Celebrities

Introduction

Paris Hilton the American socialite, DJ, reality and TV star has been gambling in Atlantic City since her high school days. In 2014 Hilton won $50 000 in Blackjack at the Atlantic City Casino. She is also said to have bet her Bentley valued at £175 000 which she lost during a high stakes Poker game. This led to her parents banning her from all forms of gambling.

Paris Hiltons Gambling Habits

This partying heiress is said to be a Poker aficionado and always wins at games in Vegas. However, this is clearly not the case given the loss of her Bentley. As luck would have it, an online poker company Party Poker offered Hilton a chance to win a new one by going heads up online in a no-limit Texas Hold ’em challenge against the Poker legend Mike Sexton. However, Paris did not take them up on the offer.

Hilton was also banned from two Las Vegas Casinos – the two Wynn resorts in 2011. The ban was due to a 0.8 gram of cocaine falling out of her handbag as she reached into it to get her lip balm.

Paris is also BGO Casino’s Golden Girl and has proven she is a good businesswoman and can take this casino to even greater heights.

Paris Hiltons Top 3 Favourite Games

Paris Hilton enjoys playing at BGO Casino, and her top 3 games are:

• Hotline- It’s a slot with a Hotline Bonus Feature and the ability to increase your wins by activating hotlines and re-triggers expanding wilds and free spins.
• Mega Fortune- A Progressive Jackpot Slot mimicking Paris Hilton’s life with glamorous watches designer outfits, limos and speedboats.
• Golden Goddess- Another mirror image of Paris, Athena the Greek Goddess, a smart businesswoman elegant and creative.

Introduction

Gladys Knight is known as the Empress of Soul. She is an American songwriter, actress, author and businesswoman. She is best known for her hits that were recorded during the ’60s, 70,s and ’80s. Here two most popular songs were” Midnight Train to Georgia “and “That’s What Friends Are For,” which hit number one in the Billboard 100. Two of her songs were also inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, and she also recorded the theme song for the 1989 James Bond film Licence to Kill.

Many do not know that she had a gambling addiction that plagued her for over a decade and cost her thousands of dollars.

Gladys Knight and Gambling

Knights game of choice was Baccarat and Blackjack. Due to having plenty of downtime after shows that mainly took place in casinos in Las Vegas or Atlantic City, she invariably found herself playing Blackjack and Baccarat to pass the time. In 1981 Knight was forced to deal with her demons associated with her growing and costly gambling habit. Living in Las Vegas at that time, she succumbed to the temptation of Table Games and Baccarat.

Knight said her addiction happened gradually; she was lonely, her personal life a complete mess, and broke after spending over a million dollars looking for her son after he was kidnapped. The one place she felt safe was casinos; they gave her a sense of camaraderie, and the pit bosses and dealers became her family. She was safe behind the red velvet ropes, protected from scam artists and autograph seekers, and fed free of charge.

Conclusion

After losing everything she had in a Baccarat Game, Knight knew it was time to call it quits and immediately contacted Gamblers Anonymous. Today she still tours and is as successful as before and often finds herself in casinos but the allure of chasing cards is gone and long nights at tables is gone.