The Court of First Instance (TJB) ruled that a Dore Entertainment Group investor is entitled to receive HKD6 million plus interest.
The investor is one of many who were unable to withdraw their investments from the junket group following a 2015 embezzlement scandal. Dore Entertainment operated several VIP rooms in the territory, most of them at Wynn Macau.
Four plaintiffs alleged that they “borrowed” money or gambling chips from the Dore cashier at Wynn Macau’s premises. The court has now ruled that in three of the cases, it was not proven that the plaintiffs “borrowed money” from Dore. But in one of the cases, the gambling chips were exchanged by a coupon with a Dore stamp.
“In this case there are no doubts that the Dore staffer was acting in the name of the company, hence Dore is responsible for the actions of staff member,” the TJB ruled.
The ruling acquits Wynn Macau from taking responsibility for the debt, stating that the “Dore’s gambling promotion activity was not subject to Wynn.” However, the TJB stated that Wynn should “oversee the activities of the gambling promoter” since Dore was operating within Wynn’s facilities.
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