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Anargyros Nicholas Karabourniotis [2] (Greek: Ανάργυρος Καραβουρνιώτης; November 1, 1950 – September 7, 2024), commonly known as Archie Karas, was a Greek-American gambler, high roller, poker player, and pool shark famous for the largest and longest documented winning streak in casino gambling history, simply known as The Run, when he drove to Las Vegas with $50 in ...
For the last several years, the largest tournament in the world has been the World Series of Poker Main Event. With the exception of 1992, the US$10,000 buy-in tournament increased in prize pool year-over-year from its start in 1970 until 2007 (the latter a result of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006, which reduced the number of players winning their seats via online play).
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 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is "the oldest, largest, most prestigious, Best,and most media-hyped gaming competition in the world". [1] It is held annually since 1970 in Las Vegas . Since 1972, the Main Event of the WSOP has been the $10,000 buy-in no-limit Texas Hold 'Em tournament.
A New Hampshire couple vacationing in Las Vegas clearly had the trip of a lifetime after they won big at the slots. Walter and Linda Misco won $2.4 million while playing the Lion's Share slot ...
€30,000,000 (US$25.7 million) was the largest single-ticket jackpot in the French Lotto, won on 4 December 2021. €22.5 million (US$23.9 million) was the biggest lottery win in Hungary, which was on Eurojackpot (half of the €45 mil.) on 10 February 2017. This 7 billion forint grand prize beat a 5 billion record set up in 2003.
The winner was a rewards member at the Las Vegas casino, officials said. Lucky casino visitor hits huge win on slot machine — then hours later wins even more Skip to main content
Mikita Badziakouski defeated 16 opponents to win $7,114,500 and become champion of the first-ever WPT® Big One for One Drop. [9] Runner-up, Mario Mosböck, took home $4,663,950. [9] Mikita Badziakouski commented after his win: “The tournament itself is the biggest title I’ve ever had. I just got lucky in a couple big coolers.”