TAIPEI (AFP) – A Taiwanese man who lost two million US dollars in Las Vegas is threatening to sue the casino for using feng shui to cause his losing streak, a report here said. The man, surnamed Yuan, alleged that the Venetian dug a one-metre (40-inch) square hole on the wall of the presidential suite he was staying in April last year and covered it with a black cloth, said Apple Daily.
The casino also put two white towels in front of Yuan’s suite and turned on two large fans facing his room without notifying him, it said. Yuan claimed that his luck turned bad after discovering the arrangements and that he went from winning 400,000 dollars to losing two million, the report said. ”We Chinese drape black and white cloths only when there is a death in the family. It is such a taboo for regular people, let alone for the gamblers,” he was quoted as saying.
Feng shui, or wind and water, is an ancient Chinese belief that seeks to channel good and bad psychic energy through the arrangement of furniture and ornaments. There are some common feng shui taboos among Taiwanese gamblers, such as bringing a hair brush to a gambling table as “brush” is a homophone of “lose,” the report said.
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Oh Good Lord. I’ve heard of some preposterous lawsuits in my time, but this one is certainly a contender for Twat Lawsuit of the Year.
LOVE this. I love people and I love their funny ways.
I guess “the bank always wins” and “the longer you play, the more prone you are to the law of diminishing returns” are concepts which never occurred to him.
Unless he memorises all the cards on the poker table, his odds are the same as anyone else’s (barring Derren’s, naturally!). Rearranging the furniture and fixtures won’t make any difference unless he sticks chewing gum on his chosen slot on the roulette wheel!
Ehehehehe …. those gamblers … not all into the real world anymore.
Most gamblers probably suffer from this way of thinking now and then … (well .. thinking ….)
He probably just made this comment to get rid of his anger, annoyance ..
But hey .. people sue for many weird reasons if there is money involved .. another bet …
Ok, the casino (and lawyers) always win, let’s accept that.
But what was done to this guy sounds so specific that it could be a deliberate attempt to spook him by exploiting his superstitions.
Derren, have you been moonlighting in Vegas?
I bet the lawyers are rubbing their hands on this one and the dollar signs are rolling up in their eyes.
love people and I love their funny ways.