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'FatMan' gambler who refused to honour [pounds sterling]2m debt is told to pay up.

Byline: JAMES MILLS

A GAMBLER who refused to honour a [pounds sterling]2million casino debt was told to pay up by a judge yesterday.

Fouad al-Zayat, a Syrian-born billionaire known in gaming circles as the 'Fat Man', withheld the cash in a row over a croupier.

The dispute came in the middle of a 12-year run of losses at Aspinalls in Mayfair that cost him [pounds sterling]23million. While the debt remained unsettled, Mr al-Zayat used cash and debit cards to stake [pounds sterling]41million at the casino and lost [pounds sterling]10million.

But last year Damian Aspinall, the London club's owner, issued a writ for payment of the debt that dated back to March ...

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