New York Post

‘Left kid’ to gamble

- Tina Moore and Shari Logan

A mom left her 9-year-old daughter inside a vehicle in a Queens parking garage for an hour and a half while she gambled in a nearby casino, authoritie­s said Monday.

Resorts World Casino security guards found the girl Sunday after they were flagged down by a passerby who reported “a child unattended in a car” on the second level at the South Ozone Park facility, one of the workers said.

The guards called the NYPD and used surveillan­ce cameras to identify the child’s mother, Hui Shao Lin, 42, sources said.

Cops found Hui seated at a video gambling machine, sources said. She told them her daughter was in the car, according to a criminal complaint.

“I’m sorry. I’m sorry,” the woman told cops, according to the court document.

Lin was arrested and charged with endangerin­g the welfare of a child.

The girl was released to a family member.

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