I yesterday posted an article on gambling . Today I'll look at whales, the betting kind and the largest animal ever in the history of Planet Earth.I'll start with some interesting Homo sapiens operating in casinos, famous human whales.
An unusual one is Zhenli Ye Gon.- He was born in Shanghai in 1963, and moved to Mexico in the 1990s, becoming a citizen in 2002.
- He owned Unimed Pharm ChemMexico and other companies, and in the early to mid 2000 decade, legally imported thousands of metric tons of psueudoephedrine and ephedrine from Asia to Mexico. These are used in cold medications such as Sudafed, but is valuable to manufacturers of methamphetamine.
Between 2004 and 2007, he was an ultimate whale, and lost over $125 million at the Venetian in Las Vegas in his attempt at money laundering.
Las Vegas Sands, operator of the Venetian-Palazzo hotel complex, returned $47.4 million to the Feds in 2013 to avoid criminal prosecution.- Linked to Sinaloa Cartel.
In 2007, his home in Mexico City was raided, and over $207 million cash was seized, and that year he was arrested in the U.S. Fought extradition for nine years while in jail. But in 2016 was returned to Mexico, where he, apparently still is in jail.- Episode 3, Season 1 of Netflix's 2018 Dirty Money, highlights his story Episode 6 is of Trump Inc. There are now two seasons, each with 12 episodes.
The Sultan of Brunei loses a million dollars/day just for the thrill of it.- But he is worth $30 billion.
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- Married three times, but divorced #2 and #3, retaining #1 Queen Pengiran Anak Saleh. Just celebrated their 60th anniversary.
- Numbers are estimates, but he might have gambled up to a billion dollars.
- Caesars Palace has seven levels of whales, and made him a #8 at Chairman, giving him Rolling Stones tickets, a $12,500/month airfare and $500,000 credit at gift stores. The New Jersey Gaming Commission fined Caesars Entertainment $225,000 for allowing him to gamble while intoxicated, even though most of the losses were in Las Vegas.
- In 2017, he began a GoFundMe campaign to raise $100,000 for a prostate cancer operation.
- Just a simple American businessman of Japanese extraction who is now 69 years old. Expect a book or movie about him from Foundation Media Partners.
Akio Kashiwage is said to be the largest gambler to ever visit Las Vegas.
- He came from Japan in the 1970 and 1980s.
- He played Baccarat and spent $100,000 to $200,000 per hand.
- Was found murdered at home, killed by organized crime.
But those are exceptions. In high stakes gambling, there are two terms.
- A high roller is someone with a gambling budget of $100,000 to $1 million for a 3-day weekend visit to the casino.
You are a whale if you begin with a million dollar bankroll mark, which can go up to $20 million.- They bet at $25,000/hand.
- Get the very best freebies, comps and other perks.
Here are nine film stars noted as notorious high rollers: Ben Afleck, Matt Damon, Tobey Maguire, Charlie Sheen, Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Pamela Anderson, James Woods (also said to have an IQ of 184), and Todd Philips.
Then there is the mega whale whose bankroll starts at $10 million. There are probably fewer than 200 of these in the world.
The largest animal who ever lived is probably the blue whale at around 200 tons, measuring as long as 91 feet, although individuals have been seen with a mass greater than 250 tons.
- Yes, larger than any known dinosaur.
Just the tongue can weigh as much as an elephant, and a heart about as large as a small car.- The heaviest living animals today are all whales.
- The whale shark at 37.5 tons, which is not a whale, would come in as just larger than the sperm whale.
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