Man Robbed Of $10,000 Win At Casino

A 62-year-old Chicago man was robbed of more than $10,000 he had won at a casino less than 30 minutes earlier. The victim, an immigrant who speaks little English and lives in low-income housing in Chicago’s Chinatown, was returning from a trip to the Horseshoe Casino in Hammond, Indiana, just after 2 a.m. on Wednesday morning when the robbery happened. His son, William Chan, said his father “parks his car in the parking lot. He’s 20 steps from the front door. He gets out of his car, and all of a sudden, someone comes rushing out and wraps his arms around his neck… Then a second guy comes up with a gun.” The men told him not to move and demanded all of his money, including the nearly $10,000 he had just won. The robbers hit Mr. Chan in the forehead and fled. Paramedics treated him on the scene and he was not seriously injured.