Showing posts with label Casino stories. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Casino stories. Show all posts

Betting machines high roller


Gambling addict tells of destruction wrought in a terrifyingly short time by fixed odds betting terminals – and battle to change his life. It took Tony Franklin just 59 minutes to squander £3,500 on high-speed, high-stakes gambling machines in his local Coral bookmakers. Losing the money was easy.

Thirteen days before Christmas, he walked up to the counter, swiped his debit card and spent £500 picking the wrong numbers on electronic roulette. Eight minutes later he took out a further £1,000, which was immediately applied to the machine as credit. He burned through that in 39 minutes, and promptly spent another £1,000. Ten minutes later and he was back at the counter buying another £1,000 worth of credit.
Posted on 3/09/2016 by Λολα

High Rollers on a winning streak


When they are on a losing streak, the so-called Whales — the big players in the gambling world — can lose a fortune in a few short hours, boosting their host’s profits.

Recently the world’s high rollers appear to have been on a winning streak – and London’s top casinos have been hit. Just before Christmas one of the capital’s gaming clubs lost £12 million to one wealthy sheikh in a couple of hours. The accounts of another casino — Aspinall’s — show that profits have been hit by an unusually high number of wins by its clients. After a run of “bad luck” the casino has been put up for sale by its owner Damian Aspinall, the son of the late John Aspinall, bringing an end to the family’s interests in high end gaming.
Posted on 3/23/2015 by Λολα

The Hippodrome Casino


Old Londoners has probably at some point frequented the Hippodrome disco at Leicester Square in mid city. I think the place was shut down in mid 2005 - 2006. Some talk of police did not like "vertical drinking" (for some members more like horizontal drinking) and the place lost its license.'

Apparently there is a lot of construction work going on at the Hippodrome building and it appears there will be opening a new casino there.
Posted on 3/02/2015 by Λολα

THE SPORTSMAN CASINO


sportsman casino entrance
The Sportsman Casino, established in the 70’s, is the London club that has most often changed location. Originally established on the Tottenham Court Road, it then relocated to Bryanston Street. When the Bryanston Street lease expired, it was moved again to its current location in Old Quebec  Street, very close to Marble Arch.
Posted on 2/28/2015 by Λολα

Using a roulette computer at the Ritz.


Whatever happened to the East European casino mob accused of netting up to £1 million in a high-tech scam at the Ritz Club? Ben Beasley-Murray sheds new light on a very peculiar affair. They say the wheels of justice turn slow, but heading backwards may be more apt in the curious case of three Eastern Europeans suspected of an audacious roulette scam at London's Ritz Club casino that hit the headlines last Spring.

Despite arresting two of the supposed syndicate a week later at another classy casino after they made heavy wins in seemingly the same way, long months of police work and multiple court appearances have so far seen the trio charged with precisely... nothing. Nor do they look likely to be either. Indeed, it seems investigations have been dropped in a hushed-up affair that has left Inspector Knacker and the gaming industry somewhat stymied while highlighting serious shortcomings in current gambling law.
Posted on 2/23/2015 by Λολα

Kerry Packer at Crockford's


They jetted in from around the globe to drink champagne, eat caviar and spend the night at the roulette wheels and cards tables. They are the men who have cost an exclusive London casino a cool £4.5m. They jetted in from around the globe to drink champagne, eat caviar and spend the night at the roulette wheels and cards tables. They are the men who have cost an exclusive London casino a cool £4.5m.

A group of super-wealthy high rollers has upset gambling convention after a run of success at Crockford's in Mayfair resulted in the casino - rather than the client - losing its shirt. Stanley Leisure, the Liverpool-based gaming and betting conglomerate which owns the casino, yesterday issued a warning to the City that the losses would wipe out 15.6 per cent of its expected profits of about £28m.
Posted on 2/15/2015 by Λολα

My sex revenge at the casino


I hated business trips and I hated hotels. At this moment, I hated my boss. The old fart had been scheduled to come to a conference that he had deemed beneath him and sent me in his stead. After sitting in a hot room with other people equally as bored as I was, I still had no idea what the conference was about. I was supposed to be home with my husband, Dan, trying to make our lives work.

Instead, I’m here in this hotel room sitting in a bathrobe and looking at the lack luster room service menu. I couldn’t even order something expensive to charge back to the company to spite my boss. They had made it clear I was responsible for my own food, the cheap bastards. With a sigh, I tossed the menu at the end of the bed and flopped backwards on the pillows. I was feeling homesick and frustrated by the day. To be honest, I was feeling just a bit horny too. Dan and I had not had sex in months. Either I’m too exhausted from work or he’s too distant to even attempt to touch me.
Posted on 2/06/2015 by Λολα

The Ritz Club


Blue roulette tables at the Ritz casino in London, UK
Amber room: Blue roulette tables at the Ritz casino in London, UK

The Ritz Club’s Amber Room is one of the newest of London’s hidden treasures. Just beneath the unsuspecting feet hurrying along Piccadilly, two of the capital’s foremost interior designers have created an immaculate interpretation of Imperial Russian opulence.
Posted on 2/02/2015 by Λολα

Gangland Gambling


Moving into the 20th century, gambling in London is now synonymous with the Kray Twins. In the 1950’s, the Kray Twins owned part of Esmerelda’s Barn, a popular casino in the exclusive and rich area of Knightsbridge. While the twins didn’t have much say in the business, they managed to pocket and incredible amount of money from it. When Reggie went into prison, Ronnie became more and more involved with the workings, which caused great worry to the casinos manager, as he was effectively ruining the once fruitful business. The manager offered Ronnie £1000 a week just to stay away, but he declined and the manager soon packed his bags. Through the casino, the twins were opened up to a world of celebrities and Ronnie even dined at the House of Lords.

After gambling was legalized in the early 1960’s, the Clermont Club was the first casino to be granted a license. When it started, the casino attracted the likes of Princess Margaret, Roger Moore and Peter Sellers and still remains one of London’s most popular clubs. So, there we have it, a very concise century skip through the history of every Londoner’s favorite pass time…Gambling!
Posted on 2/02/2015 by Λολα

John Aspinall and the Clermont Club


The Background

The Clermont Club in the late 1960's was one of the most extravagant and elegant gambling houses in the world, a magnet for the super-rich who liked to gamble. It was luxuriously and tastefully decorated and furnished and was more like a Georgian upper class gentleman's townhouse than a gaming club. The members came from all over the world, with many from the USA and the Middle East joining British politicians and landed gentry at the tables. It was a bizarre mixture of power, glamor, addiction and fabulous wealth, as well as self destruction.

Fortunes were won and (more usually) lost on the Chemin de Fer tables. On one notable occasion the young Earl of Derby a vast landowner who had only recently come into his inheritance, lost half of Yorkshire in one evening.
Posted on 2/02/2015 by Λολα

16 Legendary sports gambling stories


It's no coincidence that the most successful athletes are the most competitive. That's what makes them so rich. Unfortunately, the only thing that comes close to duplicating that rush of their athletic exploits is putting that money on the line. A lot of money. That's why it's not surprising so many athletes love to gamble ... and develop gambling problems. Risking it all on one play is what these ultra-competitors live for. Of course, it usually doesn't end the way they imagine it will. We gathered some of the most legendary tales involving prominent athletes and their wagers, ranging from the insane, to the silly, to the tragic.
Posted on 4/13/2014 by Λολα
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