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Recently, a Korean National has been robbed here in my place while riding the Taxi going home and lose the money that he won in the casinos, Its around 4Million Pesos or $75,000. This is not new in gambling industry since many incidents like this before. Do you ever think its a real accident or its just an inside job where the employees of casinos are involve or the casino itself?

This is a once in a lifetime opportunities to become a millionaire, and yet it is being taken easily by a more greedy people. Now I’m wondering if its still safe to go to casinos or better to play online? What’s your thought about this?

Here’s the link for your reference (it’s not translated in english but I’ve already share the summary of this news):
https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/balitambayan/balita/679284/koreanong-nanalo-ng-p4m-sa-casino-hinoldap-sa-pasay/story/

Yes I was aware of that news. Robbers also frequent casino and they look for someone who won big and if yo are not locals, then you are a likely target. One way to prevent that it is to go and check-in the hotels just to be safe and just go home when you think that you are not being followed. What is just a day of relaxing and treating yourself like a King for a day, well at least that's what my fellow gamblers do when they won big.

If you gamble online - especially with crypto - on computers not protected well enough, hackers can steal from you too.
If you go to casinos I think that some allow you to deposit your winnings to your bank account. Or you can watch your back, or you can call for some more friends (or hire somebody) to watch your back.

There are plenty of ways to ensure you don't get robbed - online or offline - and there are plenty of ways to be careless.
So at the end, it's about everybody's preference where to play and how to keep himself (and his wealth) safe.

A huge amount of money was circulating in the gambling field so we definitely be away from all of the bad things going on US yes any field has same difficulties so we need to prevent ourselves more better than all people this will very helpful for the things will not happen again

I don't doubt someone from inside does inform others time to time but if you are working as a taxi driver and willing to rob people than you know who to steal it from. I mean you are basically picking up people from the casinos and if people went into a casino there is two options 1) they made money, 2) they lost money.

You can make small chats with them about "how did it went" and if they told you they made money more than likely all that money is in cash because I rarely seen any other method of payment. After that all there is left is to rob that person which is really insane to think about but some people are just ruthless that way I suppose.

In short its quite easy to follow a plan, go to casinos, wait for someone to get out, take them wherever they want, on the road make small talk, if they are foreign and made money just steal it from them. Horrible for someone to actually go out and do but not complicated, simple and quite atrocious to do.

Why would he bring that big amount of money in cash, he tooked a taxi bringing that cash, I think it's his fault.
I think there is an option in a casino to withdraw your winning in check, just not sure, but he should be very careful.
You know, money is hot in the eyes of the criminals, so he better know that risks.
We don't really know, he could already be a millionaire, and that amount of winning is normal to him.
Both have different excitement it brings to every gambler, and gamblers have its own preference, but what's important is to learn how to safeguard our winnings as we do not win all the time.

He does not need to deposit that check into his account, he can demand from the casino to put a payee into his name and then cash it out in the bank, this way, he can prepare to safely transport the cash.

Ive watched the news before and this is the greatest definition of being safe when it terms of online gambling. Maybe that person was watched althroughout the casino and the crime was planned on that night. Its really disturbing knowing that the persons life worth is only $75K. Lets all look to this article amd maybe this would become a lesson for all of us. Be extra careful even youre going to casino or not.

I see 3 potential reasons why the guy got robbed and most have already been mentioned here.

1. It was an inside job. Anyone working at the casino could have tipped someone of on the outside that a foreigner has won a lot of money. All they needed to do was follow him and wait for an opportunity to rob him.

2. The thieves had eyes on the inside. This was done by a group of people. One of the thieves saw the person win the money inside the casino and informed his colleagues on the outside.

3. The taxi driver with or without some of his colleagues robbed the guy. He could have talked to him when he entered the taxi and told him that he won a lot of money or just seemed happy and in a good mood. All that the taxi driver had to do was to message the robbers and lead him into a trap.

All scenarios are equally possible.

I wonder why he is not rent a security company to guard him to go home. With that money, it's not too expensive, and he can be safe on the road, and I believe he can save his money from the robbery. It's his fault, and it's a good lesson for us to think about our safety, and we can prevent the same thing if we can win much money. I cannot believe that he's underestimating about the safety of his money while he goes home.

Most cainos allow you to withdraw to your bank so he should of went with that option if available.  I'm sure some casino employees were involved and got a cut of the loot.

At least he escaped wit hhis life.  The money can be replaced but his life cannot.  LIfe is cheap in many places and people will kill over much smaller amounts.

This mean that gambling is not safe at all, in any way so its good to have someone beside us to protect us. And if you are a big time player or won a big amount, its a must to hire a body guard or else you will end like this.

I’ve watched the video again and it looks like the taxi driver is innocent. Well who knows right? Because your analysis can be a good reason to investigate the taxi driver. The person involved behind this are professionals and they really plan for this.

Luckily he’s safe, and only the money was taken away. We should really learn from this one and make sure you are secured before leaving the casinos. He got lucky in gambling and yet that luck is gone when he step outside the casinos, The message is very clear for me, if you earn an easy money it will gone easily too.

Cant fully agree with the bold statement, safe or not is depending on how you secure yourself no matter gambling in online or offline casino. Indeed aside of the risk of losing money because we lose against the house, there is also a risk outside the casino when we won big. We have to make sure that we are safe enough when we are going out from the casino once we bring too much money.

Foreigners like this one are the most likely target of these criminals especially if they are not aware of the situation of the country. That is why security personnels are getting popular these days as they always need to be protected from these criminals. But what the hell? Why did they even know what taxi to robbed at? This just sounds to me that even the the one driving the taxi is involve, this cannot be just a coincidence as they obviously know who the target was and when and where they will rob him.

When someone got big rewards in casinos they got noticed by group of people who maybe insiders or the people watching these kind of people in casinos for robberies so its good to have the money in digital form to save these kind of problems in the future.

While we are playing online we are not getting into these drama so lets decide before going to casino again. :)

That's why online gambling is becoming more and more popular. I think those guys knew who to hit. There's a chance they were tipped off by someone by casino staff or had their man inside the casino watching people withdraw money. They just needed to make a call from inside the bathroom or something describing the guy who won and that's all there is to it.


I don't think foreigners are being targeted. If it was a local resident carrying 75 thousand he'd get mugged too.

Online casino is safe play at home using computer and internet connection the winning bet money are paying through online banking system of it easy if the payment is made through digital currency bitcoin (the safest way no need to travel bringing cash).
but playing in casino house is make enjoy play with the people face to face specially people can enjoy playing with there friends, the incident aren't the owner of money fault because they didn't call help to the trusted relatives to travel their money.

Sheesh there's no peace for decent gambler . Anyone could just Rob your hard worn earning just like that

This is something that has been happening often, it might be an inside job for casinos, or it might be some specialized gangs who goes into casinos snipe easy targets who they just won and have no security just like this guy and just rob them, and they probably can't anything about them, that is why online gambling has become more and more favorable especially in areas where these kind of accidents happen.

How on earth someone would know that you won in casinos if no one from the outside knew that it was you? I'm pretty sure it must be an inside job because they already know where the Korean National riding. Though, we can't exactly say if it is an inside or maybe the taxi driver itself is the one who calls his thief friends. Whatever the reason is, i think it is not safe for any not locals to win such big amounts of money in any casinos IMO.

I'm guessing it was a real accident because if it was an inside job several cases should've been reported.

Gambling in a casino is never safe because anything can happen but it won't always happen. Even if you're with someone they could easily outnumber you.

It's not entirely his fault for getting robbed. He could still get robbed on his way home even if he didn't brought all of winnings in cash.

Greedy people always find opportunities, it's possible that there's some insiders or those criminals are monitoring the casino and waiting for another victim. we can't remove the fact that it's an ongoing activities around any casino house, that's why playing online is far safer in terms of physical and mentally abused, though being scammed is also possible but the actual experience of like being robbed is lesser.

