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Im going Genting this Friday 21 august, I wonder are there anyone going too so that we can cheong together.
Only Longjie have texas poker and u can buyin at $100. Blinds is $3-$5
hey guys, i have just returned from Friday CNW on Star Cruise Virgo and they have texas holdem now!
won 1k w my capital of 500.
alas i paid full fare for the trip and the regulars onboard said i can share cabins with the members who can redeem cabin with their points.
is there any regular Friday CNW Star Cruise members here who i can share cabins with?
i really want to go up again....hopefully this coming Fri!
pls let me know, thanks.
won 1k w my capital of 500.
alas i paid full fare for the trip and the regulars onboard said i can share cabins with the members who can redeem cabin with their points.
is there any regular Friday CNW Star Cruise members here who i can share cabins with?
i really want to go up again....hopefully this coming Fri!
pls let me know, thanks.
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Mdm Tang
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Business Times - 24 Aug 2009
Europe's biggest jackpot finds a winner in Italian village
(ROME) Residents of a village in central Italy were celebrating on Saturday after a ticket sold there produced the richest jackpot in European lottery history - nearly 148 million euros (S$305 million).
After weeks of mid-summer lotto madness in Italy, the winning ticket was sold in a bar in the village of Bagnone, in the central region of Tuscany.
The identity of the winner - who is now 147,807,299.08 euros richer, according to the Agicos agency - was being kept secret.
But Italian television pictures showed emotions running high in the picturesque village of only 2,000 inhabitants.
'We were watching the football match where Milan were playing when someone came in saying that we had won the SuperEnalotto,' the bar's manager, Annamaria Ciampini, told the ANSA news agency.
'We immediately changed the channel and we started to hear the name of the village. What more can I say? I didn't win and I don't know who did,' she added.
Outside the bar in the centre of the village, some locals were popping the corks on bottles of sparkling wine. Others however, complained about the noise and called for the television to be switched back to the football.
Villager Giuliano Di Bernardo, interviewed by ANSA, said he had seen the winner, a 47-year- old local man, buy the winning ticket.
The last time the thrice-weekly SuperEnalotto paid out was on January 31, meaning the jackpot kept rolling over to the point where it became the world's second-largest after MegaMillions in the United States in March 2007.
The winning six-number combination was 2, 16, 38, 67, 70 and 84, the national lottery agency said, and the chances of getting all those digits right were only one in 622 million.
Italians turned out in droves to buy the one-euro tickets, joined by over-the-border players from France and Germany.
One lottery agency, Agipronews, reckons that the Italian government made 980 million euros in nearly seven months thanks to the game - no mean sum in a time of recession.
The next draw is tomorrow, when the jackpot will be slightly less than 36 million euros.
The world record MegaMillions payout was the equivalent of 157.7 million euros, according to Agicos, another Italian gaming service\. \-- AFP
LJ CNW cruise for free on 27 Aug and 3 Sept.
Ppl dun like to travel during 7th month?
Dear Bros,
Can someone here introduce/ refer a short term loan ( legal one )
for a 3 months period . I need S$5k . referral fees avail. Thks
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'Fat Man' sues top casinos for millionsFouad al-Zayat, a 20-stone billionaire who lost £191m at roulette, is taking six top British clubs to court, claiming they illegally allowed him credit
Buzz up! Digg it Rajeev Syal in Nicosia
The Observer, Sunday 14 September 2008 larger | smaller Article history
He was one of the world's most prolific and secretive gamblers. The arrival at casinos in London of Fouad al-Zayat, the high roller know as the Fat Man, created panic and excitement and not a little rubbing of hands by management in their dinner jackets and black ties.
Over 15 years, the 20-stone Syrian billionaire lost more than £191m on the spin of the roulette wheel. But now he is biting back by taking six prestigious British casinos to court, claiming they illegally allowed him credit.
The move follows his recent victory in the High Court when his lawyers successfully argued that a £2m debt with Aspinalls of Mayfair should be wiped out because they allowed him credit.
In a rare interview in his marbled floor office in Nicosia, Cyprus, the Fat Man, a big beast even among the big spending gamblers known as 'whales', said he was now looking to claw back £67m.
Zayat, 67, who said he no longer gambled in casinos, claimed that while he was never an addict, his habit had been a form of escapism that wasted nearly a quarter of a billion pounds. 'When I looked at the table, and the wheel was spun, it took my mind away from anything else I was thinking about. All worries disappeared, except the game. The amount of money was not important. Today, I see my behaviour as very stupid whereas before I thought it was something.'
Zayat's dispute with Aspinalls centred on a debt acquired in a single night in March 2006 after he cancelled a cheque for £2m following a row over a croupier. The casino had allowed Zayat a 12-month delay in repayment, during which time he continued to gamble. The judge found the postponement amounted to illegal credit under the act.
