RM14.2mil windfall for Leicester City club chairman at Genting casino


Leicester City's Thai owner and chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha is cheered by crowds of waiting fans as he arrives for lunch at an Italian restaurant in the centre of Leicester on May 3, 2016. - AFP

PETALING JAYA: The chairman of Leicester City Football Club has won £2.5mil (RM14.2mil) at Leicester's Genting Casino two days after his club seized the Premier League title for the first time in its 132-year history.

Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, 58, was reported by the Daily Mail to have made his winnings at the card tables on Wednesday night.

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