I think it's a relationship between the employees of casinos with the taxi driver because how the taxi driver know if his passenger was carrying big money in his car? The taxi driver wouldn't know if there is no one tells him about that person who wins much money.
I think it still safe to go to casinos and play in those places, but if we can win like that person, we need to ask someone we know to follow us until we arrive in our home.

The workers there will not interfere directly with this shady activity, they may call their gang members to rob some winners from time to time to avoid suspicions. Or simply it may be as simple as some random thieves searching for a winner to rob him. It isn't difficult to find a winner, it is the guy quitting that place without broking anything or without being angry  ;)

Every place where you gamble covers its own risks. In the case, you mention it's not so "Hot" news as no one can blame that he was robbed by the people that own the casino.
Think of a hacker stealing the crypto of a gambler's wallet. Everyone would scream that cryptocurrencies are not safe etc.

I am not surprised by this incident, casino owners are a little bit "dirty" to do this business.

Hey this is really sad news I feel it has to be an insider hand, there's no way they'll be able to pull this off without the knowledge from the casino itself. There's a popular saying 'the house always wins', one way or another you never win and it's proven again. After playing in online casinos I feel safer as my identity is kept a secret, all the money I withdraw is from bitcoins which no one can know where I'll keep so yes I feel safer playing in an online casino rather than in a land based casino.

recently i saw a news on the t.v on which a gambler was kidnapped for ransom by his fellow chinese men  . its true that criminals are searching for thier prey inside the casino   .

 they will lend the other players to continue playing but after it , the will now declared kidnapped and they will ask for a ransom   .  this a lesson for all of us that live bettings outside are really dangerous because anything bad can possibly happen to you  no matter if you win or loose .  id rather stay at home and play online gambling in order to secure my self . sure the the risk to loose is still there because there are also online thefts but atlleast they cant harm me physically  

It can be an inside job, but most likely it is not. Usually the police treats casino workers as prime suspects in such cases and with today's technologies (cameras everywhere, phone calls can be traced etc.) it would be little difficulty in finding the criminal associate if he/she were from the casino staff. If you work in a casino and you value your job, no way you would risk your career dealing with criminals. I think it's gang members hanging around inside casinos sending messages to their associates outside in case someone is winning big.

Anyone carrying money without any protection is an easy target. But considering the news and where he got victimized you know they are being targeted. Pasay City is near the Airport as well as the Casinos so you know this people are the most likely targets as they know that they have a higher chance that who they are robbing have money on their pockets.

I also think that it was an inside job, someone who has an asset inside and outside the casino. Sending messages back and forth on who will be their target. It might be also a coincidence that the robber just targeted him knowing that foreigners do have money.

Its really convenient to gamble online and just use cryptos to avoid such incidents. I felt sorry for the guy.

Yeah possible, a syndicate that target winners.

There a big people behind this one for sure, and maybe they are doing this for a long time. The sad thing is that, our government seems like they don’t care at all since there is no strong regulations when it comes to claiming your rewards in casinks.

A gang member waiting for a big fish, so we as a gambler should take extra careful whether you win big or not you are still not safe since many incidents like this before and yet they are still free. There are just two situation when you go outside the casinos either you win or you lose, maybe they just got lucky to cat the big fish incidentally or there’s really a script for this one.

When we have crypto gambling why we need to go to the fiat based casinos,no one can rob your crypto currencies which is more secure and when playing in online more convenient too.

In this type of business we are always know the security and comfort level or more higher but due to some other issue our money will not stay us in our hands for long time but we can do for prevention for that if we do your prevention properly then this type of problems will not came out for this is my only thought for all of us.

You can go around the this board and I'm sure you can find the answer. In hindsight, people loves to go to casino because they feel the ambiance and atmosphere, instead of just playing in your home with no one. You can socialized with other gamblers and even have free drinks. ;D


You're safe until you go out and bring you cash with you and criminals has already followed you. He think he feels safe having all that cash with him, so its totally his fault.

This is right and if you are just sensible enough since you do know that you have won bigtime on a casino then you should think next on your safety on how
to get out those funds without being followed nor being targeted by those robbers. There are really lots of ways but sometimes our confidence and neglecting the possibility
of danger will really put us into these situations.

Why do casinos give such large winnings in cash?
There should really be an option to have that sort of money deposited straight to your bank account.

I imagine it could happen in my country (Belgium) as well, but not nearly as often though.
It's generally pretty safe here, aside from petty crime.

I think there was such an option, but probably the guy had chosen to not do it. It maybe has something to do with taxes. If you win $75,000 you have to pay taxes on that, right? And maybe the guy in question wanted to evade it. Don't be penny wise and pound foolish, as a proverb says. Another option, he was drunk and wasn't aware much of what he was doing. Don't drink and gamble, guys, because it's bad for your health and can be bad for your wealth as well. Be safe!

I don't know how you could say "its totally his fault." ... Don't you think its probably the robbers' fault? They broke a few laws after all, therefore its probably more their fault. Of course the guy should take precautions, but anybody could be robbed at any time for anything, doesn't mean its their fault.

There was some guy killed over his cell phone a few blocks from here a couple weeks back -- was it his fault for looking at his cell phone on the street?

It's highly possible that there are some casino effort on this incident. Bringing money , a lot of money need the policeman escort.
Because without them, somebody will not just get robbed but also got killed just like my people when the thief decide to shot the victim's head in gas station when he bring about $ 10.000 in a car !

Yes you are correct without the support from us our money will not get out from us this is the truth behind all kind of hacking and robbery so prevention is better than cure than anything so we prevent and save you money it will be the very important thing to follow by all the people.

That's odd that someone with that amount of money is allowed by the casino to ride home using a cab. Usually, casinos will not allow them to go home just like that if they are considered as a high roller. If they (casino) value this client, they would escort this guy out or allow this guy to use one of their fleets to ride home safely.

Knowing Philippines which they do really questioned out if theres something big amounts being credited on your bank account and that where 12% will be charged up incase.So, im aint surprised why
that dude opt out to get cash instead on direct bank transfer but well getting robbed is on exchange. We wont know if this is an inside job nor there are really people who
are targeting people who do make big winnings and wait for them outside.

Having 12% gotten from your winnings would be really hard and it would be a lot. There is a possibility where there are people who have already targeted the person. Knowing that he won a damn lot of money. You wouldn't really have a say unless you know the story. Big winnings are real magnets for disaster, that's for sure.

Poor guy . I guess he was followed before he get out from the casino . Sound like inside job with gang member waiting outside to catch him off guard

Most likely it was an insider or someone employed by the casino to rob him, but there were other possibilities such as the people who were there when he won a big victory by watching the game. That's why online gambling is now more popular because there are many security reasons there.

Absolutely, the perfect excuse and really the casino should be comping a room for winners anyway.    It'd could be standard practise to encourage players to stick around and play some more rather then go home immediately.
Always mix up factors to be less predictable if possible.   I mean thats a ton of cash to be carrying around, I would be so paranoid at that point.    

I dont immediately assume the building employees are suspect certainly anyone long term has an interest not giving their business a bad reputation but anyone in the surrounding taxi or hospitality staff could observe as much anyway.   I have worked in places where staff were not on the level, its not always the obvious choice thats behind something like this but they'll always go after the easiest target.

For example I would phone for my own taxi that I use regularly etc

I doubt that it's a inside job, no cell phones is allowed if employees are in the floor so there's no way that they if they connived with a gang or something, to communicate and identify the target. It was one of the gang's member who saw the man winning, and he works with the outside member once the man went out.

other casinos on our country is not strict and i saw that employees can use self phones . it might be an inside job and it can also be an outside job . securities inside the casino cant also guarantee the players safety because what if the crime will happen outside  ?  but atleast installing some cctv's can be a good help . its also a good idea if we can bring some friends whenever we play gambling outside our house because you cant easily harmed if you arent alone  .

the best possible option to is to just play online gambling , so that no can beat you or threat you   .   you are free as a bird and you can do what you want not unlike  to casino or gambling outside that you cant express your feelings because you are too scared on what others think to you  .

