Las Vegas casinos are used to hearing fantastic excuses from gamblers who don’t want to pay their debt.
A Taiwanese man’s reason could be a first.
According to a report from a Taipei news agency posted online, the man is blaming his $2 million debt on bad feng shui at the presidential suite in the Venetian resort.
The man, surnamed Yuan, was staying in Las Vegas last year when he ran up the massive losses on the casino floor. 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.
Yuan reportedly said he was winning until he discovered a one-meter square hole covered in black cloth on the wall of his suite. White towels were also placed in front of the suite and two large fans were turned on inside the room, he said. Yuan had notified the Venetian through his lawyer of his intention to sue for feng shui sabotage if the casino fails to come up with a “reasonable solution,” it said.
There are some common feng shui taboos among Taiwanese gamblers, such as bringing a hair brush to a gambling table as “brush” is a homophone of “lose,” the report aid.
“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.
The paper said the Venetian promised to refund him $200,000 in cash or chips, although FOX5 could not confirm that information with resort officials.
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