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英国 – 伦敦法院尚未对 Park Lane Club 提供现金返还佣金的“提议”做出裁决

Croatian businessman Juste Puharic is suing The Park Lane Club in Mayfair after spending £27m over five days in May 2015 playing roulette there, after the casino failed to pay-up the commission on the best he made despite paying his £1.5m winnings.

He claims he staked the amount because casino staff encouraged him with a cash-back offer on his bets. He believes he is ‘contractually entitled’ to £243,518, representing a 0.9 per cent commission on his bets of £27,057,621, in addition to the £1,466,056.

The casinos is owned by Silverbond Enterprises, who has recently had its licence revoked.

普哈里克先生的代表克里斯托弗·班福德 (Christopher Bamford) 概述说，赌场工作人员在街上接近他后为他提供了咖啡和晚餐，并表示他们将匹配或击败任何其他梅费尔赌场的最佳赌场报价。

Puharic 声称，赌场同意向他支付 0.9% 的投注佣金，这与他在梅费尔其他赌场有权获得的现金返还优惠相当，无论他输赢。

公园巷赌场的代表盖伊·奥利夫-库珀(Guy Olliff-Cooper)表示：“有人可能会说，俱乐部将尽最大努力保持竞争力，因此会考虑匹配普哈里克先生在其他地方收到的条件。但尚未提出正式报价。”

Mr Olliff-Cooper added that the member of staff who approached Mr Puharic in the street was ‘not particularly interested’ in encouraging him to play at the casino. He told Judge Gavin Mansfield QC that ‘he was simply trying to be polite’.

He added: “Casinos use a variety of incentives to attract customers. The defendant’s position is simply that it never made him this matching offer. The defendant did not offer to match or better the incentives that Mr Puharic received at other Mayfair casinos. The only incentive offered to roulette players at the Park Lane Club was discretionary free hospitality and commission which could be used as a ‘discount on losses’ but not claimed by a player who came out on top. The defendant did not offer to match or better the incentives that Mr Puharic received at other Mayfair casinos. This action should be dismissed.”

He added that discretionary free hospitality and commission which can be used as a ‘discount on losses’, could not be claimed back by a player who won.