I'm assuming that its a casino standard to let big winners stay for a day just to keep them playing. That's why I was surprised why the Korean did take or maybe he was not offered or maybe he turn it down because he was excited to get home and he thought that he was really safe. But criminals are too clever and one step ahead of the game, and thus this unfortunate thing happened to him.

We are not sure about that because we don't know the truth of the story so we could only guess. But it might possible if he was followed by someone and that person was pretending to be a taxi driver and finally, he can get that money from the gambler. That is what I've been a worry if I go to the casino places and I think it's not just in the casino because if we want to go to one place, we should be careful because crime will always there and watching and will taking the opportunity if we are not aware.

This is bad but that is the risk in all this online stuff.  Many bad things are been hinding at the back of online agreement.  I also believe that gambling sites especially those unverified one are out to stole people's funds.

Did you even read the OP? The gambler came from a casino (tradional) and he did not won that 4 million pesos ($75,000 USD) from an online casino. I don't know where your comment fits in the OP but if you are just sharing your thoughts about the risks in online gambling then the risk is higher in gambling in traditional casinos just like what happened to this poor korean guy.

A disaster that can put your life in risk. He just got lucky to be safe, it is still his lucky day.
12% is really big and this is how banking system works, you work hard for that money and yet they will just get some of that money. But in terms of security, what is 12% if you can be sure that your money will be put in the right place and you will go home safely. I saw a lot of Korean who bought big cash in the casinos by just putting it on a bag, hopefully this can be a great lesson for them.

For me this is an isolated case, so I think it was just an accident. If the owner of the casino is the mastermind behind then for sure he will lose even bigger if he was proven guilty. He will be sued and lead him to imprisonment plus his customers will be gone because of the bad reputation. Imagine the possible consequences, even me would not attempt to do that just for few millions in which I can earn in the first place. That's too risky.
For me it has the same risks. Anyway, we all knew that casino players are very rich, then why they are not hiring bodyguards? It is very essential for them since they always have big money in their hands. (Or it's just like that robbers are overpowered every time this kind of incident happens).

Maybe this is one of those random player who won the jackpot and doesnt know what to do next. Imagine riding a cab with $75,000 USD in your hands all by yourself. He simply is a walking target. Someone might have spotted him in the casino premises already or maybe the guy who lost against him might one of the guys who robbed him. Korean guy is also at fault for not taking care of his own security.

He can't blame himself but surely he will learn a lot after what happened to him.
Winning that amount does not happen all the time in gambling, unless that's your range in gambling, but people who can afford that range have their own car, and maybe bodyguards, this guy is just a victim of an ordinary robbery in the Philippines, but sad for him as the amount involve is a big amount.

Yeah I have heard this news but I could not claim that we have seen the same story with OP. It was happening here in the Philippines when a Korean National had won huge bet in the Casino but later on when he drove home with a taxi robbers block their way and force to take his money won from the Casino.

I agree with you since money is very hot to the eye of the thieves. Securing it first before going anywhere else must be observe and that is by hiring an escort going home.

Talking from my experience that kind of thing is most likely an inside job. I mean not the Casino owner or it is officially supported by the casino, but a person that is working in the casino that knows the victim just won a huge amount of money. My friend had an experience like this when he went to Hongkong, he won about $160.000 in a single night, got robbed and beaten in his car, even before he left the casino. And when he report to the authorities and they got the robber, there is an inside job involved.

They wont never learn and would still stick to their own habits on bringing their funds or winnings on their bags and risking their lives.Money is really the sole reason why do crimes do exist into these times.
Once a group or certain person is aware that you do hold up that big of money or even on an ordinary day that you are withdrawing money from your atm then you are still at risk.All because of money.
If you do care for your safety then you should know on what to do.

Yes, being a gambler or a sport person does not matter here. Big money alone. Being careful is always a necessary act and especially when carry any level amount, we need to be utmost alter so that we can avoid such incident what OP is stating here. Money attracts all these problems.

I suspect the trustworthy of that casino. Only people who were aware of his casino activity must be the culprit in that incident. As per general crime law, the first suspect  must be people who are aware of such a big money. I'm not sure whom to blame. Because, being careful while travelling with big money must be a basic thing but we cannot expect that to be followed when a gambler is coming out of casino with big money and along with big excitements of winning.

It might be but If this is connected to the casino this is terrible. How come you'll build a casino and then if your player won you will do like this? Maybe the opponent of winner the who made that robbery and may the taxi involved too. The reported video is so incomplete.

It looks like an inside job, when you mention pesos I think of a poor South American country in which this happened. The fact that the individual stolen was of another nationality makes me believe it even more to be an inside job. Policeman I am sure they are also corrupted there by the thieves so no chances for the Korean where to complain about this. Sad story, that is why online gambling is always the best, these accidents do not happen.

It's hard to complain when you are not in your country, the justice system of the Philippines is worst and you are right, policemen are sometimes part of this criminal activity so the more it's harder to solve the case. This is a normal scenario in a corrupt country, so like you said, it's better to gamble online if you are serious with it, and just gamble in a local casino if you decide to have fun.

Although 12% is a pretty high part of the money to call it negligible, you must understand what are you actually paying for. You are paying for your safety, in this particular case, and trying to cut down your expenses in such cases is not advisable. It's better to be safe now than sorry later, as a proverb says. $66,000 is still a good win, and that what the person in question would have after paying 12% in taxes. And now he has nothing because he wanted to have $9,000 more. That's what can be called greed imo.

It's even harder as the official itself can be part of those illegal doers, in anyhow not just in the Philippines but also in other places, maybe it is so common that criminal activities around this country is really chronic and it's includes government officials so better to be more careful when you choose playing around casinos.

There are a lot of cases like this back then, and all I can say is that it is indeed a huge amount of money and I feel sad for the gambler since he has risked almost everything just to get that kind of money in the casino, incidents like this are really painful to see and should be avoided as such, don't use the taxis or sny vehicle that could get you compromised, instead use an uber or something that you'll know you are secured.

Somehow I think it would be insider job as they would know that they have won the money and leaving the casinos. They would have their person outside and would indicate them that he has won this much amount and they would rob and give them some % to them and rest might go back to casinos.

There are hundreds of stories all over the internet about casino winners that were robbed on their way out of the casino, in the car park, were followed home, etc. There are many lessons to learn from these incidents, but the main lesson is this: If you are cashing out, always ask for a check and not cash. Most of the people that get robbed walk out of the casino with large amounts of cash.

There’s a bigger possibilities that there’s a big man behind this incident and maybe one of the officials are part of that syndicate. Its not hard to complain if you’re willing to do so but the foreigner refuse to do it and just accept the fact that his money is gone. Corrupt politicians really making a negative impact for the foreigner, well its happening around the world its just happen that we don’t have a political will.

I think this in an inside job or a gang that frequently hang around in casinos. It is very unlikely that exactly the taxi with the guy with 75k in his pocket gets robbed. There is a chance but its very unlikely. So I would guess it is an inside job or a organised gang operating in the casino.

There are many possibilities about the robbery. It could have been planned or just happened, because there's a chance. The risk of carrying a lot of money, especially what is known by others, is certainly very high. And that happens not only in matters relating to gambling. And yes, at casino, there could be some bad guys who oversee gamblers and when there is an opportunity, they can do bad stuff for their own benefit.

Too sad for that guy that he don’t even think to prioritize his own safety considering that he’s carrying huge cash, I’d rather to check in and enjoy the night than to risk everything. Its an inside job for sure, well bad things will happen to those guys who are more greedy and commit crimes time will come for that.

$75k is a lot of money. It does not have to be casino, even if you come out from a bank with $75k cash then you need to take proper security measurement. You can not just blame the casino. He won that huge sum of money meaning he got attention from people. They were following him and when they got chance they took the money.

The may use helps from his friends and family. He could call someone to give him companion for the night.

But the sad fact that most people are way too careless on thinking about their safety.Money is money and every people who are in need will definitely kill anyone without any hesitation if they do know they are holding big amount not only to this country but worldwide.If money thing involves then for sure there would be a crime so as a gambler or just a typical person do brings a lot of cash then
you should prioritize your safety first.

