-- -Time flies like the wind. Fruit flies like a banana. Stranger things have - -happened but none stranger than this. Does your driver's license say Organ -Donor?Black holes are where God divided by zero. Listen to me! We are all- -individuals! What if this weren't a hypothetical question? [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 09:51:47 -0700 From: glen mccready <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Packer blows $60 million in Las Vegas Resent-Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 10:16:52 -0700 (PDT) Resent-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Forwarded-by: William Knowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.theage.com.au/breaking/2001/09/26/FFXVMCK02SC.html Source: AAP|Published: Wednesday September 26, 8:29 AM Australia's richest man Kerry Packer blew STG20 million ($A60.08 million) in casinos after being stranded in Las Vegas by the World Trade Centre terrorist attacks, it was reported today. The legendary punter was forced to extend his stay in the US gambling capital for a week after flights were grounded across the States following the September 11 attack. He passed the time by playing baccarat at STG100,000 ($A300,390) a hand, British tabloid the Daily Star said, quoting local newspaper the Las Vegas Review Journal. Packer, 63, played hands of blackjack and munched hotdogs between bouts at the baccarat table at the swish Bellagio Casino. But the usually generous billionaire, who once tipped a Vegas casino cigarette girl STG50,000 ($A150,195.25), enraged dealers by refusing to tip them in protest at leaks over his previous losses at the gaming tables. "As a show of his wrath, he refused to tip the dealers in his two weeks of play. But the leak could have come from a number of departments," a casino insider was quoted as saying. The media mogul also reportedly demanded that people dealing with him sign a secrecy agreement. Packer, who has survived seven heart attacks, is legendary for his gambling sprees around the globe. He once lost STG11 million ($A33.04 million) playing blackjack at the exclusive London casino Crockford's, wiping out an earlier STG13 million ($A39.05 million) win at the MGM Grand Casino in Vegas. [ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body "unsubscribe man-bytes-dog" (the subject is ignored).]
