10 Celebrities Who Love To Gamble
They are the 10 celebrities who love to gamble!
Gambling doesn’t forgive anyone, especially the celebrities. There are some famous celebrities who love to gamble; the ones you are familiar with but I bet you had no idea they love to gamble.
Gambling has been known as a bad addiction over the centuries; it seems that it has been there since the beginning of times; there to makes us lose all our money.
There have been plenty of movies where some of these celebrities played the role of a gambler. Take Ben Affleck’s example, he starred in Runner Runner where he played Ivan Block a gambler.
In real life his gambling addictions were a bad thing for his marriage and for him, but it seems that the gambling gives Ben a rush that he likes, because he isn’t planning on stopping.
The gambling “business” is a profitable one. Unless you lose. Because if you lose ain’t.
Let’s see the rest of the celebrities who love to gamble!
10. Brad Garrett
The American actor and stand-up comedian is famous for the role of Robert Barone on the CBS series Everybody Loves Raymond.
The actor won the fifth season of Celebrity Poker showdown, a big step in his gambling addictions.
The World Series of Poker followed in 2005, 2006 and 2007 after the winning of Celebrity Poker showdown.
He has an amazing poker face that will blow you away if you ever get the chance to bet against him.
As one of the richest actors in the world, Brad has enough money to play poker as often as he likes, and because of that he is one of the celebrities who love to gamble.
9. James Woods
The winner of three Emmy Awards, the stage television actor is better known for putting his voice in the animated series The Simpsons, Family Guy and animated movies like Stuart Little 2 and Hercules.
He has money, and what other thing can do with his money than gamble? He does gamble, and a lot.
He sees a rival in Ben Affleck, but he thinks that he can read Affleck like an open book. But with all that, he still fears Affleck.
Gambling has been a part of Woods’ life ever since he was a kid and would get sent to the bookie. Woods currently acts as a spokesperson for an online poker website, Hollywood Poker.
8. Norm Macdonald
Can you believe that the Canadian stand-up comedian and actor has gone broke four times because of the gambling addictions?
The former member of Saturday Night Live was so addicted to gambling that he wouldn’t even cash his chips.
Have you ever been this addicted to something? He was. So addicted that he would put his chips in a fridge and use them on his next trip to the casino.
That was the main reason why he gone broke back in the days and now is the reason of why he is in our top of the celebrities who love to gamble.
7. Pamela Anderson
The Baywatch star Pamela Anderson is one of the celebrities that love to gamble. So much that she managed to score a gambling debt of $250,000.
Beside the fact that she is addicted to gambling she is one of the most beautiful women on the plant, and with that title in her favor she paid off the $250,000 gambling debt by performing sexual favors.
No, is not like that, the sexual favor was just a kiss, but a winning one for her. The money was a debt to Rick Salomon, the one that she divorced like two times by now.
In fact, this July after she just won $2.8 million in the World Series of Poker she filed for divorce again.
You think they will be back together in a heartbeat or not?
6. Ray Romano
The on-screen brother of Brad Garret, Ray Romano has also a gambling problem. Let’s just call it problem for now.
Ray has also played poker ever since he was younger. He played in the World Series of Poker as an anonymous because of the addition he had back in the days.
When he played on WSP he was sponsored by cable network TNT to promote his new drama-comedy Men of a Certain Age.
“Men of a Certain Age” is the story of fictionalized elements of Romano’s past problems with gambling addictions.
Ray Romano is one of the celebrities who love to gamble.
5. Shannon Elizabeth
Known for her roles in comedy films such as American Pie, Scary Movie and Jay and the Silent Bob Strike Back, her gambling addictions are just as famous as her acting career.
She considers her poker playing to be a career as well. All started in 2005 when she competed at World Series of Poker.
From there, Elizabeth played in a promotional tournament at Caesar’s Palace where she beat 83 other celebrities. There is where she won $55,000.
She made it to the semi-finals in the National Heads-up Poker Championship where she defeated numerous high-profile world champion poker players.
4. Ashton Kutcher
Esquire magazine said that Ashton was once used as a front for the biggest sports betting syndicate in the US.
According to his public statements he said was earning as much as $750,000 in four weeks by betting on college football.
We have reasons to believe that he used to take 10% cut of those earnings. He was close to being charged with messenger betting, a practice that is illegal in the state of Nevada.
It seems that he was lucky, because no investigation was ever launched into his alleged activities.
He now enjoys his life next to Mila Kunis.
3. Tobey Maguire
Spider-Man used to have a gambling addiction. No, that is not correct. Tobey Maguire the guy that used to play Spider-Man on screen had a gambling addiction. That is correct.
All this happened when he started cashing out his checks for playing the famous spider. He even had a teacher.
The professional poker player Daniel Negreanu said that Tobey by 2007 had won $10 million with his help.
Maguire is another celebrity that has competed in the World Series of Poker numerous times, and he took home $39,445 in the 2007 tourney.
In the memoir of Molly’s Games, a celebrity poker organizer, she wrote that Maguire was a sore loser and poor tipper. Molly says he once attempted to make her bark like a seal for a $1,000 tip.
2. John Daly
Once, John Daly said he gambled away over $90 million in 15 years of gambling binges. That seems a bit low, isn’t it?
Don’t worry, he did win some back, but it was a paltry $35 million in comparison.
He would play as many as seven hands at once at the blackjack table, and he loved it when a crowd gathered around him to witness the spectacle.
Now, he is one of the celebrities who love to gamble and we are glad he made the list!
1. Dan Bilzerian
Dan is now a celebrity and that’s the reason we included him in our top 10 celebrities who love to gamble.
We’ve seen in the last articles we made about him that he loves to gamble and he is good at it.
See also – Who is Dan Bilzerian and Why You Wish You Were Him! /// 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Dan Bilzerian.
He managed to build an empire from poker. It seems like he wins more than he loses and that’s basically the main reason why he is part of our top.
He knows how to play, when to bet and when to fold. Bilzerian is the ultimate poker player. There is no one who loves more to gamble than Dan Bilzerian.
We’ll have something to learn from his experiences. Don’t you think so?
Conclusion!
Gambling can be portrayed as a bad person who steals your money and you don’t even notice.
Is that kind of person that everyone has it in its friend’s circle and now you’ve seen that celebrities have it too. After all, they are people too!
WHAT DO YOU THINK? What’s your sin? And your hobby?
