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William Lee Bergstrom (1951 – February 4, 1985), commonly known as The Suitcase Man or Phantom Gambler, was a gambler and high roller known for placing the largest bet in casino gambling history at the time, amounting to $777,000 ($2.87 million present-day amount) at the Horseshoe Casino, which he won. [1]
The number of his outs actually made Adelstein a 65%/35% favorite against Lew at that point. Adelstein, first to act, bet $2,500 and Lew, with the pot at $9,200, insta-called. The turn was the 3♥, improving neither player's hand. Adelstein bet $10,000, which was almost the size of the pot, making it $21,700.
On March 24, 1984, he returned to the Horseshoe and bet $538,000, again in craps and again won. Finally on November 16 the same year, Bergstrom placed his largest craps bet: $1,000,000. This time he lost. [10] [11] April 11, 2004: Ashley Revell sold all his possessions and bet £76,840 on one roll of the roulette wheel in Las Vegas. He doubled ...
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A high roller gambler lost millions of dollars at a Las Vegas casino after his cocktail was spiked with ketamine, according to a lawsuit filed by the gambler.. Dwight Manley, a California real ...
Resorts World Sentosa (abbreviation: RWS) is an integrated resort on the island of Sentosa, which is located off the southern coast of Singapore.The key attractions within RWS include one of Singapore's two casinos, Universal Studios Singapore theme park (which is the second Universal Studios theme park in Asia after Universal Studios Japan and the first in Southeast Asia) the Adventure Cove ...
The casino is one of three in the marina district (away from the Boardwalk and ocean beach) of the city, along with the Borgata and the Golden Nugget. Harrah's was the first to be located in the district and remained the only resort there until Trump's Castle (later Trump Marina, now the Golden Nugget) was opened in 1985.