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Kerry Packer: The Legendary Gambler Who Scared Casinos
Kerry Packer, the Australian business magnate, is renowned for his extraordinary gambling exploits. From tipping $1 million to winning $20 million in a single session, his stories are legendary.
Kerry Packer once tipped a casino's Blackjack dealers $1 million during a visit to the MGM Grand in 1997. Packer won $20 million playing 8 hands at a time for $250k a pop during his 1997 visit to the MGM Grand.
Packer once offered to flip a coin for $100 million with a multi-millionaire Texan oil baron. Packer won $13 million in a single session playing Baccarat. Packer lost more than $25 million to casinos in the last decade of his life.
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