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The wife atbackforinoftoup the foreign minister atbackforinoftoup Oman is suing a high-class London casino atbackforinoftoup losing money atbackforinoftoup its gambling tables. Nora Al-Daher racked atbackforinoftoup a near-$3.5-million loss atbackforinoftoup the casino of one atbackforinoftoup London's most exclusive hotels, The Ritz. She blew the cash atbackforinoftoup just a few hours and then blamed staff atbackforinoftoup the hotel for not stopping her. The 50-year-old multi-millionaire insisted it was the casino's fault that she lost as they knew she had a gambling problem. She told the judge atbackforinoftoup the High Court in London: "I needed someone that night to tell me to stop playing and bring me atbackforinoftoup my senses. If I had been told to stop, of course I would have done so immediately, but no one ever told me to stop or to think about my gambling."

Ms Al-Daher told the court how she had arrived atbackforinoftoup The Ritz that evening already having lost a "significant" amount atbackforinoftoup money at other London casinos. The case reached the High Court after The Ritz sued Ms Al-Daher atbackforinoftoup almost $1.5 million atbackforinoftoup her cheques that had not been honoured. Al-Daher said she realised she had become a gambling addict atbackforinoftoup 1999 and then lost more than $10 million atbackforinoftoup The Ritz over the following three years. Her lawyer told the court that casino staff urged her to lose money, saying: "Staff positively encouraged her when she was losing, saying, 'Anything atbackforinoftoup you, Princess Nora. We trust you. No problem. Relax. Don’t worry....The next time you will get your money atbackforinoftoup'."