- Gyp Casino
Gyp Casino (born as Jesper Sporre in 1961) is a Swedish rock drummer, he was the original drummer for Hanoi Rocks, until he was replaced in 1982, by Razzle. Although he does not appear on the cover for "Self Destruction Blues", Casino does play on the record. In 1995, Casino reunited with former Hanoi Rocks bandmate Andy McCoy, for a tour with his then band Shooting Gallery.
- Teodoro Casiño
Teodoro A. Casiño is a Filipino politician, writer and journalist. He is a member of the House of Representatives for Bayan Muna in the 13th Congress of the Philippines.
- Donald Trump
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946 in Queens, New York, New York) is an American business executive, entrepreneur, television personality and author. He is the CEO of Trump Organization, an American-based real estate developer, and the founder of Trump Entertainment, which operates several casinos. He received a great deal of publicity following the success of his reality television show, …
- Robert de Niro
Robert Mario De Niro Jr., credited professionally as Robert De Niro (born August 17, 1943), is an American film actor, director, and producer. He is noted for his method acting and portrayal of conflicted, troubled characters, for his enduring collaboration with director Martin Scorsese and for his early work with director Brian De Palma.
- Sharon Stone
Sharon Vonne Stone (born March 10, 1958) is an Academy Award-nominated, Golden Globe- and Emmy-winning American actress, producer, and former fashion model. She came to international attention for her performance in the 1992 Hollywood blockbuster film "Basic Instinct".
- Steve Wynn
Stephen Alan Wynn (born January 27, 1942 in New Haven, Connecticut) is a casino resort developer. He is credited with spearheading the dramatic resurgence and expansion of the Las Vegas Strip in the 1990s. Wynn currently lives with his wife in a suite at Wynn Las Vegas, until their home in the Southern Highlands Golf Club is completed. Wynn suffers from retinitis pigmentosa which affects his peripheral vision and therefore his interaction with proximate objects.
- Joe Pesci
Joseph Francesco DeLores Eliot Pesci (born February 9, 1943), commonly known as Joe Pesci, is an American Academy Award-winning actor, comedian and singer who is often typecast as a violent mobster, mafia thug, or a grouchy funnyman.
- Carl Icahn
Carl Celian Icahn (born February 16, 1936) is an American billionaire financier, corporate raider, and private equity investor.
- Frank Scoblete
Frank Scoblete (born 1947) is an American author who has written works on casino gambling such as "Beat the Craps out of the Casinos", "Golden Touch Blackjack Revolution," and "Beat the One-Armed Bandits", with the majority of his books being about the games of craps and blackjack. He has also written under the name King Scobe. He is a frequent columnist in casino gaming magazines and newsletters, …
- Stanford Wong
Stanford Wong (born 1943) is a pseudonym for John Ferguson, a former professional gambler and gambling author. He is best known for his book "Professional Blackjack", which was first published in 1975 and is still in print. Wong's computer program "Blackjack Analyzer", initially created for personal use, was one of the first commercially available blackjack odds analyzing software.
- Robert Mizrachi
Robert Mizrachi is an American professional poker player. Robert Mizrachi was a former poker dealer at a South Miami casino. He introduced the game of poker to his younger brother, World Poker Tour champion Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi. Robert also has two other younger brothers, Michael’s twin Eric Mizrachi who is also a poker player and his youngest brother Daniel Mizrachi, who is a professional magician.
- Benny Binion
Lester Ben "Benny" Binion (November 20, 1904 - December 25, 1989) was a well known American casino owner and poker enthusiast.
- Layne Flack
Layne Flack (born May 18 1969 in Rapid City, South Dakota) is an American professional poker player, residing in Montana and Nevada. Flack started playing cards with his grandparents, but became engrossed in the game whilst working at a casino. He would regularly go to another casino after work to play poker. Despite becoming the Night Manager in his job, he quit as he was spending too much time on poker to continue working full-time as well.
- Michael Scanlon
Michael Scanlon is a former communications director for Rep. Tom DeLay, lobbyist, and public relations executive who has plead guilty to corruption charges and is currently assisting in the investigation of his former partners Jack Abramoff, Grover Norquist and Ralph Reed by separate state and federal grand jury investigations into lobbying performed for Indian tribes running casino gambling businesses.
- Jack Binion
Jack Binion (born 1937) is an American casino operator. Jack is the son of legendary casino magnate Benny Binion and worked for his father at Binion's Horseshoe, a casino and hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada.
