Woman swiped cashout ticket

[M.Bison]

May 26, 2010
Woman swiped cashout ticket

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A WOMAN who misappropriated someone else's cashout ticket credit at Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) was fined $1,500 on Wednesday. Alice Lau Qian Xiu, 46, an accounts assistant, admitted to dishonestly misappropriating the cashout ticket credit of $630 belonging to sales executive Soh Wee Chen , 32, at the casino on Feb 17. A magistrate's court heard that the two were playing Russian roulette machine side by side when Mr Soh ejected his membership card from the machine and left without cashing out the credits within the machine.

After a short while, Lau realised that the credits were still within Mr Soh's machine. She cashed out the credits and a ticket was printed stating an amount of $630. She left to redeem the ticket after cashing out her own machine. Mr Soh realised that the credit was not being cashed out as he thought that the credits would be generated into his membership card once he ejected it. But this applies to Genting, not RWS. The management paid him $630 after viewing the CCTV and traced Lau who was at the casino. She admitted what she had done and returned the amount. She could have been jailed for up to two years and/or fined.

 

[Taishi Ci]

Casino cheat fined S$1,500 for cashing credits of another patron


Casino cheat fined S$1,500 for cashing credits of another patron
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SINGAPORE : A casino cheat was fined S$1,500 in court Wednesday morning for cashing out credits that did not belong to her from a game machine.

The incident happened in February at the casino at Resorts World Sentosa.

46-year-old Alice Lau was playing the Russian roulette machine beside another male patron, who left without cashing out the credits.

Lau then took the opportunity to cash out the credits worth $S630.

Shortly after, the man, who forgot about his winnings, informed the casino management which then proceeded to trace Lau and stopped her in the casino.

The money was later returned to the man. - CNA/jy