Leicester City Chairman 'Wins £2.5Million In Casino Just Days After His Team Win Premier League'

 The chairman of Premier League champions Leicester City has something else to celebrate after scooping £2.5million at a casino.


Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, 58, is understood to have scored his own big win just days after his team secured an unlikey title with two games to go, having been 5,000/1 outsiders at the start of the season.

The chairman had proven to be a popular figure at Leicester before the champonship was won, laying on free beer and food on several occasions.

According to The Sun, Thai billionaire Mr Srivaddhanaprabha visited Genting Casino in Leicester and walked away with the windfall after playing the card tables.

As previously reported by Sportsmail, the chairman plans to buy each of his title-winning squad a £32,000 Mercedes and his casino winnings would cover the lot.

All that is in addition to a £6.5million pot split between the squad under the terms of the club's bonus agreement with the Premier League.

However, Mr Srivaddhanaprabha believes his over-achievers should be further rewarded for their extraordinary season and is looking at ways of doing so.

Leicester's remarkable campaign has seen the club's global profile sky-rocket and secured millions of pounds worth of extra revenue.

That will continue next season when they make their debut in the lucrative Champions League, and the tycoon feels it is only right the players receive their share of the pie.