Can you imagine that it’s possible to meet a Hollywood star in a casino? It’s not only possible, but very likely. There are many star-gamblers.
Maybe the main reason for celebrities to have such a hobby as gambling is the location of Hollywood itself. It’s not the main reason, but Hollywood is really close to the city of casinos - Las Vegas. Imagine, that all the famous casinos, such as Wynn, Bellagio, Venetian, Cosmopolitan and Hard Rock are just 277 miles away from you.
You would probably feel the temptation to visit them, and so do celebrities. They can’t resist this temptation, having so much money to spend on anything they want. HolyMolyCasinos was really surprised to see some of the people on this list of famous gamblers, but it was no wonder to see the others here because… we all know about the behavior of some stars.
- Ben Affleck is on the top of this list for a good reason. He is really a professional poker and blackjack player. He won the Poker Championship in 2004 and is organizing “Ben’s Game” with some other famous actors. Moreover, this guy is really generous. For such generosity, he was banned at Hard Rock Casino. Why? He was too good and too lucky and won $145,000 in one night. He gave all his winnings that night to the employees of this casino, but they decided to ban him for counting cards. It’s not illegal to do that, but Ben used mental counting of cards in Blackjack, predicting the outcome of the game. It’s not fair to ban Ben for that, but the house never wants to be beaten. And if you want to try your hand at a poker game or two, here is one poker site with a lot of bitcoin tournament options.
- Charlie Sheen, on the contrary, could be at the top of this list for a bad reason. He is really a great actor, but still a mess. Sheen had problems with almost all addictions, including the gambling one. During his divorce, he used to lose up to $200,000 every week in casinos. He was even calling his bookies to bet on some sporting event during the birth of his child. That guy really has problems. Charlie’s brother used to be more successful in gaming, by the way.
- Bruce Willis used to be a boxer and a gambler at the same time. We didn’t expect the actor to be on this list. He was losing in casinos up to $100,000 and winning $500,000 the next day. He started to gamble during the boxing career when casinos were giving him more money than the career itself. Once in the Route 66 Casino, when he had a boxing match, Bruce won $25,000. It was more than the whole team got for the match.
- One Direction wanted to gamble in 2012. What did they expect, being under 21? The US laws don’t allow underage kids to gamble. That’s why all the casinos rejected them that year. The heartbreaker of small girls, Harry Styles, was persistent and in 2013 he managed to gamble in Australia. Some of his friends consider the singer to have problems with gaming. Harry even have the same tattoo as James Bond used to have - “17black”.
- Lil Wayne was banned from one of the most famous casinos in the Los Angeles: Wynn. The most interesting thing is that nobody knows the real reason, but there are some guesses. The main guess was the booze-related behavior of the rapper. He was even put on probation in Arizona, and Lil Wayne can’t drink any alcohol there at all.
- Paris Hilton could be put on the top of the list of greatest embarrassments in gambling. She was banned in many casinos and even in her own Las Vegas Hilton hotel. Her parents banned her for having problems with gambling. She couldn’t stop even when she has lost her Bentley staking it in one of the casinos.
- Tiger Woods isn’t just a great athlete; he is also a great gambler. His favorite game is blackjack, where he could bet up to $25,000 per round. Once he even won 1 million dollars in a night.
- Tobey Maguire could be called one of those gamblers who can’t admit their loses. The actor even took part in an illegal gambling championship. Tobey is a great player, but a bad loser.
- 50 Cent is one more rapper who is a fan of gambling. Probably, he was the one who made the biggest bet ever. It was a $500,000 bet on the NFC championship between New York and San Francisco.
- Pamela Anderson is a big reason for women not to start gambling. She loves poker, and once she even had to marry Rick Salmon, as she lost $250 000 against him. Not a bad love-story, right?
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