He has now instructed his solicitors at the West End firm Quastel Midgen to gather evidence from his files, which allegedly show he was given illegal credit of £67m between 1989 and 2003.
'The casinos woo you, they make it their business to become your friends,' he said. 'I have been called by them on birthdays, and relatives' birthdays; they try to become part of your life. When you go to them, you are offered the best hotel rooms and anything you may want, in order to get you to continue gambling. If that means giving you credit, and breaking the law, they will do it.'
Zayat said he was riding high at London's tables in the 1990s when he won up to £80m a year. In 1997, he said, he won £42m in a year from Crockfords in Mayfair. 'I made that money in a month or so of visits. It was a good time,' he said.
One casino official said his arrival at clubs would make staff tremble with excitement and alarm. Zayat would regularly give £5,000 tips. His nickname was acquired, he said, because doormen in London's clubs needed a verbal shorthand to warn their management when the mysterious bulky Arab approached.
At times, he loved the casino life - he could stay up all night meeting the world's richest and most influential people, he said, pitting his wits against the casino's management. He has sat at tables with the actor Tom Cruise, the arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi, senior members of the Saudi and British royal families and the Sultan of Brunei.
Once, while playing roulette in Crockfords, Zayat noticed a brash Australian man watching him play. By this stage he had perfected his system and objected to being watched. 'I got him kicked off my table. But then I was told that the man was Kerry Packer,' he said. Packer, the late Australian tycoon, and Zayat spoke later that evening and played together on several occasions. In a single half-hour game they gambled £400,000 between them at the roulette table. 'I won about £300,000 and he lost. From then, he did not want to play with me,' he said.
At Les Ambassadeurs in Mayfair he won £20m in 1996 at the roulette table, he said. 'The gaming manager was a university graduate in psychology. She was always in my face because she promised the management that she would find my weak point to make me lose.'
By 2000, his losses were beginning to match his winnings. The casino PR men who had feared his wins were now, he claims, encouraging him to play on, although he did not have ready cash. Some clubs allowed money lenders to walk the floor, Zayat claimed. 'Some have two or three unofficial people who lend money. The managers look away,' he said.
His detractors claim Zayat has become embittered after a number of legal entanglements. Others say he may be considering legal action because his British assets were frozen in March following an ongoing legal dispute with the Iranian government over a $60m Airbus.
He dismissed these claims last week: 'I have won against Aspinalls and now the others will see that I will win against them too. This is a long game,' he said.
The Ritz, Aspinalls and Crockfords declined to comment.
Can someone recommend S$3k credit from 2 months ?
The Most Unlucky Casino Player Ever
It's hard to know who the most unlucky casino player ever is, since many casino players with the potential to be extremely unlucky grow broke long before they can reach the lowest lows of unluckiness. Therefore, those who are looking for the most unlucky casino players must turn to the "whales," ultra-rich risk-takers with money to burn.
Most Unlucky Casino Player Candidate Fouad al-Zayat
Fouad al-Zayat of Syria is an excellent candidate for the title. In March of 2000, al-Zayat had decided to try his luck at Aspinalls, a private gambling club in London. Blackjack was al-Zayat's game, and he signed for 500,000 pounds to try his luck. He promptly lost the entire lot of it. Undaunted, al-Zayat asked for 500,000 pounds more, and got it. And lost it. After losing a million pounds, most casino players would probably recognize that it wasn't their day. Not al-Zayat. He got a million pounds more worth of markers and promptly lost that as well. He eventually switched from blackjack to no avail, and left owing the casino over two and a quarter million pounds.
While that may have been al-Zayat's worst single loss at Aspinalls, his poor luck has continued for years, and in the seven years since the March visit al-Zayat has lost nearly 13 million pounds. His total loss at Aspinalls is estimated to be over 23 million pounds.
Unlucky at Casino Play, Lucky (or Skilled) at Life
While Fouad al-Zayat may be one of the most unlucky casino players ever, his bad luck does not transfer to other areas in life, as he has managed to earn enough to pay these gambling debts (albeit sometimes reluctantly) through highly successful investments in oil, aviation and construction.
How able to keep going after losing 100k in 1 damn yr bro ......:(
just done my caculation , from last yr july till 09 aug ....70% gone to casino while the ither 30% gone to bookie
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I used to go Star Aquarius every Thurs 1N CNW but she left last year Oct. Missed her so much.
Cannot spend more than 1 night "overseas", that's why I can only go LJ and RS. Once the IRs are opened, I don't think I still want to go to these cruises.
above replied to your PM too.
I have been follow this thread since 2 mths ago and have been reading the entire thread for more than 5 times.....
can see that every1 goes to each direction after silverfox "disappeared"......
I guess we ought to find sum1 to guide us to the right direction...
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