ICYMI - A Windsor casino is being sued for allowing a gambler to lose at gambling
Distraught at having gambled away his money, Tarwinder Shokar stepped out of Casino Brantford and threw himself in front of a truck, wanting to end it all.
Banned from several gambling establishments for past behaviour, he went to a travel agency specializing in casino tours and was directed to Caesars Windsor. In two short visits in late October 2013, lady luck still refused to shine on Shokar, and he lost it all again, this time to the tune of $342,000.
According to the civil lawsuit, Shokar is an alcoholic and compulsive gambler, which the plaintiff argues should have been known to the Windsor casino operators given that he was already banned from a number of other Ontario casinos for disruptive behaviour, including being drunk and disorderly. He also had a criminal record after being convicted for fraud.
Even though he had checked into the casino hotel, Shokar then took a taxi home to his Toronto area home but returned by cab the following morning. Over the course of the previous night and the morning that followed he lost about $92,000, according to statements filed in court and acknowledged by the defence lawyers for the casino.
They did everything they could for him to gamble as much as possibleMacKinnon said Caesars Windsor had paid for the approximately $800 in taxi rides to Shokar’s home and back on the initial visit and there was a “specially opened table” waiting for him on his early-morning return.The facts laid out in the statement of claim, those contained in the statement of defence in response and other filings before the court must still be argued and ruled on by a judge.
“There is a local community interest in this action,” Thomas wrote. He said the casino is one of the area’s major job providers, employing 2,700 people and, since its opening, has paid $3.5 billion to employees and local suppliers and has contributed $15 million in community projects. He added that its employees have volunteered 100,000 hours to the community.twitter.
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