If you are talking about a inside job that someone from casino's tip it to a gang, I really doubt about it. They could have tip a lot more people with huge amount of money not just $75K.

The blame is on the guy himself because he didn't take care of his money when he get out of the casino. It maybe a real gang who operated on that casino and targeting people alone, who make a good winnings and not aware of their surroundings when they left.

At least there is someone who knows that the person is carrying a lot of money from gambling. The OP should be able to update the latest information on this issue, and I think this problem has been handled by the law to investigate who did it. Apart from that, I guess wherever someone gambles will surely find a concern because it involves money, money is a factor of the initial crime. Moreover, online gambling is very vulnerable to hacker crimes, they will be more free to look for targets because there will be no one watching from the authorities such as the police are different from real-world crimes the factors that make thieves do not commit crimes is much, which he feared there were police , or the target of the person who will be stolen because he could fight and use firearms.

I think there is a correlation between the casino and the taxi because the taxi driver doesn't know about the gambler who can win much money. But it could happen if the gambler says directly to the taxi driver that he can win a big money and now he wants to go home and suddenly the taxi drivers have a bad intention to get that money. But again, we don't know the true story behind of the robbery and it is an important lesson for us to ask someone to go home with us and protect us.

So many incidents like this and yet we are still doing the old habit. Its given that its too risky to bring huge cash anywhere you go this should be the common think of every people whether you’re from casinos or not. I see this incident as an inside job where those inside the casinos already have the contact outside to robbed those gambler who won big.

 It would be reasonable to suspect the casino if theives robbing the winners was common thing. Could be that the thief was trailing the Korean man from the casino.
I thought Casinos pay large wins directly into winners account?

Yes, these much big Winning amount should be transferred directly into the winner's bank account or cross cheque should be given which should be cashed only the him. Also i guess that in this particular case, it seems that someone from the casino actually knew this and he might be the one who follow the winner and stole his earnings.

I heard the news. But I heard a story from a month ago. How a gambler borrowed a lot and began to rob himself in order to repay the debt. Even though he had won several "successful robberies", he did not return the money for debt, but he still spilled into the casino and lost more and more. This can lead to a situation where a person is committing suicide, and there is evidence that the gamblers are robbing.

Thats a really huge amount to just ride a taxi having that amount ,without companion?theres a lapses in that korean national though i am not blaming him yet he must have done some precautionary measures while inside the casino,also a chance of inside job may be real of maybe not none of us can tell because criminals are also spreads in casino waiting for prospective victims

It's usually an inside job. That's one of the dangers of winning a big amount in an actual casino especially if you're there by yourself. The casino itself may also be suspected here though i'm sure they'd never admit such.

I mean, it should be expected by every costumer. Safety first.

What will you do with dollars if you're alone and get attacked? Are you well trained enough to take down the attacker? What is he is armed? What if it's more than one?

Of course, in developed countries this kind of risks are really low but people who succumb to corruption can exist anywhere even if it is not a widely spread incident in those countries.

Experienced and smart gamblers and professional poker players have a lot of money, which is the reason for the large number of gambling gamblers, it's not that weird.

The problem is you are not reading the OP, I presume, you must be spamming only.

Be smart..... ::) ::) ::)

The first point is that we should not take any debt or borrow any money to play gambling. A person who is borrowing the money has no Money with himself and in case he lose in gambling, that would be a worse night mare for him as now he also have to repay the debt. This is the reason we see people committing suicide or are in high depression who take such risks.

That is what I think after I read that story. I only think that the casino will use other people to robbing the winner because the casino has lost too much money from him. It could be true because the winner takes a lot of money from the casino, but unfortunately, that winner gets robbed in the way back home. I only hope that in someday, if we are the winner and we can win much money, we need to hire someone or ask our friends to get back home with us, so we are not alone to go home.

Gambling addicted person suffer with this mentality, they are too much engaged with the game they've love to the point that after they'll going to
sell everything that they've had or like what you have said, lending money without any particular means on how to repay it, ending up committing
things like this or something  that will ruin their lives.

How do you rob yourself to repay a debt? Sounds like a zero sum game.


LOL. His comment didn't even make sense.

In the same vein as the original story, this one was pretty interesting too, from Aug 2017:

http://philippineslifestyle.com/korean-gambler-hanged-himself-after-casino/

Basically a Korean guy hanged himself in a bathroom at the Manila airport because he had just lost $400,000 gambling at casinos and was about to be extradited to Korea on fraud charges. Apparently he was hoping to make back the money he had lost/stolen, but since he didn't, he feared he'd be killed in Korea. Talk about going in over your head!

this is clearly not an accident or coincidence because how could someone know that person had a lot of money in his   pocket or bag, thats why, we gamblers should take notice of this incidents and take a precaution, always be careful when going out there to try and gamble in those casinos.

Online gambling access will eliminate and avoid people getting caught into the hands of robbers who focus on winner returning from the casinos. This isn't the first time, already several such incidents have taken place. In cities where casinos are quite high often encounter this issues. Here it is possible to catch the robber with the help of police, the same if lost through some security issues on online gambling we cannot rise a ticket anywhere.

Criminal are too smart that they will know if a person is rich or not  by just basing on their looks  .  other probabilities could also happen  . maybe he already knows the victim and they already spy it before he enter and exit the casino  .

Gamblers should already know to their self that what they are doing is risky  . not because they will possibly loose but also they can threaten their own lives if ever they got overboard of playing or whenever they play outside .

Looks can be deceiving mate so i guess this is different occasions specially that the criminals that involves here seems to be organized

They may be observing the whole casino looking for prospected victims and this korean becomes the first to appear

But we cannot take the possibilities of inside job for the reason that they are the one whos infront of the victim to learn how much he has in hand

So picking the gambling site is major in online gambling,most of the scam sites can be found when reading the reviews about it on google so we actual can find the legit ones very easily.

Sounds very much like an inside job. It's too good to be a coincidence. The fact that the casinos are usually owned by famous gangsters and politicians who have governments in their pockets. It's fairly easy for them to do activities like this.

Even online casinos behave the same way. Not all but mostly when you have a big win they introduce KYC policies and other crap especially shitholes like sportsbet.io, vegascasino.io. Avoid them.

Perhaps, the only one reason that person got robbed is that he was telling the cab driver about his winning in the gambling game and he told how much money he wins. So this will makes the cab driver think about taking over his money by making incidents. I believe it is still safe for us to go to the casino, but we need to be very careful with the win money because crime will be around us.

Also wondering why the people will tell the unknown person that they won this much amount in casino etc because it is like inviting the trouble for them self unless you are informing you own relatives or friends which was not the case here. Also, when the amount is big you should call your friends and ask to pick you up and drop where you need to go so that it will ensure the safety.

Anyone can be a suspect, therefore one should be careful when bringing money in cash.
If there are casinos who scams their gamblers online, then it's also possible in offline work, so you cannot discount that possibility.
There is no use of blaming, he should just learn from his mistakes.

All scenario which mentioned by people here looks possible even possibility the casino aren't willing the players win too much money and they will do anything to avoid it but the problem is we have no strong evidence that the casino were involved because it could be usual robber which only can done by someone who aiming this player when he was out from the casino

This is robbery and not a work of thieves meaning theres a confrontation and as what the story says it happened in taxi so for sure this is Holdup

But your right the criminals are eying on each players in casino to find a victim,and sadly its the korean is the target.

And about casino paying large wins in account its either the korean is Alien or no complete papers in that country or maybe he choose to take the money himself

Maybe, that’s why he don’t make any complain any more and just admit that loses. So many possible reason why he was being robbed, so if you are playing on a casinos always think for a more secured way to take profit go for the most top choice, don’t bring huge money.

Nothing is safe from hackers, whether it be the physical casino or online casino. We need to be prepared for such hacks and always follow some basic security tips. One of them be not to accept such big cash and always use a secure way to transfer money. Even if you want to carry cash, its better if you accompany a friend with you and not travel alone with big cash in hand.

