May 26, 2010
2 on casino cheating charges
Foreigners allegedly placed bets at roulette tables after results declared
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<!-- end left side bar --> <!-- story content : start --> A TANZANIAN has been charged with trying to cheat the newly opened Marina Bay Sands (MBS) casino of $35,000 in a roulette game. Kipuyo Lemburis Israel, 34, was brought to court last Friday for allegedly trying to cheat a dealer on duty at a roulette table at MBS by past-posting. Past-posting is the act of placing the bet after the result is known. He is said to have intentionally placed a chip with a cash value of $1,000 on a single number bet last Thursday after the result had been declared, to induce the dealer to pay him $35,000 worth of chips. The amount is the largest so far in a casino-related crime here. MBS, which opened on April 27, is the Republic's second integrated resort, after Resorts World Sentosa (RWS), which opened in February.
Read the full story in Wednesday's edition of The Straits Times.
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