Ten-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner Phil Ivey has lost his appeal against Genting Casinos UK, reported The Telegraph.co.uk.
"This decision makes no sense to me,” Ivey told the Telegraph. “The trial judge said that I was not dishonest and the three appeal judges agreed, but somehow the decision has gone against me. Can someone tell me how you can have honest cheating?”
Ivey sued one of Genting Casinos UK’s casinos, Crockfords Casino, for withholding £7.8 million, his winnings from Punto Banco, from him.
In the Court of Appeal,Lady Justice Arden found that the terms within the casino’s contract implied that cheating was not allowed and that the meaning of “cheating” would coincide with the Gambling Act of 2005.