Bringing big cash outside is not really safe because people nowadays are so hard to trust. It is better to know what to do just in case you really want to bring some big cash with you is you choose the best location where there were more people if you were alone or in any public area so that you don't have any problem when someone tries to attack or rob you.

yes it is very dangerous to go out with cash with you so big nowadays but what if the person who won the money has more than those? you know people who are going to casinos are not really poor, some are just trying to find ways in spending their money with. some don't even care of losing, they just want to enjoy the game. with the incident, I believe it was not just a pure accident, I kinda thinking of people around or inside the casino who have the knowledge that this person has this big amount of money.

Well, he's a foreigner and he won a jackpot I think then he picks a taxi to probably go home or somewhere else then got robbed inside the taxi. I don't know if it was a coincidence or just an inside job where people marks the gambler already as their target then unknowingly the Korean nationals might be being followed already. I think it is not really safe for foreigners to bring money outside because it might be an inside job.

I mean, 75k USD dollars in cash aren't supposed to circulate in a single person pocket, in a random taxi... this guy has really done bad maths about his personal security.

I've got your point there, a 4million pesos cash( Peso-Philippines currency) is quite more than enough to circulate in a single person pocket or even he handling it inside the bag. That was his mistake carrying huge money especially at night is not advisable, and probably that was an inside job from the casino staff by giving a piece of information against the victim.

Lesson to learn how to handle and keep safe your valuable money and used cryptocurrency in gambling fewer worries and it is very simple to do so.

Maybe he goes crazy at his winning and lost his mind so finally he lost his funds too, so we need to be always aware of what we are doing it will get billionaire in midnight.

It was his mistake and I'm even surprise about the news as I am not expecting than a gambler
winning that big amount of money would bring it outside the casino and just rides a taxi, he is lucky he is still alive right now.

Carrying such huge amount of $75,000 is very dangerous nowadays. He should contacted someone trustworthy and pick him up in the casino.
 It's either the taxi driver already waited for that particular person. It seems that he has a bad luck that day. If I were that person, I shouldn't risk my life with that huge amount of money and just like him, I will just surrender the money.

Well, it is not a new scenario that a big millionaire gambler has been robbed because ever since there are really cases of robbery when a gambler comes out from a casino empty handed or not. It just proves how greedy people are that just to have money, they will rob other people's money for their own sake. What is just questionable for me is why you have think that the casino itself is involved into this scenario? Well, I think it is still safe to come into casinos as long as you have small money into your pocket which will not attract robbers around. That is why I am into playing in an  online casino (https://to.crwd.cr/smtm) not just because of convenience but as well as the security so I will not be a victim of such robbery in the same time, I can still enjoy variety of casino games to play plus an opportunity to receive great reward of bonus for doing your first deposit.

This is why there are casinos who escorts high rollers and big winners from the casino to their hotel room and some would even offer a free room for those who lives far from the casino and its already late. There are those who hires police escorts and security personnel specially those who are junket operators.

Well we couldn't really tell if the casino or some one from the casino set it up,
Maybe it was just a coincident or maybe it was plan .

It is literally not a new issue because many cases have already happen that is mainly due to greediness of other people wherein they will do everything to obtain money even if they do bad things such as robbery. That is why safety and security of gamblers from casino establishments are at risks when they go out heading home because there is a possibility that they can be victimized by those kind of people. Maybe I should try also playing into that online casino you were talking about because sometimes I get afraid whenever I go home from casino establishments that it may come a time that I will get victimized by those people which I do not want to happen.

You are talking about millionaires who likes to gamble but there are some common people who like to do work 9 to 5 and come one for gambling at very rare occasions those are the person who will get robbed because they may not familiar with the place,they won't get much personal security for them.

Casino are not responsible for any incident which happen outside of the casino. In case of any robbery which is outside of casino, it is the responsibility of the individual to safeguard his belongings. Its against the safety measure to carry with such a great amount of cash. Better option was to use cheque or direct bank transfer when you win big amount of money in gambling physical casino.

This one does not belong to the millionaire in gambling, if he is, he would have an escort going to a casino.
The fact that he only ride a public vehicle, that makes him typical gambler who got lucky for a night but end up unlucky since he is robbed.

This has become mainstream news you know, people get a big won at the casino and went home empty-handed, because they were robbed. this has become an intention/plan for criminals. so the way out is to move to online casino will be easier and more secure

These are the people will get targeted by the insiders when they got more rewards on that day.

That is why always test our luck on internet that going to a real casino. :D

Yes, it can be insider job too as they only know that gambler has won big and carrying large amount of money with him. But this does not mean that we stop going to casino and play only online Gambling.
We can still take precautions and ask the casino owners to transfer money online in bank if the winning amount is huge.

Don't trust the gambling owners too they might want their money back so they also can steal it from you.If you want to be safe then having online transaction of win rewards will be fine but still the robbery can happen to your cards and pins.

It might be an arrangement with the casino house were he win because many things are happening now and people are losing integrity daily.  However , it is very good we should also provide security for ourselves in the event of this type of winning.

yes it should be a news for alert in all type of situation because the robberies are happened in the unexpected times so the security needed to be more tightened before then now it will be the way to get safe for your investment on money in any time.

Such incident was really unfortunate but the likelihood of inside job was high. Who would know that a certain foreigner had loads of cash at that time? So even if there is tight security, an inside job knows when to attack his victim. So better stay in the hotel for maybe couple of days and plan what you need to do with your money that will make it secure and safe.

Some gamblers bring mafia on the site so they can bring the odds on their side. If anything happens, they will have some backup and will clean the rest. It's very dangerous to win and bring home a lot of money 'cause everyone wants to have a huge profit so they will do everything just to bring back that money. At least that Korean is safe and that guy didn't kill him/her, he became poor instantly.

This should be served as a lesson to those gamblers who choose to bring huge cash in casinos. Its a clear inside job and I believe casinos are involve on this. Well, the crime in casinos are really increasing because of many gamblers, the authority should do something about this one.

We should learn a few things from this happening. The gambler didn't calculate everything and it would have been better for him to try and get home with a tram which is full of people, pretty sure in the tram it would have been harder for the thieves to coordinate.

This other one is an extreme reaction which I learned when I was working in the Balkans, in Bosnia and Montenegro that this robbed person can kill the thieves if he finds them where they were, I was astonishing to hear that but it is true in those countries.

I hope we don't have to get that experience in real life and it's better to stay with online gambling ;D

I think there is a way to prevent from being robbed and some people just miss this because they don't think it's a big deal to carry on the money to go home, but it becomes a problem when you get robbed.


That is what I'm afraid because we only have 1 life and we don't want to get killed because of that money. It's a sad story to hear a person get killed by the thieves and I hope it's not happening in my city.

This is why a lot of people carry guns especially in America.  You never know when someone is going to rob you or kidnap you.  I think most people are paranoid and overly cautious but when they read these type of stories they get frightened.

Well, it's undeniable that most cases like this literally happens in any places across the globe because there are people who wanted money but to obtain it easily, they will do such thing like robbery. Greediness is really the thing that pushes an individual to do something bad just to get what he wants. You can see the  online casino (https://to.crwd.cr/smtm) I am currently into and check for yourself the convenience of it where you can play variety of games even you are at home if you are really afraid going to casino establishments anymore.

Such incidences can easily be avoided if all casinos and gambling centers were regulated and required by law to payout in blockchain - doesn't have to be Bitcoin- could be something faster.
Once something like that happens the gamblers would never need to carry any cash - let alone lose them in a mugging attempt.

Also, $75000 does not a millionaire make.

You cant say such thing even its just $75000 but this amount on 3rd world countries would already consider you as a millionaire and with that amount you wont
really hesitate to make such crime.Those dudes are just lurking either inside or outside casinos just waiting up for some victim who do recently won.About that blockchain thing you do mention
if that thing would be implemented then it would really reduce completely these kind of scenarios but for sure it would still takes time for them to consider.

