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Kim Huyen Tran Nguyen feels as though Star Entertainment is treating her unfairly after she lost AU$950,000 (US$642,000) at its Star Sydney<\/a> casino. The operator subsequently banned her, and she wants a court to give her a shot at winning back her money.<\/p>\n

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Star Entertainment’s Star Sydney in New South Wales at night. The casino faces a lawsuit for banning a gambler who lost more than $650,000. (Image: Focus Gaming News<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Nguyen is suing Star<\/a> to dismiss or stay the case. She claims, according to Mail Online<\/em>, that the casino banned her from the casino and withdrew her membership without explanation. She also accused the venue of making misleading statements about the police.<\/p>\n

The Star Sydney doesn’t see it that way. Instead, it wants a court to dismiss the lawsuit and, at the very least, to receive compensation for its legal expenses.<\/p>\n

Banned for Losing<\/h2>\n

Casinos typically only ban certain people when they start to win too much. In this case, Nguyen, a beauty therapist in western Sydney, claims that she was given a verbal ban with no end date in April of last year.<\/p>\n

Nguyen asserts that she had no choice but to accept the ban because of COVID-19 and other family issues. However, she now filed a claim in the New South Wales (NSW) Supreme Court to get the ban overturned. She claimed that the ban is also keeping her from becoming a travel host at the casino.<\/strong><\/p>\n

She also wants to go back to the casino to recuperate the money she lost gambling. In addition, there’s a matter of AU$2,500 (US$1,692) that she said she had in her account when Star issued the ban. The casino never returned that money to her.<\/p>\n

Nguyen will fight Star’s attempt to end the lawsuit. But, at the very least, she expects a hearing in court where all of the evidence, including the reason for the ban, can be put in the open.<\/p>\n

Star VIP Causing Trouble<\/h2>\n

The lawyers at Star are busy with several legal battles. In addition to the ongoing drama stemming from accusations of money laundering<\/a>, the legal team is going after a VIP for more than AU$12 million (US$8.12 million) in outstanding debt.<\/p>\n

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Star is suing Jingang Hu in NSW Supreme Court in an attempt to recuperate its losses. The high roller allegedly cashed a check for $13.2 million in July 2019. However, in spite of the gambler’s assertions that he had money in the bank account to cover the funds, the check later bounced.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

As a result, Star has been sitting on bad debt ever since. Hu allegedly repaid part of the money, but Star claims he still owes AU$10.7 million (US$7.25 million). It also wants another AU$1.3 million (US$881,010) in interest, as well as all legal costs the operator has to pay to recover its losses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kim Huyen Tran Nguyen feels as though Star Entertainment is treating her unfairly after she lost AU$950,000 (US$642,000) at its Star Sydney casino. The operator subsequently banned her, and she wants a court to give her a shot at winning back her money. Nguyen is suing Star to dismiss or stay the case. She claims, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":220843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33810,60],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nStar Sydney Gambler Loses More Than 650k, Gets Banned - Casino.org<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Kim Huyen Tran Nguyen feels as though Star Entertainment is treating her unfairly after she lost AU$950,000 (US$642,000) at its Star Sydney casino. 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