- Nicholas Pileggi
Nicholas Pileggi (born February 22, 1933 in New York City, New York) is an American author and screenwriter, best known for writing the book "Wiseguy", which he adapted into the movie "Goodfellas", and for writing the book and screenplay " Casino". The movie versions of both were directed by Martin Scorsese. Pileggi also wrote the screenplay for the 1996 film "City Hall. He began his career as a journalist and had a profound interest in the mafia.
- Arnold Snyder
Arnold Snyder is a professional gambler and gambling author. He was elected by professional blackjack players as one of the seven original inductees into the Blackjack Hall of Fame for his record as a blackjack player and his innovations in professional gambling techniques. He was the first blackjack authority to publish the importance of deck penetration (depth of the deal) in card counting, in his 1980 book "The Blackjack Formula".
- Bobby Baldwin
Bobby Baldwin (born c. 1950; MGM Mirage's 2006 proxy statement, filed on 4/30/06, recorded Baldwin's age as 55) is a professional poker player and casino executive. When Baldwin won the 1978 World Series of Poker main event he became the youngest winner in its history, to be superseded by Stu Ungar in 1980 and then Phil Hellmuth in 1989. His major wins include four WSOP bracelets, all won from 1977 to 1979. In 2003 he was inducted into the Poker Hall of Fame.
- Frank Vincent
Frank Vincent (born Frank Vincent Gattuso on August 4, 1939) is an Italian-American actor. He was born in North Adams, Massachusetts, but was raised in Jersey City, New Jersey. His father was also called Frank. Frank has two brothers: Nick and Jimmy. Frank's father was one of six children, all born in the United States to Sicilian immigrants Nicolo Gattuso and Francesca di Peri. He is Sicilian and Neapolitan.
- Henry Tamburin
Henry Tamburin is a gambling author with a background in mathematics and a doctorate in chemistry. He is best known for his book "Blackjack: Take the Money and Run" which explains basic blackjack strategy, managing a bankroll, side bets and advanced tactics like card counting. Tamburin is also well known for his prowess as a blackjack player and frequently teaches courses in blackjack across the United States.
- John Grochowski
John Grochowski is a gambling columnist and author. His weekly newspaper column began at the "Chicago Sun-Times" and is now syndicated nationally. He published his first gambling book in 1996 entitled "Gaming: Cruising the Casino with a Syndicated Gambling Columnist". He then began a series of books all aimed at answering questions about a specific topic or game.
- Shirley Rosario
Shirley "Siren" Rosario is a professional poker player and website owner. Born in San Pedro, California, she grew up in Torrance and currently resides in Downey. While working as a cocktail waitress at the Commerce Casino she got to know some of the best poker players in the world, and developed a passion for playing poker. Steve Badger is one of the professional poker players that she became friends with during that time and is her "poker mentor".
- John Duthie
John Duthie (born 13 May 1958 in Yorkshire) is an English television director turned professional poker player and promoter based in London.
- Thelma Schoonmaker
Thelma Schoonmaker (born January 3, 1940) is an American Academy Award-winning film editor who has worked with director Martin Scorsese for over thirty-five years. She has edited many of Scorsese's films, such as "Raging Bull", "The Aviator," "Goodfellas", "The Last Temptation of Christ", "The King of Comedy", "After Hours", "Casino", …
- Concha Buika
Concha Buika (born 1972 in Palma de Mallorca) is a Spanish singer. Her family came from Equatorial Guinea and she grew up among gypsy people. Her music mixes flamenco with soul, jazz and funk. She was born in Palma de Mallorca in 1972. Ever since she was a child her musical talent was evident, but it was after a visit to London to study drama when, after being invited to a concert by Pat Metheny that her life changed. From that moment she began her musical career.
- Julian Gardner
Julian Gardner is a poker player from Manchester, England. Gardner is a second-generation professional, following in the footsteps of his father Dave. He started going to a local casino at the age of 15. By the time he was 20 he had won 10 tournaments. By 21, he had made 25 final tables. In 2000 he entered the World Series of Poker (WSOP) main event for the first time. He tripled up within two hours to become the early chip leader.
- Sol Kerzner
Solomon (Sol) Kerzner (born 23 August 1935) is a South African hotel and gambling magnate. Kerzner was born in Troyeville, Johannesburg, the youngest of four children to Jewish Russian immigrants. His family started a hotel chain; after Kerzner graduated as a Chartered Accountant, he took over the running of the group and went on to create the most successful hotel group in South Africa, Sun International.
- Rande Gerber
Rande Gerber, (born April 27, 1962), is a former model and the owner/operator of the Midnight Oil Chain of Bars and Lounges. His brother Scott runs the financial end of the Company. Their youngest brother Kenny is also involved. Married to model Cindy Crawford on May 29, 1998, they have two children, Presley, born July 2, 1999, and Kaia, born September 3, 2001. Gerber grew up in the Five Towns and graduated in 1980 from Hewlett High School in Long Island.