This is indeed very unfortunate. Wining at gambling is not an easy task, and when you do then you have to face criminals outside of casino who can rob you. I think Online gambling has solved this problem so big extent as money transform digitally from one person to another and cannot be stolen in between.

Well the worth of gambling industry is 530 billion dollar which is a whooping amount but I feel that it has these negative effects on individual basis in the long term.

Their machines have been engineered in a way that would not let a gambler win every hand. The house would do anything to make the gambler loose money and scandals like you mentioned are very common. Of course some one has to pay for those luxury casinos.

We cannot avoid it, if we win in the casinos especially a big amount, especially on to the casinos one thing that we sure just secure your self and your winning first. Just aware your family members and ask them they will pick you up at the casino so that you will secure. Its not new this kind of news because there is someone watching us everytime we gamble on casino.

If you have the casino deposit directly to your bank account, then the bank will steal your funds by holding on to them for a bit

He should have deposited it in his bank account if that's the case instead of bringing the money by himself because a lot or robbers are just waiting outside checking if someone won big and well obviously to rob that person. Also it could be that an employee from inside has contact to those robbers and informed his friends that a specific person won big so the friends outside can easily target the person. For me, it is okay to go to casinos but just make sure to be careful, smart and observant of your surroundings.

Instantly there won't be any access for immediate depositing of funds from the casinos. Upon the same gamblers were into compulsion to carry the funds with them after winning. After this incident people will be more careful when they get out of the casinos.

the casino allow him to bring the cash home that way?

but i don't wander, if it happened in the philippines, it can happen again anywhere in the philippines. there had been several incidents like this where Chinese and Koreans are the very victim. families were asked to pay for ransom, the usual suspect are the lone sharks in the casinos. there was one korean that were choke to death inside the police camp all because his family didn't send ransom. the suspect was police officers. don't be a gambler when you are here in the philippines because they'd look at you as a potential money source.

Well, that's one of the cons of gambling in a casino. Maybe there is an inside job or maybe he was being watched by somebody who pretended as a gambler as well, but is really a robber. Then upon finding the perfect time, the robber performed the crime.

Online casinos, on the other hand, could also have a con if we're not certain whether it is secured or not because it also has the tendency to be hacked. We can't really be safe as  long as there are people taking advantage of others. The least we can do is always look after ourselves and not let our guards down.

Of course there are big chance of having inside job since it is very isolated case that a gambler who’d wins can be followed wherever he go.and to learn what he will do
Money is the root of all evil or what I mean is the need of people for money that turns them to be greedy so we cannot account everything for individuals but for the desires of the money

of course yes because thats his winnings and its not the business of the casinos anymore to care if what or how their costumer handle thier cash  .

not only chinese and koreans but any race are not exempted to this incidents  . criminal wont choose if thier victim is black or white , with or without money but as soon as thier criminal instincs strikes no one is safe with them  .

As long as you can have the right bank account, I think your money will be safe in the banks. But you need to pay attention for the fee that they should give to you because if the money that you win is big, the bank will apply the higher fee to you and they can investigate from where you got the money. That will be a long time before you can enjoy the money because the banks will not stop to ask you if they don't get a clear answer.

There is no fee if you are just depositing to a certain bank, of course you cannot make a deposit without a bank account.
Bank would ask information from you upon opening, but they will not ask where the funds are coming from every time you deposit, maybe they have some sort of reporting, particularly the AMLC report if your funds falls under the required amount.

Maybe the fee will be a monthly fee, I see in every bank will apply this. But yes, I am not giving details about the deposit, and I miss that, thank you for correcting me.

If the funds are not too big, the banks will not ask him where the money, but if the money is bigger, then he needs to prepare to be asked by the banks. It is better to deposit in small money, and we can repeat it in the next day, so it will not make the banks curious and suspicious with the money transferred.

You should not ask on how safe it is to be in Casinos cause it is really indeed safe if you were inside the Casino.  Tho, the fact that you are from the Philippines which is actually not safe then the risk is always higher than any other places.

However if it happened that you were from japan. I think even if you are going to put your back full of money on the street and sleep for the whole night. The chances of you getting robbed is probably lesser than 20%

I am surprised on it and also i feel sad on it, so we could image how's he feel who have lost his good luck?
Actually it is clear that the casino is involve in it and now i remember i saw this type of incident in movie, where someone win the jackpot in casino and when he go to outside, casino's guards kill him and get back money from him. So same happened with him but lucky he is alive.

Damn thieves, lost opportunity to change lives. Gambling online with casino gambling is equally risky. if usually the risk of losing this time the risk of being robbed. criminals are everywhere and many outside watching us waiting for opportunities to prey.
I prefer gambling online for safety and wealth.

EVery corner in this world has crimes so we need to be careful with the place on what we are living,if he used crypto currency then he wouldn't be robbed right that is why we need secured currency.But gambling doesn't need to be blamed here only the people who involved and the one who was so much careful but what at the end gambling got the bad view on the general people.

Well, I'd got your point there. If the gambler who has robbed using fiat money from the live casino then that is his responsibility to keep money safe. Therefore, if the gambler used cryptocurrency there is probably a high chance that the thief could not get the money, that is really a huge amount. Indeed, there is no safety when you are gambling far away from your house and non-crypto related will prone from robbery case.

Any criminal activities exist since before and even we are too careful of our self but we can't decline any instances what we've got mistaken. We are the one who is giving them chances to be successful in their plan, we are letting them to rob us.

The best way to be safe from them, better not to give trust easily to strangers. Never talk to them especially;y when they are asking for money or whatever.

That is so bad. I remembered the people who used to carry money from the loans of people. Employee are out of this since they won't be able to get out of that job so quickly. There are a lot of people in the casinos and they might started the ploy when they knew that that Korean won a lot. We should be really careful, it is the same with gambling.

Its government's responiilty to protect us in such situations but many governments were not good at providing security to their sitizen.We can't be perfect always but getting ourself prepared to face any situation is the wise choice.

Well, if the that person was careless enough he should not go to play casino anymore. You will know it your self since it was you who know more about your self if you think you can’t handle a big money after casino then don’t go on there already try to bet online much more better. That was only my opinion.

You guys are commenting on a news story that literally happened last year. Everything that could possibly be said about it has already been said.

I pointed this out like 3 months ago yet I keep seeing it in my new replies. Please stop bumping this thread. Old news is old. Your posts are clown shoes.

On most casinos,they wont really make restriction on what you gonna do with your winnings since its

your winning after all and also not all casino places would be similar on the thing you have said but even though
if you do carry huge sums of cash then protect yourself already with possible situation might happen ahead because there would always be those people
who are thirsty on getting someone's money even if its needs to kill you on point.

This is why casinos here in my country offers escorts, free room accommodation to those who won a lot in their casino. This happens a lot of times already, its just that big casinos pays the media not to tell the story anymore or not to give the name of the casino as it will give them a bad image for not taking care of their players.

There have been many incidents of unprofessional casinos being involved in robbing the winners themselves if they are sure the gambler is not coming back. Not only it's a crime it would also provide a negative view of casinos in that particular place.

In the long run if this scenarios will be proven it will cost a bad impressions with the casinos, but like what you have said it's only those unprofessional since they are all after for short term gains and not really into this business to target a long term stay, they are just aiming to get something good and
quit after so they are not really after good reputations.

That's right, foreigners are the usual victims of these types of crimes so they should be more careful when in casinos. I think someone must have tipped the robbers about the korean national that is why they know what taxi to rob, good thing he was not killed by robbers.

The lapses is not to blame in single part only because both side has mistakes,

The foreigner must not be stay alone specially when chances that he is in gambling places in which he can win like this,he must be accompanied by others or he can put the money in banks for safekeeping(or in crypto if he already knew crypto investing lol)

And the security also,since the winner is from their casino they should have offered more safeties for the man to learn

Security in the main of everyone, we don't just let it security guard but for us also to think about it. We can't neglect to commit mistakes, I admitted with that. 
In that case, foreigner giving a big chance for the robber to succeed in his bad intention. He never anticipates such action and it was too late before he realized it.

