Casino cheats charged

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Oct 8, 2010
Casino cheats charged

By Elena Chong

TWO men were charged in court on Friday with cheating the Marina Bay Sands casino of $18,000 by manipulating a money wheel game. Tan Tiong Loon, 32, unemployed, and Keith Yong Kee Hwei, 24, a pit supervisor of the casino, are alleged to have conspired with a 36-year-old man and others to cheat the casino. It is alleged that on Thursday Yong intentionally used his hand to stop the spinning wheel of the Money Wheel game to achieve the winning result of a 45 times payout which was in favour of a bet placed by Tan, and dishonestly induced the casino to make a payout of $18,000 to him. This is the first time that a casino staff has been hauled to court for abetment by conspiracy to cheat. Upon conviction, each of them can be jailed for up to 10 years and/or fined. The duo were remanded for a week for further investigation.

 

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2 face more casino charges


Oct 14, 2010
2 face more casino charges

By Elena Chong

THE duo accused last week of cheating Marina Bay Sands casino of $18,000 by rigging a Money Wheel game were charged with three more offences on Thursday. The fresh charges against Keith Yong Kee-Hwei, 24, and Tan Tiong Loon, 32, unemployed, were two for attempted cheating and one of cheating the casino of $13,500 on Oct 7.

Yong, a pit supervisor, is said to have tried to cheat the casino with Tan by intentionally using his hand to stop the spinning wheel of the Money Wheel game in a bid to achieve the winning result of a 45 times payout which was in favour of Tan's bet and dishonestly induced the casino into trying to make a payout by way of chips with unknown value to Tan.

The alleged offence occurred at 4.01am on Oct 7. About 20 minutes later, Yong, together with Tan, allegedly cheated the casino in the same manner which resulted in a 45 times payout amounting to $13,500 to Tan. The duo also allegedly tried to cheat the casino three minutes later.

The first charge against them said they succeeded in getting the casino to pay chips totalling $18,000 to Tan. Yong is out on $30,000 bail while no bail was offered to Tan, who committed the present set of offences while out on court bail. The two men, who are represented by lawyers, had their cases fixed for separate pre-trial conferences.