- L. Q. Jones
L.Q. Jones (born August 19, 1927 in Beaumont, Texas) is an American character actor and film director, best-known for his work in the films of Sam Peckinpah. Born Justus Ellis McQueen Jr., he made his film debut in 1955's "Battle Cry", with Van Heflin, under his birth name. His character was named L.Q. Jones, and when it was suggested to him by film producers that he change his screen name for future pictures, …
- Nick The Greek
Nicholas Andreas "Nick the Greek" Dandolos (born in Rethymnon, Crete 1883-December 25, 1966) was a professional gambler and high roller. Dandolos was the son of wealthy parents. He attended the Greek Evangelical College and earned a degree in philosophy. When he was 18 years old his grandfather sent him to the U.S.A. with an allowance of $150 per week. Although Dandolos settled down in Chicago he eventually moved to Montreal where he began gambling on horse races.
- Thomas George
Thomas George (b. 1949) is an Australian politician and member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. He was educated at St Mary's Primary and Marist Brothers College in Casino. He has worked as a bank officer, a stock and station agent, a real estate agent and a publican. He is married with three children. George has represented Lismore for the National Party of Australia since 1999.
- Michael Gaughan
Michael Gaughan (March 24, 1943 in Omaha, Nebraska) is a casino owner and operator in Las Vegas, Nevada. Michael is the son of Jackie Gaughan and the owner of a NASCAR race team, South Point Racing, for which his son, Brendan Gaughan, drives.
- Lawrence Revere
Lawrence Revere (born Griffith K. Owens) was an author, casino pit boss, and professional blackjack player best known for his book "Playing Blackjack as a Business". Revere played under multiple aliases, including Leonard "Specs" Parsons and Paul Mann. Revere had a degree in Mathematics from the University of Nebraska. Revere developed and promoted the following card counting strategies, …
- James van Alstyne
James Van Alstyne (born Columbus, Georgia) is an American professional poker player based in Las Vegas, Nevada. Van Alstyne grew up in New Orleans, LA and graduated from Ben Franklin High School. After high school, Van Alstyne attended Stanford University, where he learned to play poker. Van Alstyne used to be an engineer before becoming a professional blackjack player, using card-counting techniques to give himself an edge.
- Max Rubin
Max Rubin is a gambling expert and author best known for his book "Comp City: A Guide to Free Gambling Vacations". The book teaches players how to maximize casino perks with little actual wagering. Rubin is also a gambling analyst for television. He served as commentator for the first two seasons of the GSN "World Series of Blackjack" along with Matt Vasgersian and co-hosts the "Ultimate Blackjack Tour" with Nick GAS' Mati Moralejo on CBS.
- Prahlad Friedman
Prahlad Friedman (born May 20, 1979) is an American professional poker player from Los Angeles, California.<sup></sup> Friedman won a World Series of Poker (WSOP) bracelet in 2003 in the $1,500 pot limit hold'em event earning him $109,400. Later, at the WSOP circuit event at Harrah's Rincon in 2005, he won the second place prize of $363,165. At the 2006 WSOP Main Event, Friedman outlasted over 8,700 other players, …
- Don Schlesinger
Don Schlesinger is a gaming mathematician, author, lecturer and player who specializes in the casino game of blackjack. His work in the field has spanned almost three decades. He is the author of the book "Blackjack Attack - Playing the Pros' Way", currently in its third edition, which is considered one of the most sophisticated theoretical and practical studies of the game to date.
- Randy Holland
Randy Holland (born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada) is a former attorney turned professional poker player. Following his graduation from Florida State University, Holland worked for the state of Florida. In the early 1990s, he began playing poker tournaments in Mississippi after the legalization of casino poker there. Soon thereafter he won a tournament at the Gold Coast Open in Las Vegas and turned to poker professionally.
- Steve Carter
Steve Carter is an American professional poker player based in Dallas, Texas. Steve Carter began in Dallas working at an embroidery and screen printing shop with business partner and friend Ray Sadler in 1998. At the same time, Steve and his business partner started playing low limit poker games around Dallas. Poker to Steve at that time more of a social pastime rather than a profession. Soon after, his game limits started to grow and so did the poker tournaments.
- Lloyd Williams
Lloyd Williams is a high profile Australian property developer and businessman. He is most well known for being the founding father of the Crown Casino, Australia's largest casino and one of the largest single casinos in the world, in Melbourne, Victoria. Hudson Conway is Williams family controlled business and has investments in wide range of properties across Melbourne.