Jun 22, 2010
Fined for swiping gaming chip
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<!-- end left side bar --> <!-- story content : start --> A MAN who picked up another person's gaming chip at Resorts World Sentosa casino earlier this month was fined $2,000 on Tuesday. Truck driver Lai Ken Khiong, 44, pleaded guilty to dishonestly misappropriating a $500 chip belonging to Ms Zhao Hua, 35, at RWS on June 6. The court heard that Ms Zhao, an assistant sales and marketing manager, had accidentally dropped the $500 chip while gaming at a baccarat table that evening.
Lai saw the chip on the floor and immediately picked it up. He walked away. A woman saw this and alerted Ms Zhao who went after Lai and asked if he had taken her chip. He denied it. Ms Zhao then alerted the casino security. When detained, Lai had various chips totalling $178, which was what he was left with after using the $500 chip to gamble at a blackjack table. He could have been jailed for up to two years and/or fined.
