Ireland can avoid payments to winners

According to an Irish Judge’s resolution, local casinos can be excused to pay the winners’ prizes of their game machines.

Ireland.- A traditional Gaming and Lottery Act of 1956 of Ireland could exempt casinos and gaming operators to pay the complete prizes that their legal machines require. The revelation was made by the Circuit Civil Court Judge Francis Comerford after a client began a legal battle against the Irish D1 Casino.

The Judge’s resolution confirmed that the law expresses that “no action shall lie for the recovery of any money or thing which is alleged to be won.” This means that Irish casinos are not legally obligated to set the complete payments to winner players.

The client, Sayed Mirwais, claimed that he won in March, 2015, at D1 Casino in Dublin €7,500 but the gaming venue only paid him €2,500 in cash and €5,000 worth of chips. The cashiers suggested that he should’ve kept playing because they did not have enough money to pay him until later.

Mirwais then won another €6,713, although he was never able to cash out. After several complaints to the casino, the Irish player decided to take the case to court. The casino alleged that the machine was broken and Mirwais took advantage of it. “If you happen to be too lucky while placing a bet or gambling, the person can simply say ‘no you’re not entitled to the money’. That is simply the law in Ireland,” concluded Judge Comerford.