[1] In this action, the plaintiff seeks to recover a debt in the sum of Hong Kong Dollars ("HK$") 33,186,554.00 ("the debt") which is said to be due and owing by the defendant to the plaintiff. The debt is undoubtedly "linked" to or "associated" with "gambling activity" but I am reluctant to describe it as a "gambling debt" as the term gambling debt appears to have various legal connotations and imputations as may be seen from the various cases which will be adverted to in this judgment. The plaintiff is a. casino operator in Macau. They are a licensed gaming concessionaire under Macau's Law No 5/2004. The plaintiff's concessionaire status was given judicial recognition by the Hong Kong High Court in Wynn Resorts (Macau) SA v. Mong Henry [2010] HKEC 227 at p 2 para 14. In a similar case, namely, Wynn Resorts (Macau) SA v. Wang Yen Liang, 2017 MarsdenLR 2338 (" Wynn v. Wang"), the Kuala Lumpur High Court (per Noorin J) at paragraph [55] also recognized that the plaintiff is a duly licensed gambling outlet operating in Macau. I should. add that in that case the punter had applied to strike out the suit. However, the learned Judge dismissed the punter's application. The defendant is