{"id":199924,"date":"2022-01-31T16:21:14","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T00:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=199924"},"modified":"2022-02-01T10:11:46","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T18:11:46","slug":"apinalls-casino-london-sued-by-malaysian-tycoon-who-dropped-4m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/apinalls-casino-london-sued-by-malaysian-tycoon-who-dropped-4m\/","title":{"rendered":"Aspinalls Casino London Sued by Malaysian Tycoon Who Dropped \u00a34M at Baccarat"},"content":{"rendered":"

A high-rolling Malaysian business magnate is suing London\u2019s exclusive Aspinalls Casino<\/a> because he claims it should have told him to stop losing money.<\/p>\n

\"Aspinalls\"
Malaysian businessman Han Joeh Lim, above, squandered almost \u00a34 million at Aspinalls in 2015, and he wants out. (Image: Mukhriz Hazim\/Malaysiakini)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Han Joeh Lim, 62, blew \u00a33.9 million (US$5.2 million) at the swanky private members establishment during a 72-hour baccarat binge back in 2015. Now he says the casino had a duty of care under the UK Gambling Act to protect him as a \u201cvulnerable\u201d business magnate.<\/p>\n

The Gambling Act 2005 states that \u201cvulnerable people should be protected from being harmed or exploited by gambling.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018Panicky\u2019 Losing Streak<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Aspinalls initially offered Lim a \u00a360,000 (US$81,000) line of credit. After all, he was good for it. The Malaysian has interests in property, steel, and computer chip manufacturing, with an estimated wealth of \u00a340 million (US$54 million), according to The Daily Mail.<\/em><\/p>\n

When he blew through the initial 60 thou, the casino extended his credit to \u00a31.9 million (US$2.5 million), and then another \u00a32 million (US$2.6 million).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lim blew the lot.<\/p>\n

The claimant had a losing streak and was visibly desperate and panicked,\u201d reads the lawsuit. \u201cHowever, Aspinalls took advantage of the claimant’s distressed attempts to claw back the losses by allowing further funds and more time to gamble.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The casino\u2019s management should have \u201cforced\u201d Lim to stop and rest, it contends.<\/p>\n

Afterward, Lim refused to honor his debt and Aspinalls sued for the balance. In 2019, a London judge ruled in favor of the casino and fined Lim an extra \u00a3100,000 (US$143,000) for contempt of court for breaching four court orders.<\/p>\n

The judge also accused Lim of delivering \u201cdeliberately dishonest oral evidence during the hearing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Out on a Lim<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Lim isn\u2019t the first London high roller to use the breach-of-care argument. A year before his ill-fated baccarat spree, Noora Al-Daher<\/a>, the wife of the Omani foreign minister, countersued the Ritz Club after it came knocking for \u00a31 million (US$1.3 million) in unpaid markers.<\/p>\n

Al-Daher was described in court documents as a \u201cwoman of great wealth\u201d who had gambled over \u00a320 million at the Ritz in the preceding 20 years and was down \u00a37 million (US$9.4 million) over the period.<\/strong><\/p>\n

On this occasion, Al-Daher claimed the casino had “taken advantage of her gambling addiction.”<\/p>\n

The judge said he found it odd that Al-Daher had paid half of her \u00a32 million (US$2.7 million) loss without fuss, but disputed the rest. He also found it odd that Al-Daher and her family lost US$5 million in Las Vegas just months later.<\/p>\n

Of the casino\u2019s \u201cduty of care,\u201d he said, \u201cIn my judgment, authority does not support such a duty.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aspinalls \u2018Racist\u2019 Claim<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Aspinalls recently hit the headlines after it was sued by a former employee who said\u00a0she faced racial discrimination while working as a dealer.<\/p>\n

Semhar Tesfagiorgis, who is black, claimed that VIP customers\u2019 abusive and racist behavior towards her and her colleagues was tolerated by casino management, who wanted to keep them gambling.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In November, an employment tribunal ruled Aspinalls had violated the UK Equality Act.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A high-rolling Malaysian business magnate is suing London\u2019s exclusive Aspinalls Casino because he claims it should have told him to stop losing money. Han Joeh Lim, 62, blew \u00a33.9 million (US$5.2 million) at the swanky private members establishment during a 72-hour baccarat binge back in 2015. 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