Kerry Packer: Always on the Ferris Wheel


Kerry Packer is another interesting figure used in gambling stories. A media tycoon, Packer had more money than he could throw at casinos, fortunately for him. He is known among gamblers for his gigantic loses and wins on card tables all around the world. It is believed that three weeks in a London casino back in 1999 cost him around 28 million dollars. This amount is accepted as the biggest gambling loss in British history! Once, while playing in the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, he won $33 million. Another time in London, Aspinall had to shut down because of Packer’s success in blackjack!


He was both a desired and a feared customer for casinos worldwide. He was a man of opposites – had a very hot temper, spend a lifetime ignoring journalists and evading questions and yet, did some of the most memorable acts seen in a casino. He wanted to tip a croupier, but since croupiers share the tips, he required that the manager fires her. When that happened, he gave her 80 thousand dollars and demanded that the manager hires her again. Another time, he proposed to pay off the mortgage of a waitress. About the bad part of his temper – as we said he was a media tycoon, owning a majority of shares in Nine Television Network. And he happened to see a show that he disliked, so he called the station giving an order to remove the show from airwaves. Reportedly, his words were ‘Get that sh*t off the air!’ With all his faults and virtues, Kerry Packer remains a legend in the society and gave food for tens of articles among which many for his bad gambling stories… It is believed that he enjoyed extraordinarily much to play poker and if you have the same preferences, you can see which are the best places to play poker online. 

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