Sydney's Star Casino was forced to pay a disabled man a $285k prize. 

Sydney's Star Casino was forced to pay a disabled man the $285,000 prize after withholding the 2019 victory.

A judge has ordered that the $285,000 jackpot that a disabled man won at Sydney's Star casino with the help of a player who had been previously barred must be paid out in full.

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A prize won in October 2019 was unlawfully withheld by the casino, according to a court ruling.

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On Friday, the district court gave David Joe a judgement worth about $320,000 with interest.

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Joe, a motor neurone disease patient with a Platinum Vantage VIP membership, asked his friend Lois Lie to assist him in running the casino's poker machines.

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Joe stated that Star had given him permission to use a friend to play the slots.

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However, The casino, denied to hand over the winnings,claiming that he was prohibited from entering and was not eligible to any winnings.

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The court found that Joe, not Lie, had actually won the money . So,Star could not withhold payment of the $285,000 jackpot plus nearly $35,000 in interest.

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