Legendary Casino Players 2025

28 September 2019 Denis Anipchenko

Famous highrollers

Descendants remember Kerry Packer, a media mogul and the wealthiest man in Australia, as a great gambler. He won and lost tremendous money amounts making colossal bets. He was welcome in top gambling clubs, but they feared him because he could bankrupt them. The article tells about the life of the legendary person.

28 September 2019 Denis Anipchenko

Famous highrollers

How should you play for money, so they write books and shoot movies about you with renowned actors in the lead roles? Ask Brian Molony, for whom gambling has become the meaning of his existence. He became one of the most famous gambling addicts in the world. His fateful passion ruined him. Yet, he managed to cope with the disorder and return to everyday life.

22 September 2019 Denis Anipchenko

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Legendary card player and gunslinger John Doc Holliday chose a career as a dentist, graduated from University brilliantly, and began a successful practice as a dentist in his office. Then his life was radically changed by tuberculosis. Because of his illness, he could not work as a doctor and chose the path of a cardsharp, murderer, and robber, thus writing his name in the history of the Wild West.

22 September 2019 Denis Anipchenko

Famous highrollers

The biography of Nick the Greek Dandolos is full of incredible events. Researchers doubt the authenticity of some legends and myths, but this does not make the stories about the achievements of the legendary poker player any less fascinating. The article describes his remarkable victories, connections with the criminal world, and friendship with Albert Einstein.

30 May 2016 Denis Anipchenko

Famous highrollers

Many gifted individuals could have achieved more unless they died young. Some of them could have succeeded unless they plunged into the world of drugs. The brightest poker star, Stu Ungar, was one of those people. Gambling was the only thing he was interested in. He was a man of action and always tried to do his best. His life resembled a horse race: he won millions four times and four times slipped into poverty.

14 June 2014 Denis Anipchenko

Famous highrollers

Being in the Hall of Fame of blackjack is the highest level of recognition for any professional player (unless, he does not try to keep his name secret from the general public and casinos security). Today, it includes the most authoritative experts on blackjack, successful players, creators and authors of books on strategies.

12 June 2014 Denis Anipchenko

Famous highrollers

Lance Humble had a lifestyle of many intelligent Americans. He received his higher education in psychology, taught at the university and became a professor. But then, to his own surprise, he became interested in gambling and became a professional player to create their own system of counting cards and wrote an excellent book on blackjack, which is in high demand in many countries.

16 May 2014 Denis Anipchenko

Famous highrollers

Within only two years of playing in the famous Las Vegas casinos, Terrance Watanabe helped them enrich themselves by $112 million, and he still owes them another $15 million. In the few years that he devoted to gambling, his wallet was relieved of two million. Few people can boast of such "achievements" worldwide. Read more about it in the article by Casinoz.

15 May 2014 Denis Anipchenko

Famous highrollers

Faud Al Zayyat is one of the world's best-known and least successful high rollers. This Syrian billionaire lost tens of millions of pounds in various London casinos. One night, he left more than two million in Aspinall. Interestingly, he appeared in court sometime later, where he had to explain why he did not want to repay the casino. To learn more about Faud Al Zayyat and his harmful hobby, read the article on Casinoz.

4 May 2014 Denis Anipchenko

Famous highrollers

Famous people often play in casinos, but usually not in public. However, there are cases when this addiction becomes public. Famous basketball player Charles Barkley lost approximately $10 million in the casino. Still, the public became aware of it only after he owed Wynn Las Vegas a substantial amount of money, and the case was taken to court.

3 May 2014 Denis Anipchenko

Famous highrollers

The true story of William Lee Bergstrom, "The Suitcase Man," reveals a Texas real estate investor whose initial $777,000 craps win in Las Vegas was followed by subsequent returns to the tables, ultimately leading to the loss of his fortune and a tragic end, making his tale a poignant lesson in the highs and lows of high-stakes gambling.

29 April 2014 Denis Anipchenko

Famous highrollers

Archie Karas is a true legend in gambling. How else can we describe a person who arrived in Las Vegas with fifty dollars in his pocket and, after some time, owned a forty-million-dollar bankroll? He turned from almost a beggar to a fabulous player, Many times, and then went the same path in the opposite direction. He beat the best masters of poker and billiards. Read this article about the successes and failures of this surprising Greek.

21 April 2014 Denis Anipchenko

Famous highrollers

British media tycoon Robert Maxwell can be considered the unluckiest player in the history of casinos. He was never equaled among gamblers. However, he holds the world record for the speed playback of money. Once, Robert lost two million dollars on the roulette table in just three minutes. Please read the article on Casinoz to learn more about what happened.