High-roller has bad feng shui in US casino:
report
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.
Yuan filed a complaint against the Venetian after returning to
Taiwan and demanded the cancellation of a two-million-dollar debt
to the casino, half of it on credit, it said.
The casino has promised to refund him 100,000 dollars in cash
and the same amount in chips, the paper said, without explaining
why it had agreed to this.
Yuan had notified the Venetian through his lawyer of his
intention to sue for feng shui sabotage if the casino fails to come
up with a "reasonable solution," it said.
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.
--AFP