A Canadian compulsive gambler is suing the Caesars Windsor Resort and Casino and the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Commission (OLG) for losses that he incurred at the casino in October 2013. He lost more than 342,000 CAD (approximately 260,000 USD) in that trip.
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Tarwinder Shokar alleges that the casino and the OLG took advantage of his compulsive gambling problem to amass the amount. He is also asking for punitive damages of 500,000 CAD (approximately 381,000 USD), per The Windsor Star (TWS). Shokar filed the lawsuit shortly after that trip, but it is now that the case has reached the doorsteps of the Superior Court of Justice in Windsor.
His lawyer, Iain MacKinnon, told TWS “Our position is he was a compulsive gambler and the casino and/or the OLG were either well aware of his past background—or should have been.”
Before his October 2013 losses at Caesars, Shokar had survived a supposed suicide attempt where he threw himself in front of a bus after having lost all his money at another casino. He received a large insurance payout from that collision. That’s the money that he then lost at Caesars.
Shokar had been banned from other casinos for prior behavior. Shokar says that when Caesars learned that he had a large amount of money with him, he was treated to VIP accommodations to lure him to spend and gamble his money away, while also providing him with alcoholic beverages to inebriate him. The lawsuit alleges that Caesars should have known about Shokar’s gambling problem but turned a blind eye to the potential monetary gains from him. It mentions that Shakor is an alcoholic and a compulsive gambler. Shakor has a criminal record for fraud convictions.
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