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London casinos chase high-roller15 February 2008UNITED KINGDOM -- As reported by thA high-rolling Arab gambler is being chased through the British courts after he wrote a casino two cheques worth almost £7million combined - both of which bounced. "Ahmed Al-Reyaysa exchanged the cheques, worth £3.07million and £3.6million, for gaming chips at the Clermont club in London's Berkeley Square. "After he spent the money on the club's roulette wheel, the casino discovered that Al-Reyaysa did not have enough cash in his bank account to honour the cheques. "Yesterday the Clermont went to the High Court to try to reclaim its share of the £11million Al-Reyaysa obtained by writing bad cheques to casinos in the capital. "The court heard that the 45-year-old United Arab Emirates citizen thought nothing of gambling millions in one evening. In one 18-month period he spent £150million at the Clermont alone. "...He is thought to have received his money from his father, a close friend of the multi-billionaire leader of the oil-rich UAE state of Ajman..." |