Sahwa@reddthat.com to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoCouple from Kazakhstan allegedly used hidden camera and earpieces to win $1.18m from Sydney’s Crown casinowww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up192arrow-down11cross-posted to: australia@aussie.zone
arrow-up191arrow-down1external-linkCouple from Kazakhstan allegedly used hidden camera and earpieces to win $1.18m from Sydney’s Crown casinowww.theguardian.comSahwa@reddthat.com to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square8fedilinkcross-posted to: australia@aussie.zone
minus-squareBonesince1997@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up39·edit-23 months ago“Dishonestly obtaining financial advantage,” you sure that’s not the casino?
minus-squarececilkorik@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·3 months agoNo, Casinos are owned by rich people, they follow a completely different set of rules. When a poor person dishonestly takes a rich person’s money, that’s fraud. When a rich person dishonestly takes a poor person’s money, that’s business.
minus-squareZagorath@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·3 months agoIf casinos want to be able to use laws like this, they shouldn’t be allowed to kick out people who are too good at the games.
“Dishonestly obtaining financial advantage,” you sure that’s not the casino?
No, Casinos are owned by rich people, they follow a completely different set of rules. When a poor person dishonestly takes a rich person’s money, that’s fraud. When a rich person dishonestly takes a poor person’s money, that’s business.
If casinos want to be able to use laws like this, they shouldn’t be allowed to kick out people who are too good at the games.