I think this is not a big deal to avoid such robberies. Most of these robberies are due to our own negligence and it has less to do with the thieves. If we are vigilant and take some precautionary measures, then it will not be possible for the thieves to rob our money.
Basis Rule: Do not take big amount of money in cash and use bank transfer or other online way to transfer the money.

By reading that news, we can prepare ourselves about what we need to do if we can hit the jackpot and we can get big money. We can think to prevent the bad things that might happen by making a solution before it's happening. There are many ways that we can do to prevent the bad things, and the easy ways we can do for that is we can ask our friends to join with us and go to the casino together so we can protect each other if somehow one of us can win big money.

That's necessary, especially if you are in a country where the crime rate is very high, especially for robbery.
I'm sure a decent casino would offer an online transfer or deposit, or some would even allow you to just take a check, don't know why he haven't thought of that.

Very true, someone would have monitored he’s movement and this is the exact reason online gambling has greater advantage over casino. I feel very bad for the victim and I have heard a similar story like this.

Irrespective of the cons of online gambling, it’s still better and more preferable to casino or traditional gambling. There are even no much cons in online gambling aside the fact that it’s addictive and the laws that are not clear but it remains the best type of gambling ever and I am always very happy each time I play my games online.

Does the casino only pay in cash?
The gambler should have requested for direct bank payment of his win.
Casino paying physical currency in a possibly dangerous environment is a bit suspicious.

Any possibilities can be happen. But maybe that man not know if will get robbed or something else like that. But i have heard once is some casino not let their user to win easily, maybe something like robbery can happen, but who knows.

This is the fact, before entering in any Casinos, make sure to establish yourself with great networks. Be good to them, as well and they will help you out with these kinds of scenarios. Also, make sure to make yourself secured and you have to make sure that before entering a casino, you can afford to have an A-S class security guardians that you can pay for their services. Casinos are for the people who know how to play the game of life, not just the luck.

Being a gambler is a risky one because you have to be responsible of keeping safe your winnings not just on the casino site but even to your own destination. Having this case is most probably an inside job or maybe a plan of your fellow gambler too. There are a lot of ways that this will likely to happen as there are a lot of ways too to avoid from this incident. It all depends on the gambler itself.

Could be an inside job we never know, but the taxi driver who is now the instant millionaire knows that his client just won a jackpot in the casino, but people should know that it's not safe to transport that huge amount, and why would he take a taxi, he could have just hire service or ask a friend to take him home.

Good point, both have their share of mistakes could be that the korean national brought the big cash carelessly which caught the attention of the robbers and the security personnel didn’t offer to go an extra mile to ensure the korean’s safety since they know that he is the jackpot winner. I think the korean national is overwhelmed with the winning that he forgot to think of possible robbery, he could just put it in his bank account rather than bringing the cash.

There is a possibility of an inside job unless the guy tell the driver that he won 4 million pesos and the taxi driver alerted the holduppers, he should have taken a Grab service it's safer or asks the casino service car to take him home.

I would prefer to hire security guardians or ask my friends to join me in the casino so I don't have to afraid of the worst thing that might happen. Besides that, I feel safe if there are other people who I know which could stay beside me in the gambling games.

If we can be good to them, I am sure that they will take care of us and they will give an offers to protect us in case if we win the games for carrying the money to our home. So when we can get one or two people besides us, we can play without worry, and we can feel safe when we can win the money.

You have a good point really, because if it wasn’t for carelessness, I would not expect anyone to leave a casino site with such huge amount of money without putting security measure in place.

Casino gambling can be very risky, especially when a huge amount of money as this is won. There is possibility that someone within must have watched him closely and stories like this is very common with casino winners, so what the guy would have possibly done was to ensure he hires security to go with him till the money is safely deposited. Quite an unfortunate incident but am sure casino gamblers would learn from this.

I think you know the right thing to do, which is for you to close the thread, moreover I almost dropped a comment before I noticed your comment but I think the responses are still quite meaningful, since we all learn how to prevent being robbed daily.

It was a sad incident and the post would continuously attract responses until the thread is locked, but for now, I still feel pity for that gambler and I hope he must have recovered from the shock and am sure a lot of gamblers have learnt to avoid casino gambling, gathering from the experience. Thanks for sharing anyways, it’s really inspiring.

I think not only foreigners, anyone who get big wins at the casino should hire a security person to take them home safely with the benefits they get, because of course at the casino there are many people who have glanced at you if you get big winning, that is an old motif you know

Thief and stealing or robbing is not a common thing in the Philippines. There are worst than this though it is also a shame on part of the country having constituents that are disgraceful like this. Anyway, 4 M is a huge money and is worth it to.steal since the one whom is.subject for robbinh is not a National constituents.

Anyway, justice could still.be servred and if they aren't lucky the culprit will be jailed. It will be the end of.their story.

In most part of the world, stealing is a big crime and the thieves are given Jail or other punishment. If the government is strict in your country then for sure the people will hesitant to steal the money. In most underdeveloped countries where the law is not so strict, such crimes do happen. In such countries, the gamblers have to be extra careful in carrying cash.

Wow this is definitely an inside job, I think he is targetted, could be that there are bad people in the casino that alerted these bad guys, but that was such a bad decision to ride a taxi with 4 million, be should have asked for the casino's people to bring him home because he won a huge amount or deposit in the casino vault for safe keeping.

Anyone who win big from casino is yes indeed prone being in this situations, as they don't know what will the consequence after winning big amount of money, getting lucky while playing gambling but the take will be the safety of your life after, there's no way each players/gamblers can notice how criminal will grab the opportunities, best to win small and enjoy leaving the house.

Okay, this is news from 2018 but it would still be relevant as more and more people go on trips abroad to gamble. Put extra effort into security so this don't happen to you.

First thing, have someone you trust to drive you around. Or at least go use a service like Grab rather than just hail a taxi outside a casino. Even without tips from employees, that is just unsafe. The impression would be if you have money to waste in a casino, you also have more extra at hand.

If possible bring a chaperon along and notify friends and family about your whereabouts.

This is why people now love gambling online sitting inside their home and with anonymity.
Though there might be some robbers inside the crypto gambling sites too but we can easily make a list of trusted sites and stick to them.
Crypto based gambling sites have handled wins over millions of dollars without issues.

You should really think off about your security and dont be careless if you do know that you are holding or win some huge amounts.
Be aware and be alert because people are just lurking in the shadows and just wasting up for someone to be victimized.
Its non-surprising for these kind of crimes as long money is involved there's always a tendency.

this is why i hate winning money at the casinos, you feel total paranoid checking everywhere on you way out and back home. you cant trust anyone and you never know if the have some kind of scouts inside the casino just looking for targets to robb.

Ensure when you have big money you call somebody to bring car for you and have few friends who can drop you safely as their are people who look to rob and make money from you . So better to go safely by ask from known people .

Its just insane if anyone walks out of casino with $75,000 worth of money in his pocket.
Sometime i feel this story is self made as a person who has won such a big amount should not be dump to be so careless with his attitude. ???

This is the era of technology now and nothing could rob a gambler if the money goes into his account and not into his pocket physically. Of course I have heard about such things happening but when it comes to the entry of crypto in gambling, you just need the address of your wallet to secure the money in the form of maybe Bitcoin or ETH. So this could easily be avoided.

At first place, why would the gambler hire a taxi with all of his profits? This is why most gamblers are going to casino with their own private car for their own safety. Some also have bodyguards too for additional security.

This is why I'd prefer gambling online than going to the casino although there is a risk in online gambling if the hackers hack the site.

I have this feeling that this Korean thinks that he is in the safest country in the world, this is not Switzerland where you are safe even if you display all your golds, and he is not a high roller, a high roller will not do that, he does not know how to secure himself, this is a big lesson for him.

