UK Casino News

A man who used to own the Colma Casino California has been banned from visiting his old casino after pleading guilty to tax evasion charges. Rene Medina created the Colma Casino in 1998 but was forced to sell on his business, to sons Ruell and Rommel.

Medina had committed several finical frauds including, providing false taxation details as well as avoided paying personal income tax. With the left over money, he brought luxuries such as new furniture and sports cars.

Medina will only be allowed to visit the casinos restaurant and gift shop and will not be allowed to visit the gaming area or card rooms. Staff are prohibited to allow him to do so even though he has several friends and family working in the venue.

Blonien, who represent Medina in Court, said, “For years, coming to the club was a form of recreation for him because he saw a lot of people that he knew and he’s known for years. Because he’s a convicted felon, why should he have his ability to exercise his other constitutional rights taken away from him?”

Their are several ways of cheating in casinos and since gambling began many have studied ways of trying to outwit casinos. One way of doing so is producing counterfeit chips. The most famous case’s of chip counterfeiting involved a man called Charles O’ Reilly (aka Chipper Charlie). In the 1970s and 60s Charlie produced thousands of dollars worth of casino chips for some of America’s largest and best known casinos.

Producing identical fake casino chips is only half the problem however as for them to work, Charlie would have to know and understand how and where the chips were stored. Charlie therefore charmed female casino dealers and workers who had access to the casinos back draws in an attempt to exchange fake chips with real ones. Charlie the figured that many of the black chips worth $100 never left the back draw and were therefore rarely examined. This was due to many casinos changing up existing black $100 chips with $50 or $1000. Therefore Charlie could exchange the real for the fake chips and cash them in!

Unfortunately for Charlie his plan didn’t work as the Caesar Casino was flooded and the back draw was withdrawn from the cash cage. One woman who was not romanced by Charlie noticed the fake chips and a sting operation began. The counterfeit gang were eventually found out and Chipper Charlie was sentenced to 10 years in prison.

Great story but no Hollywood ending im afraid!

A regular UK Casinos player won his court battle after refusing to pay a £2 million in debt. The player ,known as “Fat Man”, had canceled a cheque because he did not like the croupier at Aspinall’s and considered the game unfair. Even thought the Fat Man won this legal battle he was not so fortunate in the next, being forced to pay the remaining £10.5 million debt he owed the casino.

The Fat was a regualr player at the Aspinall’s casino in London and brought an estimated chip amount worth £91 million and losing around £23 million. We over 600 visits the player was a well known figure at the casino and had started playing there since 1994. The Judge explained, “Not surprisingly he was regarded by the club as an important client who demanded and was shown respect”

Zayalt (aka Fatman) explained why he was fighting the debt: “Casinos give a service, and if the service is not good, considering the price which you are paying, then you do not pay. If you go to a restaurant and you do not like the food, you do not pay. If you go to the whorehouse and do not get the pleasure you were seeking, you do not pay.”

UK online casinos have seen massive growth in recent years. Maybe the Fat Man will move tho these instead? Who knows!