“Those people had already lost so much money. I felt sorry.” So a croupier let some players win in the casino of Middelkerke. The man, who is on trial today, confessed, among other things, that he only bet their chips at the roulette table after the ball had already fallen – on the winning number. Four staff members and ten players would have thus stolen 2,841,737.77 euros. At least. “If he scratched his hair, I had to go to his gaming table,” confessed one of the cheaters who is now on trial.
Bjorn Maeckelbergha
“I can’t help it that he favored me, can I?” That said Yves DM (53) during a police interrogation. The man from Sint-Jans-Molenbeek regularly took his chance in the casino of Middelkerke for years. According to the accounts, the staff paid the lucky guy more than 415,000 euros. The gambler questioned that amount to the investigators. “My bank account is below zero. I don’t even own a house.”
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