It launched legal proceedings against Hui in March, who swung by the venue one night in February 2016 and gambled big on double chance baccarat, according to the lawsuit. The London-based nightclub owner and restaurateur lost just under \u00a3600K. He presented the casino with a blank check, which bounced.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Hui claims that before the session, Aspinall\u2019s VP of International Marketing, Chris Lima, ordered a bottle of Maotai, a powerful distilled Chinese liquor, and suggested they play the drinking game \u201cliar\u2019s dice.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hui says he lost the game and had to drink a shot. This was on top of around\u00a0three and a half bottles of wine or champagne he claimed he had already consumed during a gambling session earlier that evening. Hui subsequently downed at least four more shots and as many as 10, according to court documents.<\/p>\n
Chris [De Lima] ordered a bottle of Maotai and we started playing a game of truth or lie. He would roll the dice and if you got below a certain number, you\u2019d have to drink a shot of Maotai,\u201d<\/strong> Hui claimed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\u201cI have a memory of the beginning of the evening, but after the games and drinking the Maotai, I was totally out,\u201d he told the judge, as reported by The Daily Mail.<\/p>\n
Hui says the casino took advantage of his drunken state and should have prevented him from any further gambling.<\/p>\n
High Tolerance?<\/h2>\n De Lima called the claim \u201cridiculous,\u201d arguing the businessman was sober enough to make decisions and even drove himself home in his Bentley, surviving the 45-minute trip.<\/span><\/p>\nAspinall\u2019s, owned by Australia\u2019s Crown Resorts, has produced surveillance video it claims shows that Hui was not blind drunk during his visit.<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cAs a judge, I\u2019m thinking that\u2019s a lot of alcohol and I would be in hospital, or certainly lying down somewhere. Tell me, how do you manage with such a large amount of alcohol, how do you cope?’ quizzed the judge.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou get used to it,\u201d Hui replied. \u201cI drink every day, and when I\u2019m opening up my nightclub, I\u2019m always drinking with the customers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A gambler sued by London\u2019s exclusive Aspinall\u2019s Casino for a \u00a3600K (US$750k) baccarat debt is taking a stand. Lester Hui claims he was plied with 54% proof\u00a0 \u201cChinese firewater\u201d by one of the casino\u2019s senior executives, leaving him \u201ctoo drunk to gamble.\u201d Aspinall’s is a famous private members\u2019 casino in London\u2019s swanky Mayfair district. Its […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":272903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[60,84511],"tags":[85449,86245,82143],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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