Ireland’s gamblers have no guarantee on collecting gambling winnings they believe they’re owed, according to a new court ruling.

On Monday, Judge Francis Comerford issued a ruling that plaintiff Sayed Mirwais couldn’t collect on €11,713 he’d won playing an automated roulette machine at D1 Casino Club, a private members gambling venue in Dublin, in the spring of 2015.

Mirwais told the court that he’d won around €7,500 playing the machine, but when he went to cash out his winnings, he was given €2,500 in cash and €5k in casino chips and told to keep playing and he could collect the rest of his winnings in cash at the end of the night.

Mirwais went on to win an additional €6,713 but was told by the casino cashier that the venue had no more cash on hand and that he’d have to return the following day to collect his due. However, the casino also informed Mirwais that a casino engineer would be checking the roulette machine for anomalies.