Did Your Idol Make it to The Top Gambling Legends?

Did Your Idol Make it to The Top Gambling Legends?

There are a lot of gambling legends, one of whom is blackjack star Ken Uston. Making a complete list of all of these stars would take numerous books. These are the four most popular gambling legends in the recent 40 years.

During the early 1980's, "suitcase man" came to Binions and made a high-stakes bet. The tale about "suitcase man" is one of the modern Las Vegas legends and no detail has been missed in the numerous times it's been retold over the last 20 years. As a matter of fact, the story has 6 varying versions. Here is the most accurate.

William Lee Bergstrom is a native of Austin, Texas. One time, he decided to check if Binion's claim that it would pay out any winning bet, regardless of the size, provided that it's the player's first bet. Bergstorm arrived at the casino bringing with him a suitcase full of cash. It was worth $777,777. He put it on the line Don't Pass at craps and won. He left the casino with double the amount he had with him when he arrived. But he couldn't resist the place for too long. He went back and gambled some more, winning each and every time. Once, he won $590,000 and another $190,000 in just one bet. Unfortunately, the last time he played, which was in 1984 and was very famous because he wagered a million dollars, he lost. After 3 months, William Bergstorm committed suicide at Strip Hotel. He died $647,000 richer, albeit he was losing at life.

Possibly the most unusual of these legendary men is Greek immigrant Archie Karas. Between 1992 and 1993, he had a great run in Vegas that's definitely one for the books. He started with a $10,000 borrowed credit and went on to beat 15 poker superstars. When nobody had the guts to play with him, he transferred to the craps table at Horseshoe and won more millions. There was a time when he owned all the chips at Horseshoe, which was worth more than $11 million.

Kerry Packer is the most praised and featured gambler. He is an Australian player and it's hard to put the exact amount of his winnings. He prefers blackjack and baccarat and earned most of his billions from them.

Last but not the least of these gambling legends is the Captain. He has been beating craps ever since 1978. Although many consider him to be just a myth, he is alive and existing - numerous casino bosses know about him.

Author:

Art Aronson is a tenured bottom-line professional sports handicapper. He is the best ROI handicapper in the business. He is not your typical handicapper.

Related Articles

Safety Precautions In Online Sports Betting
Safety Precautions In Online Sports Betting

Online sports betting are so tempting. You like sports games, you like having fun and you like to make some extra money…if you still add to that the possibility of putting all that together and do it from the comfort of your home, at any moment, just sitting in front ...

Sports Betting Software - Should You Use?
Sports Betting Software - Should You Use?

This is the time of year when the majority of sports bettors start coming alive as we begin to enter the multi-sport season. During the summer all we have is baseball to look forward to. Next week starts one of my favorite times a year Football season.

The Most Widespread Mistakes Of Newcomers
The Most Widespread Mistakes Of Newcomers

The present article is devoted to the most widespread mistakes of newcomers to bookmakers. Read the tips below, and you'll never ever make such mistakes, which is going to help you to considerably increase your winnings. You should make bets intelligently ...

Premium Bookmakers

  Bonus Bookie
125% Mostbet
100% 1xBet
100% Betwinner
100% Melbet
100% Parimatch
100% 22Bet

Sport Betting Guides

Best in Articles

How to use TSR data to model game outcomes
How to use TSR data to model…

Contemporary football analysts are increasingly relying on Total Shot Ratios (TSR) to produce goal expectations, where Poisson has been previously…

Best Players

Joao Felix
Joao Felix

Biography of Joao Felix. When and where was he born? Transfers and teams in his career, earnings, and net worth. Personal life, girlfriend, children,…

Bookmakers Bonuses