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Article: Packer played eight blackjack tables in Vegas. After only 40 minutes he quit while he was ahead.. $20MAHEAD; CASINOS CALL THEM WHALES..PUNTERS RICH ENOUGH TO LOSE pounds 1M.(News)
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- The Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- March 23, 2002
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Byline: DAVID EDWARDS
THE air-conditioning was working at full-blast to keep the choking heat of the desert at bay, but everyone around the blackjack table was sweating.
Everyone except the 6ft 6ins gambler who sat before it, dressed impeccably in a black dinner suit.
Media mogul Kerry Packer had just flown to the MGM Grand in the casino's private Gulfstream V jet, fresh from a multi-million-pound gambling spree in London.
A 10-seat stretch limousine whisked him from the airport to the Las Vegas hotel, where the management had roped off a ...