manufacturer Banilla Games, Inc., liable for the life-altering injuries he sustained.
dispense large cash payouts without the security measures found in a traditional casino”
The plaintiff’s product liability and negligence lawsuit claims Banilla’s slot-machine-type terminals “create a dangerous environment by forcing low-wage workers to manage and dispense large cash payouts without the security measures found in a traditional casino.”
Maham was shot on September 14, 2025 during an overnight shift at Philly Market by two assailants who remain at large. The pair robbed Maham’s store “for the cash associated with the machines.”
The law firm representing Maham is the same one that won a $15.3m verdict in November for the estate of mini-mart clerk Ashokkumar Patel, who was shot and killed during a 2020 robbery in Pennsylvania committed by a man who frequently lost large amounts on the machines.
The jury found the manufacturer, Pace-O-Matic, negligent for creating an unsafe environment.
Maham’s suit, however, focuses on the lack of ATM-like ticket redemption terminals “that handle payouts and keep clerks out of the cash-handling process.”
According to BriefGlance.com, the Patel victory suggests that juries may be open to the argument that when a product foreseeably turns a local store into a violent crime hub, “the manufacturer bears a share of the responsibility for the tragic and predictable consequences.”
