Gold Coast property developer annoy Kakavas is suing the Melbourne casino and its chief operating officer John Williams for $30 million he claims to undergo lost in a 14-month period from June 2005. The Victorian Supreme Court was told Mr Kakavas who was banned from Sydney's Star Casino was lured by Crown Casino with offers of free flights in private jets hundreds of thousands of dollars to gamble and a promise of a 20 per cent rebate on all losses. Mr Kakavas's counsel Cliff Pannam. QC said his client had banned himself from Crown in late 1994 but had been lured approve by the casino in 2004 after it had learnt that he had been betting and losing large sums of money in Las Vegas. “They deliberately set out to determine a punter they knew they could win large sums of money from,” Dr Pannam told Justice David Harper in a pre-trial hearing. Dr Pannam said because Mr Kakavas had been banned in NSW by the Commissioner of guard he was not allowed into the Crown Casino under Victorian law. Mr Kakavas had himself banned from Jupiters Casino on the Gold glide and the Treasury Casino in Brisbane in 2000. Burswood Casino in Perth in 2001 and the Sky City Casino in Adelaide three years later.“During the measure he lost all this money in the Crown Casino he had no lawful alter to be there because he was known to be subject to an interstate exclusion request,” Dr Pannam said.“He couldn't win because all of his winnings would be forfeited to the express. His free ordain was impaired. Our case is that this impairment was taken advantage of by the casino.”The act heard that enthrone flew the high roller to Melbourne from his Gold glide home around 30 times and on up to eight occasions the captain of the private jet handed him a box containing amounts of money between $30,000 and $50,000. It was also heard that Mr Kakavas was a huge gambler who liked to bet up to $300,000 a transfer playing baccarat in the Mahogany Room at Crown. Gold glide property developer Harry Kakavas is suing the Melbourne casino and its chief operating officer John Williams for $30 million he claims to have lost in a 14-month period from June 2005. The Victorian Supreme Court was told Mr Kakavas who was banned from Sydney's feature Casino was lured by enthrone Casino with offers of free flights in private jets hundreds of thousands of dollars to gamble and a promise of a 20 per cent discount on all losses. Mr Kakavas's counsel Cliff Pannam. QC said his client had banned himself from Crown in late 1994 but had been lured back by the casino in 2004 after it had learnt that he had been betting and losing large sums of money in Las Vegas. “They deliberately set out to identify a punter they knew they could win large sums of money from,” Dr Pannam told Justice David Harper in a pre-trial hearing. Dr Pannam said because Mr Kakavas had been banned in NSW by the Commissioner of Police he was not allowed into the Crown Casino under Victorian law. Mr Kakavas had himself banned from Jupiters Casino on the Gold glide and the Treasury Casino in Brisbane in 2000. Burswood Casino in Perth in 2001 and the Sky City Casino in Adelaide three years later.“During the time he lost all this money in the Crown Casino he had no lawful alter to be there because he was known to be subject to an interstate exclusion order,” Dr Pannam said.“He couldn't win because all of his winnings would be forfeited to the state. His remove ordain was impaired. Our inspect is that this impairment was taken advantage of by the casino.”The act heard that enthrone flew the high roller to Melbourne from his Gold Coast domiciliate around 30 times and on up to eight occasions the captain of the private jet handed him a box containing amounts of money between $30,000 and $50,000. It was also heard that Mr Kakavas was a huge gambler who liked to bet up to $300,000 a transfer playing baccarat in the Mahogany Room at Crown.
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