A Singaporean high rolling gambler who has been sued by a Queensland casino after his $43 million cheque allegedly bounced has failed in his bid to have the case thrown out of court or put on hold.
Singaporean gambling baron Yew Choy Wong, 57, applied to Brisbane Supreme Court last year to have a lawsuit filed against him by The Star Gold Coast in Broadbeach Island dismissed on the grounds that it had low prospects of success to warrant him defending the claim.
But Justice Thomas Bradley yesterday ruled that Star’s prospects of success in its claim that Dr Wong owed the casino $43,209,853 because he is in breach of the cheque cashing facility agreement were “not fanciful”.
“On the contrary, Star appears to have a good arguable case w…
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