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September 28, 2019

Kerry packer - a billionaire, philanthropist, gambler

Media Mogul and the richest man in Australia Kerry Packer is remembered by descendants as an incredible gambler. He won and lost fabulous sums by making colossal bets. He was welcome in gambling establishments, but they were afraid of him because he could significantly shake the financial position of the institution. The article deals with the life path of the legendary person.

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September 28, 2019

Brian Moloney: I stole to play.

How do you play for money so that they write books about you and make movies with famous actors in the lead roles? It is necessary to ask Brian Moloney, for whom gambling has become the meaning of existence. He became one of the most famous gambling addicts in world, which literally ruined by his fateful passion, however, he managed to cope with the disease and to return to normal life.

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September 22, 2019

John Doc Holliday - a Wild West legend

Legendary card player and gunfighter John Doc Holliday chose a career as a dentist, graduated from University brilliantly and began a successful practice of a dentist in his personal office. Then his life was radically changed by tuberculosis. Because of his illness, he was unable to work as a doctor and chose the path of sharper, rowdy, murderer and robber, thus writing his name in the history of the Wild West.

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September 22, 2019

The ups and downs of Nick "The Greek" Dandolos

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. His fantastic victories, connections with the criminal world and friendship with Albert Einstein are described in the article.

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May 30, 2016

Stu Ungar: The Rise and Fall of the Great Gambler

Many gifted individuals could achieve more, unless they died young. Some of them could succeed, 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.

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June 14, 2014

Blackjack Hall of Fame

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.

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June 12, 2014

Lance Humble, from a teacher to a professional player

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.

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May 16, 2014

Terrance Watanabe, a modern legend of Las Vegas

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

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May 15, 2014

Faud Al Zayyat, the dream player of every casino

Faud Al Zayyat is one of the best known and least successful high rollers in the world. This Syrian billionaire lost tens of millions of pounds in various London casinos. One night he left in Aspinall's more than two millions. It is interesting that some time later he appeared in court, where he had to explain why he does not want to repay the casino. To find out more about Faud Al Zayyat and its harmful hobby read the article on Casinoz.

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May 4, 2014

Charles Barkley, a great basketball player and gambler

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 about ten million dollars in the casino, but public knew about it only after he owed Wynn Las Vegas a large amount of money and the case went to court.

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May 3, 2014

The Suitcase Man

In the world history of gambling there were many big players who did not stay long in the casino walls. They made huge bets and gone immediately it was in the black. But they all are pale comparing to William Lee Bergstrom known as the Man with a suitcase. He became a nightmare for Benny Binion the owner of the Horseshoe casino. In just a few bets William won more than half a million made another bet and lost.

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April 29, 2014

Archie Karas, the great conqueror or chronic loser?

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

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