Australia casino sues Singaporean high roller to recover S$41.4 million in alleged gambling debts

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SINGAPORE: A casino in Australia is suing a Singaporean businessman to recover A$43.2 million (S$41.4 million) that he allegedly lost at its tables.

Wong Yew Choy, 55, purportedly lost the money in baccarat - a type of casino card game - at The Star Gold Coast casino in Queensland last year.Lawyers for The Star Entertainment QLD, which runs the 33-year-old casino, said in court documents filed in February that Dr Wong had issued two cheques made payable to the casino for the sum of A$50 million in total.

He wrote that a marketing representative from the casino sent Dr Wong numerous text messages around April 2018 to July 2018, inviting him to patronise The Star. He claimed that in this agreement, the casino agreed that"no further mistakes would be made by The Star's dealers" when attending to Dr Wong, and that Dr Wong would not be required to pay for any losses incurred"if there was a further mistake".

"In addition, Dr Wong felt that he was the sole target of these mistakes as these mistakes did not appear to occur to other members of his entourage who were similarly gaming at The Star," wrote the lawyer.DEFENDANT CLAIMS CASINO COO GAVE HIM GUARANTEE Dr Wong claimed he told the COO that he will not pay for any of the losses incurred up to that point on account of the mistakes made, that he will agree to continue gambling only if no further mistakes were made, and that he will not pay for any losses at all if any more mistakes were made.

 

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