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Gambler sues SkyCity: Court told man spent nearly half a billion at casino
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(Image: NZME)An average man in the street – and yet a very rich one who spent and lost a lot of money at the casino.That was one depiction of a former SkyCity high roller heard at the High Court in Auckland on Thursday.He, the plaintiff, is suing the casino company.
And SkyCity says the public has a right to know his name.The plaintiff’s counsel, Peter Spring, said his client developed a pathological gambling problem, losing about $33 million at the casino on turnover of nearly half a billion dollars.
“It’s an accepted fact that the d...