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Businessman who lost nearly £4 million sues club for not ‘stopping him’: Report

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A Malaysian businessman is suing a casino in London’s Mayfair area for failing to stop him during a losing streak. Gamblers lost £3.9m in 72 hours of poker at private members club Aspinalls.

According to the Daily Mail, Malaysian tycoon Han Qiao Lin said the club had breached its responsibilities under the Gambling Act 2005.

The 62-year-old has a fortune of £40 million and has business interests in real estate, steel and computer chip manufacturing. He also owns property in London.

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According to the Daily Mail, Lin joined the club in 2014 and was allowed to cash cheques worth £600,000.

He claims that after losing the sanction amount, the club increased his line of credit to £1.9m and offered an additional £2m of credit, which the businessman also lost.

The incident happened in 2015 when Lim was playing the card game baccarat.

The club initially filed a lawsuit against the Malaysian businessman for not paying the amount he lost. Aspinalls won the case in 2019 and the judge also fined Lim £100,000 for breaching four court orders.

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Now, the tycoon is seeking £3.9m in damages using a clause in the 2005 Act, which he says “should protect vulnerable people from harm or exploitation by gambling”.

“Aspinalls exploited the claimant’s painful attempt to make up for losses by allowing more money and more time to gamble,” he said in the petition.

Aspinalls declined to comment on the matter as it was in court, but its lawyers told the Daily Mail the company was seeking to “dismiss” the claim.

The club was founded by zoo owner John Aspinall, who started gambling in the 1960s. Aspinall Private Club was established in 1962.

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Day 6 box office receipts for Game Changer: Ram Charan’s film takes another hit, earning over ₹110 crore

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Day 6 box office receipts for Game Changer: Ram Charan’s film takes another hit, earning over ₹110 crore

Game Changer box office collection day 6: Ram Charan and Kiara Advani-starrer released in theatres on January 10.
Game Changer box office collection: Ram Charan, Kiara Advani-Game Changer is one the first big releases of this year, and came with huge audience expectations. However the film opened to mixed reviews and has performed decently at the box office. As per the latest version of Sacnilk.com, Game Changer has minted ₹6.11 crore in its sixth day of release. Game Changer is directed by Shankar.

Game Changer box office collection

The report states that Game Changer has now crossed the ₹110 crore mark at the box office. It minted ₹5.55 crore on its first Wednesday, which is the lowest for the film so far. The film had seen a slight growth on its fifth day of release, with ₹10 crore net. The overall collections now stand at ₹112.26 crore.

Game Changer minted ₹51 crore on its opening day, and saw a dip in collections on its second day with ₹21.6 crore. Day three collections were at ₹15.9 crore whereas day four net was ₹7.65 crore. The film saw a sharp decline in its weekdays and is yet to recover. Game Changer is facing stiff competition from a number of releases, which includes Nandamuri Balakrisha’s Daaku Maharaj, Unni Mukundan’s Marco and Allu Arjun’s Pushpa 2: The Rule.

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Amid box office concerns for the film, a pirated version of Game Changer was allegedly aired on a local TV channel and shown in buses. Screenshots of the same surfaced on X, which caught the attention of producer Sreenivas Kumar. He took to his X account to demand strict action on it.

A few days ago, the makers of the film had filed a complaint against individuals for allegedly leaking a pirated version of the film online. The complaint also states that before the film’s release, the producers and a few team members were threatened through social media and messaging platforms like WhatsApp, wherein the same alleged pirates demanded money from producers and threatened to leak the pirated version if their demands were not fulfilled.

Game Changer is directed by Shankar and stars Ram Charan, Kiara Advani, and SJ Suryah. The film has also been released in Tamil, Kannada, and Malayalam.

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