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   addict      almost      Anything      cash      casino      cheques      encouraged      evening      exclusive      fault      immediately      lawyer      minister      other      problem      senses      significant      staff      time      wife  
The of Oman's foreign is suing a high-class London for losing money. Nora Al-Daher lost nearly $3.5-million in London's The Ritz hotel. She blew the in a few hours and then blamed casino for not stopping her. The 50-year-old multi-millionaire insisted it was the casino's that she lost as they knew she had a gambling . She told the judge in court: "I needed someone that night to tell me to stop playing and bring me to my . If I had been told to stop, of course I would have done so , but no one ever told me."

Ms Al-Daher said she arrived at The Ritz that already having lost a "" amount of money at casinos. The Ritz sued Ms Al-Daher for $1.5 million after her were not honoured. Al-Daher said she realised she was a gambling in 1999. She lost more than $10 million at The Ritz over the next three years. Her said casino staff urged her to lose money, saying: "Staff positively her when she was losing, saying, ' for you….We trust you. No problem. Relax. Don’t worry....The next you will get your money back'."

 
 

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