1st casino vs gambler lawsuit to go to open court

First casino vs gambler lawsuit to go to open court

The first lawsuit by a casino here to get back money from a gambler is now likely to go to trial in open court, as the High Court, on Friday, granted him a chance to argue his case.

Integrated Resort (IR), Marina Bay Sands (MBS), had wanted the courts to give a summary judgement in their suit against casino patron, Mr Lester Ong Boon Lin, 30, which would see the judgement ruled in their favour.

In chamber hearings on Friday, the High Court did not allow this application.

Mr Ong allegedly owes MBS more than S$240,800.

MediaCorp first reported that MBS was suing Mr Ong for alleged non-payment of the money in credit extension.

The IR claims that he is a premium player while he disputes this and the legality of the credit extension.

MBS had also earlier applied to seal court documents for this case but this application is still pending.

Mr Ong's lawyer, Mr Sunil Singh Panoo, of Dhillon & Partners said that his client is currently overseas and will discuss the case with Mr Ong soon.

The case started last October when MBS first filed its writ of summons against Mr Ong after failing to get payment from him.

Previous media reports said Mr Ong's father is the owner of a famous nasi lemak business and that Mr Ong had lost S$1.8 million in gambling.

-News courtesy of Channel Newsasia-