Stupid Asian man Blows $127 Million in Casino

**Davis Knowlton** · 06-12-2009, 08:02 PM

I actually saw a show, or read a story, very similar to that. But, few people have the millions required to inflict self loathing damage such as this guy did.

**Butterfly** · 06-12-2009, 09:33 PM

which explains why the guy was a "house" player, with very little odds to win, he wasn't interested in making money, he was on a ego trip, probably numb from years of frustrations, needed a wake up call. And he got one

**SiLeakHunt** · 06-12-2009, 09:40 PM

I think the whole debacle can be sucinctly sumarised in the phrase

"$127 M, what a c u n t !"

Cheers

**CRSD** · 06-12-2009, 09:46 PM

They call it The Red Queen in gambling circles. Sooner or later just about every gambler goes down the tubes. In the states, house PC's being what they are, the odds are heavily in the casino's favor. Only odds in the house in a player's favor are on the craps table, pass and no pass and they are barely in the player's favor. Even in the "private" poker games, at least two players are working for the house, playing with house money.

**EmperorTud** · 06-12-2009, 10:08 PM

Originally Posted by Scandinavian

Jewel of Russia is a crap vodka, selling at 2000B at Q bar.

And Q Bar is a crap bar, so it's a perfect tipple.

**SiLeakHunt** · 06-12-2009, 11:42 PM

Originally Posted by Davis Knowlton

^ Could not agree more. I went there once. Absolutely pathetic people; sad, sad place. Went to Macau once also, with some Hong Kong cops. My wife thought it was going to be really cool and look like a James Bond movie. Bunch of chain smoking Chinese in golf caps pumping money into the machines. Sad shit; can't see the attraction.

Got a mate who works in Macau so coincided a visa run with weekend on the beer with him, it really is amazing to see the chinese queing up to give away their money.

Forgive me any innacuracies here on the figures because they were told to me after a couple of beers, but my mate (who works as an engineer for one of the Casinos), said that the one he works at is 7 floors, two of which are being refurbished at any one time. The business cost $900 Million to set up and the loan was paid off in 2.5 years. There are various differnet games being played but the main was High/Low before overheads were taken out each table could expect to take in the region of $5000 a night and there were 200 tables on each floor.

Cheers

**English Noodles** · 07-12-2009, 12:08 AM

Originally Posted by ThaiAm

Those loses would buy an awful lot of mosquito nets for Africa and dozens of other options to benefit people.

But he had given millions to charities already, if you read the OP.

**Butterfly** · 07-12-2009, 08:05 AM

obviously he didn't give enough, actually he should have given it all

**English Noodles** · 07-12-2009, 01:17 PM

Originally Posted by Butterfly

obviously he didn't give enough, actually he should have given it all

Why? He never had to give any of it to charity, it was his money to do with as he wished.

How much have you spent on drink and going out over the past year? I'm sure whatever the amount, it would be viewed as vulgar by some, it's all relative, you should have given all of that money to charity instead.

crocodilexp · 07-12-2009, 02:01 PM

Originally Posted by meepho

he could have got at least 2 years down soi 7 along with fond mamories of his time.

Fond memories or fondling mammaries?

**Butterfly** · 07-12-2009, 02:41 PM

Originally Posted by English Noodles

I'm sure whatever the amount, it would be viewed as vulgar by some

actually a good point, probably not as much as you and your fuckbuddy Andrew, but still too much, I agree

Originally Posted by English Noodles

you should have given all of that money to charity instead.

don't disagree, it would be used more efficiently, I am actually looking at different charities and hope to give some money to them that would force me not to spend it all on stupid shit, including bars.

**English Noodles** · 07-12-2009, 04:42 PM

What's that supposed to mean?

Originally Posted by Butterfly

probably not as much as you and your fuckbuddy Andrew

**baldrick** · 07-12-2009, 05:13 PM

has BkkAndrew raped noodles too ? :O

**Bower** · 07-12-2009, 07:54 PM

$127m, should have bought his own casino!

**Mr Earl** · 08-12-2009, 09:15 AM

I used to like Las Vegas in small doses.
The veneer wears thin after 2-3 days.
If you're gonna gamble it a great place to do it. The state has very tight controls on the gaming. For players Vegas is a pretty good deal.
You have to realize that every small detail in those casinos is designed to make it easier to separate you from your money.
With some discipline a fellow can come out ahead, but it's not easy and it gets real boring real quick.

**Mr R Sole** · 08-12-2009, 10:45 AM

Originally Posted by Butterfly

Mr. Watanabe and Harrah's are fighting over another issue: whether the casino company bears some of the responsibility for his losses.

Hhhhmmmmmm????!!!!!!! only in America..

Originally Posted by Butterfly

In a civil suit filed in Clark County District Court last month, Mr. Watanabe, 52 years old, says casino staff routinely plied him with liquor and pain medication as part of a systematic plan to keep him gambling.

Pain medication...like what...coke...smack, coproximol....DF118's what??? Sorry I didn't read the whole article..got bored...

Originally Posted by Butterfly

Several former and current Harrah's employees say their managers told them to let Mr. Watanabe continue betting while he was visibly intoxicated, even though casino rules and state law stipulate that anyone who is clearly drunk shouldn't be allowed to gamble. These employees say they were afraid they would be fired if they did anything to discourage Mr. Watanabe from gambling at the casinos.

Ah, so he may have a case??? Interesting..If he wins I'm off to Vegas...

SPunk it up the wall then get it all back cuase you were plastered...cool.

Originally Posted by Butterfly

Mr. Watanabe "takes full responsibility for his condition at the time....He's not saying the devil made me do it."

Originally Posted by Butterfly

he had thousands of Tiffany gift boxes filled with $50 gift cards or $100 gift coins that he would hand out to bartenders, nightclub operators, security guards and others. They say he once told a security guard to go to a supermarket and buy every cut of steak, and then proceeded to hand them out to employees.

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