A gambler who wrote a rubber check to the Ritz Club Casino in London’s Piccadilly section could face jail time, according to Metro.co.uk. Fifty-two-year-old Safa Abdulla Al-Geabury, who says he is a gambling addict, wrote a check for £2million (US.8 million) in February 2014 in exchange for roulette chips.
Though the Geneva resident admits he wrote the check, his lawyers said the casino breached the terms of its gaming license by allowing him to play. A judge ruled in favor of the Ritz last year and ordered Al-Geabury to pay his debt, with interest. The judge said the gambler was the “author of his own misfortunes,” and noted that he did not disclose a gambling disorder when he was at the casino.
Last week at London’s High Court, a Ritz attorney asked the court to find Al-Geabury in contempt of court for allegedly breaching a freezing injunction and failing to provide information about his assets.
