It seems that a Taiwanese gambler has a unique excuse for a run of bad luck at the tables.
A Taiwanese man who lost two million US dollars in Las Vegas is threatening to sue the casino for using feng shui to cause his losing streak, a report here said.
The man, surnamed Yuan, alleged that the Venetian dug a one-metre (40-inch) square hole on the wall of the presidential suite he was staying in April last year and covered it with a black cloth, said Apple Daily.
The casino also put two white towels in front of Yuan's suite and turned on two large fans facing his room without notifying him, it said.
Yuan claimed that his luck turned bad after discovering the arrangements and that he went from winning 400,000 dollars to losing two million, the report said.
"We Chinese drape black and white cloths only when there is a death in the family. It is such a taboo for regular people, let alone for the gamblers," he was quoted as saying.
Yuan filed a complaint against the Venetian after returning to Taiwan and demanded the cancellation of a two-million-dollar debt to the casino, half of it on credit, it said.
The casino has promised to refund him 100,000 dollars in cash and the same amount in chips, the paper said, without explaining why it had agreed to this.
There's more at the link.
Hmm. I'm thinking about all those lottery tickets that have never won anything for me. I wonder if I could sue the Powerball people for assigning me numbers with a negative feng shui?
Peter
Of course... What OTHER reason could there possibly be :-)
ReplyDeleteFeng Fui.
ReplyDeleteIf the judge does anything other than dismiss the charges, give him your "doofus of the day."