This is a rule in Atlantic City, it's the same as the rules for Fight Club: YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT THE BAD BEAT! It's stupid to enforce it in this case because it wasn't collusion, it was just a off handed comment.
I do remember one night when a guy's girlfriend who wasn't playing was sitting at the table, squeezed in beside him. One of the players mentioned that it could void the bad beat as you can't have extra people sitting at the table. The dealer asked her to just move back a bit and she did, but then this dumb chick ended up right back at the table five minutes later. We asked her again, she moved again and then crept back in again. How ****ing stupid can you be?
You should know the rules and obey them because you have to assume that, if somebody had a chance to screw you out of money, they would.