Bench 04 · Casino record
Celebrities
Famous names have always drifted toward the tables. These reports tell their gambling stories with the numbers checked and the legend trimmed.
- Reports on file
- 29
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- Filed most by
- The SonicBet Desk (29)
Filed under Celebrities
Newest first. A report can sit under more than one game type, so its chip shows the game type it was filed under first.
| No. | Report | Game type | Filed by | Filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 183 |  Gonzalo Garcia-Pelayo: The Man Who Beat European Roulette Legally He won a million dollars at roulette by tracking wheel wear. No cheating. No collusion. Just data and patience. The casinos fixed their wheels and he moved on. | CECelebrities | Filed by The SonicBet Desk | |
| No. 174 |  Music-Themed Slots Inspired by Rock Bands and Pop Icons Music-themed slots use branding to compensate for ordinary game mechanics. The celebrity and the soundtrack are real. The payout structure is the same math you'd find in any other slot. | SLSlots | Filed by The SonicBet Desk | |
| No. 167 |  Tony G: From Lithuania to Poker Table Trash-Talk Legend You meet a guy like Tony Graziano in 1995 and you don't know he's going to become famous for talking at a poker table. You just know he's loud. | CECelebrities | Filed by The SonicBet Desk | |
| No. 166 | Joe Hachem's 2005 WSOP Main Event: Australia's Poker Hero On May 31, 2005, an accountant from Melbourne beat six thousand eight hundred eighty-five other players to win the World Series of Poker Main Event. The outcome was documented. The method was not. | BWBig Wins | Filed by The SonicBet Desk | |
| No. 155 | High Roller: The Documentary About Stu Ungar's Tragic Life Stu Ungar had more raw talent than any poker player I ever saw, and he destroyed himself with the same precision he used at the tables. | PKPoker | Filed by The SonicBet Desk | |
| No. 152 | The Frank Sinatra Vegas Years: Music, Mobsters, and Tables Sinatra's Vegas years were a masterclass in casino marketing before casino marketing existed. Analyze the mechanics of how celebrity, venue, and lifestyle built empire. | CECelebrities | Filed by The SonicBet Desk | |
| No. 135 | Antonio Esfandiari's $18.3M Big One for One Drop Victory Esfandiari's 2012 win at the Big One for One Drop remains the largest single poker tournament payday in history. But the real story is what happened at the rail when the cards stopped falling. | BWBig Wins | Filed by The SonicBet Desk | |
| No. 129 | How Steve Wynn Reshaped the Las Vegas Strip Steve Wynn purchased the Golden Nugget in Las Vegas in 1973. He was 31 years old. He inherited a casino that was profitable but aging. | NWNews | Filed by The SonicBet Desk | |
| No. 127 | Peter Eastgate: The Youngest WSOP Main Event Champion at 22 Peter Eastgate sat at the final table of the World Series of Poker Main Event in 2008. He was 22 years old. The youngest player at the table was Eastgate. | BWBig Wins | Filed by The SonicBet Desk | |
| No. 123 | Howard Hughes' Bizarre Takeover of the Desert Inn and Vegas Howard Hughes purchased the Desert Inn in November 1966, and this purchase marked a pivotal moment in Las Vegas history. | CECelebrities | Filed by The SonicBet Desk | |
| No. 111 | Why Some Jurisdictions Ban Celebrity Endorsements for Casinos The question of celebrity endorsement in gambling has never been straightforward in democratic societies, but it has become acute now that the marketing stakes have risen to match the gambling stakes. | RGRegulation | Filed by The SonicBet Desk | |
| No. 107 | Women Who Are Shaping the Modern Poker World The poker world used to be exclusively male because casinos tolerated a particular kind of behavior from grinders. Women... | PKPoker | Filed by The SonicBet Desk |