Gambler banned from casinos for three years after being caught cheating
A North York man has been granted a conditional discharge and banned from attending at any Ontario casino for the next three years after he admitted to cheating at the poker tables at Fallsview Casino Resort.
Kai Zhou appeared in an Ontario Court of Justice in St. Catharines Friday pleaded guilty to a charge of cheat at play.
Court heard the defendant attended the casino on five different occasions in May 2019.
He would sit at a poker table and “take up two spots” and switch cards between the two hands. The cheating was captured on surveillance video.
Court was told the casino paid out more than $6,000 in prize money.
“In the grand scheme of things, he lost more money than he won,” said defence lawyer John Lefurgey.
The defendant has since repaid his ill-gotten gains to the casino and has registered with Ontario Lottery and Gaming’s self-exclusion program.
Judge Joesph De Filippis agreed to a joint submission of a conditional discharge and placed the defendant on probation for three years. He’s also banned from going to any casino in Ontario for the duration of the probation.
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