Casino Tests the Banking System
Whether gambling at the land or online casinos, the system can certainly have
its flaws. This is the case with the Grosvenor Casino. Grosvenor has challenged
the court and banking system because of failure from the banks to honor verbal
confirmation on two multi-million dollar checks that were written by a Grosvenor
gambler. The problem with this case comes down tot the fact that there is no
case precedence for enforcing the banking system to uphold verbal promises. For
the casino though, Ahmed Al-Reyaysa wagered the money at the casino yet has
failed to pay up, and that is simply unacceptable.
The situation is what many opponents of both land and online casinos gambling
fear – illegal activities, corruption, and the inability to maintain the
gambling. Al-Reyaysa was a frequent gambler at the casino yet apparently also
frequently bounced checks. Grosvenor has already taken the issue to court and
won, but that ruling is not enough to force the player’s banking institution to
process the payments. In fact the rules that bind the bank to paying the casino
are not actually enforceable, which means that it is increasingly hard for
Grosvenor to get those missing funds back.
Grosvenor is owned by Rank plc, a land and online casinos gambling company, and
the specific gambling venue that accepted the bounced checks, Clermont Club, is
now sold to a private billionaire. And despite that the case has now gone on for
several years, Grosvenor is determined to force Al-Reyaysa’s bank pay the nearly
GBP 9 million in checks. Grosvenor’s argument is that the bank is “bound by
verbal approval” that was given to the casino from the bank manager at the time
that the checks were honored at the casino. |