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The wife of the foreign minister of Oman is [using / suing] a high-class London casino for losing money at its gambling [desks / tables] . Nora Al-Daher racked [up / down] a near-$3.5-million loss in the casino of one of London's most exclusive hotels, The Ritz. She [blew / pushed] the cash in just a few hours and then blamed staff at the hotel for not [stopped / stopping] her. The 50-year-old multi-millionaire insisted it was the casino's [faulty / fault] that she lost as they knew she had [a / such] gambling problem. She told the judge at the High Court in London: "I needed someone [that / at] night to tell me to stop playing and bring me to my [senses / feelings] . If I had been told to stop, of course I would have done [as / 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 [entered / arrived] at The Ritz that evening already having lost a ["significant" / "significance"] amount of money at other London casinos. The [case / casing] reached the High Court after The Ritz sued Ms Al-Daher for [almost / most] $1.5 million for her cheques that had not been honoured. Al-Daher said she realised she had become a gambling [addiction / addict] in 1999 and then lost more than $10 million at The Ritz over the following three years. Her lawyer told the court that casino staff [urging / urged] her to lose money, saying: "Staff [positively / positivity] encouraged her when she was [losing / lost] , saying, 'Anything for you, Princess Nora. We [entrust / trust] you. No problem. Relax. Don’t worry....The next time you will get your money [back / backing] '."