Who told you that stealing and robbing is not a common thing in Philippines?if you will just go out and stay at least for hours in streets,you’ll find scenarios that someone is stealing gadgets or even Bags from others
I every part of the world this is happening so don’t just think that Philippines itself has the only one having such shameful activities
The question is do the government has the capacity to take down these criminals?well that’s another story lol

Unfortunately same is the case in korea too. Criminals are given free hand in most of the Asia Pacific region and that's why we see the ratio of crime is higher in this part of the world. Its not only that gamblers are being robbed, everyone is threaten to be robbed by criminals and therefore it is more important that we do not move around with expensive items (mobile etc) or cash in hand.

Based on the story the guy is not a high roller if he is he will not ride a taxi, this is just a regular guy who made a jakpot winning a large amount and done a foolish thing of riding a taxi on his way home and what a coin incidence the bad guys are so lucky to rob a guy with a huge winning, it's really an inside job my take.

It is not necessary insiders. In many places where potential victims could show their money there are criminals who wait there and watch, and next just use a chance. You need a good company or guard to exit safely once you demonstrated your money.

Probably the highest position for a Valet and most needed time a parking attendant could be of assistance for someone who really doesn't to be wandering around alone in a parking lot late at night out of public sight.    I guess if you gamble it pays to tip if only on the days you are doing well, in end its good to know the faces you can rely on for good service

No matter how disadvantaged online gambling is, it will always be better than casino betting. I don’t even think it’s as addictive as people always claim , every kind of gambling is addictive to any player that wants to become an addict, it’s a thing of the mind but if you ask me, I would say that online gambling is the best ever.

You can imagine such a case where a man has been robbed of what he luckily won, who know if it was even arranged by the casino because I have heard stories where casinos who feel very disappointed that someone wins big money, so it’s possible they plan the robbery but we can’t be too sure. Online gambling has really made gambling easy and I see no reason anyone would still visit a casino center.

It's up to you to choose what you have to do. You can still continue to go there if you can outsmart them. And by the way, you should take note of the casinos that those people who were robbed were playing and see if such cases has happened repeatedly there like twice or more than twice, if it has, then you have those casinos to suspect for that. It's no longer a new thing, cause it happens even where I live… so I'm not surprised,, have even seen such a thing happen to people that went to withdraw money from bank and it happens that it was staff in the bank that carried out the plans. So it happens.

Oh its sad that I saw the news came from the Philippines, my dear country. Well, wether here in the Philippines or not, as long as the crime is all about gambler. We should be careful when playing outdoor games even there is bet or not. Because if you defeat someone who is not a sportsman, he could stubbed you outside of the battle ring. That is why I prefer to play online gambling.

In many of the casinos that I have visited, they have a system to deposit money directly in to your bank accounts, in case you win a large prize. Obviously some people prefer physical cash instead (helps with tax evasion), but most of the gamblers go for this option. In case the gambler prefer physical cash, he may be armed or may be in the companion of armed bodyguards.

Yes there are so many people who are there to robe other people but it is not good we should not give them such chance, better transfer your money in your account so no one can robe you this way, in some casino players keep eye on the winner and when they get out of the casino they robe, it can be harmful for life of the gambler as well.

Robbed money has been robbed from him. This is really sad real life article which have red the boat gambling investor or someone. if you want such big amount you should not carry in your car or bike usually.
Like how we feel about scammer, as the same you need to be fear about the robbers.

Walking out of a land casino with a stash of cash is very dangerous and will attract the attention of the criminal element. The safest course of action is to ask for a check.

It's still not safe even if its in a check.  Criminals can force you to encash it by threatening your life. It's better if its via bank transfer then withdraw it to a bank in a crowded place. Get someone who will accompany you, don't go alone and don't make it obvious that you have large amount of money.

^ Just adding some ideas, A person who enters a casino must make sure that he has enough asset to fight against robbers. Because winning in gambling would make him a target of the robbers that are mostly syndicated. A connection is also a must so they would help you with these kinds of troubles. And if they are the one in charge, they won't target you since you are also on their side as a friend. Hiring a security guard would also cost you less than a hundred dollars for a day so if you are carrying a 75,000 usd, a hundred is not a bad thing to invest it on your security.

Of course when you have so much money after winning so people will surely try to robe you, as there are so many bad people in the world, just try to avoid having so much money with you, if you will go to some professional casino they will surely give you safety and will give you proper money transformation to your account so no one can harm your money.

Much better idea if possible, wired transferred will not obviously see you as target, it's safer than any other options you can walk away from the house without any worries not unless the house itself is the criminals behind or the house itself is a major player inside the syndicate then you are really having a lots of troubles.

As long as you can save the check in a safe place in your pocket, you don't have to worry about the bad things. But to hear a gambler was being robbed make us careful, especially if we are play gambling in the real gambling places and we win big money. Maybe we can ask them to hire their guardian to protect us to our home so we can be saved.

We have so many options in this regard; we can get safe with just little care. Use wallet for your money transfer, in market so many people are just waiting for other people who wins money and comes outside of the casino so they can rob them, so better do something for your safety better play online it gives online transfer.

I'm really surprised anyone would just hop on a taxi with that amount of cash in hand. I still wonder if there was anything that he could have done differently aside from being "more careful". Don't these casinos do bank transfers for their customers? I mean, I know he likely don't have an account in a Philippine bank but still...

if its online then its possible but if its offline then chances are he will have its winnings in the form of cash but bank transfers are more safer and should be implemented on offline casinos just to be safe when you leave the place because you wont know if there are robbers that are spying on you but to be honest this was my first time to hear a gambler that is being robbed , i think what happen to him is only a  co incident because robbers dont usually choose thier target  . robbers can attack randomly whenever they see that thier victim is too careless enough or unware of its belongings  .

What if people are already tracking you, already following you even before you go in a casino? It is true though that most of the gamblers ask for a check or cheque, what you prefer. I guess we just really need to be careful around and this is the reason why I prefer online gambling sites since no one will follow you and if you know a good way to secure your computer, you are safe.

We never know there so many people roaming around the casinos, for all we know there are syndicates here, he must have been targeted because of his huge winning, but in the first place why ride a taxi with that huge cash, The korean is very unfamiliar here, maybe he always do that in his own country, but not aware this is very much different here.

Not totally safe yet online casinos would potentially able to stole money from you but in terms of criminality then it is really

lesser compared on playing into a physical casino.Malicious intent on the very first place is anytime possible specially if someone

do knows your information and the money you do had even before or after playing into a casino.How much more if they do see that you do have big winnings.

Greed is not good at the casino,no matter how strong hand gambler has. That's why privacy matters, it alone is able to prevent such situations. For eliminating these possibilities, gamblers should avoid to talk the strangers at the casino and having a casino industry experience will solve this problem.

Even most these casino's do have an option of deposits into various bank just to avoid attack from those criminally minded individuals. Most of my winnings are been done through deposit after I win the game. When there is money, there is likely going to be elements of criminal's around.

I don't know any casino gambling sites provides bank withdrawal directly but maybe in future expect such services.
Scams are there at everywhere we only needs to be careful while you are investing on any gambling sites. They may add it as centralised gambling site and add the payment and withdrawal API on their site.

That's what happens when gambler choose to behave abnormally after winning a huge amount of money from the casinos. Personally I wouldn't take such risk but would have possibly make a winning secret.

You're right but am discussing the traditional method of gambling and not the casino's. Many of these ugly event normally happen in the traditional ways of gambling as it had happened to me in person, I was been robbed by my co-gamblers who lost to me. Sometimes these robbery can lead to death, so, many of these traditional setting of casinos provides more easy way to keep you and your funds be save.

You should always be watchful and on alert for others and potential dangers that could happen even in instances when you're not carrying large amounts of money. Also a great reason why online casinos are great, because you can get quick and easy transfers to your own wallet in a matter of minutes in most cases, and unless the site itself or the site's wallet is having problems, you'll be fine.

They have the risk of each and once again to remain cautious even though we use online casino but when we are careless then it is also a loss that we might be trapped on a phishing site. This case is different but basically we have to be wiser in facing every problem arising from gambling so that it doesn't make more losses in the end.