7 most epic losses in the history of the casino

Gambling drives people crazy,  pushing them to sell assets, real estate, and even their loved ones! Here are seven of the most infamous card and casino losses that will make you think twice about playing.

1. Guns to battle!

Many people are still unaware, but there is one rule in the Monte Carlo casino: no one in uniform is allowed inside. Why? An officer landed on a military ship at the port of Monaco many years ago and went to the casino. The man was so engaged in roulette that he failed to understand how he had lost all of his money.

But the officer did not give up easily: he took a break, then returned to the casino with the ship’s cash register, hoping to win back his money. Luck, on the other hand, seemed to be on his side that evening. The man quickly lost the entire cash register and became furious. In a moment of rage, the officer ordered the ship’s cannons to be aimed at Monte Carlo, and they were fired at the mountains as a warning. The casino owners quickly understood that the jokes with this eccentric were not funny, and they immediately returned all of his money to him. This was the first time the casino ever forgave the player for his loss at that time.

However, history has recently replayed itself. There were no ships or guns this time, but the controversy was unavoidable. In Monaco, the son of France’s Foreign Minister lost 700 thousand euros. The institution’s management decided to forgive the player’s debt after a lengthy procedure.

2. Let there be music!

Once the director of the Leningrad Music Hall Mikhail Padvo, chief conductor Isaac Dunayevsky, and composer Dmitry Shostakovich played preference. Shostakovich was clearly inferior to his opponents since he already owed forty numbers for the play “Probably Murdered”. But there were still chances to recoup.

At least, that’s what the composer reasoned as he dialed up his cabinet piano. But he was never able to win. As a result, the pianist and composer not only lost a valuable musical instrument that evening but also his only jacket at the time. Claudia Shulzhenko, a Soviet pop singer, later purchased Shostakovich’s piano. When the artist’s fame faded and the great vocalist was forced to live on a modest pension, she sold all of her belongings and antiques, leaving only the famous piano.

3. Wife on the line

There were whole legends about the wealth of Prince Alexander Nikolayevich Golitsyn. It was rumored that the man was insanely wasteful: he could light a pipe with banknotes or pay cabbies with whole handfuls of gold. However, even such a huge fortune did not compensate for Golitsyn’s terrible disposition – the prince was rightfully considered a very unpleasant type.

the parents of Maria Vyazemskaya couldn’t resist the prince’s wealth and agreed to marry their daughter to him. Everyone labeled Golitsyn a dictator and despot when he came with a girl at balls, calling her a “sad beauty”. they claimed, he was harsh with the bride and even beat her.

Knowing about the girl’s tragic fate, Count Lev Kirillovich Razumovsky decided to save her on one of these evenings. Knowing Golitsyn’s gambling addiction, the man encouraged him to play a game of cards. After losing his whole fortune, the prince determined to reclaim it by staking his own wife. As a result, he failed horribly, and the girl was released from “captivity,” eventually marrying Count Razumovsky.

4. lost my soul In the

summer of 1862 For the first time, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky took a vacation abroad. The writer fell in love with Baden-Baden, Wiesbaden, and Bad Homburg in Germany, and began to visit there almost every year after that. But it turned out that it was the sparkling casino halls that attracted him, not the local landscape.

Dostoevsky became so obsessed with roulette that he risked his entire career. Fedor Timofeevich Stellovsky, a musical and literary publisher, saw how many writers were fascinated with gambling and decided to “make money on it.” When creative people had lost all of their savings and were completely miserable, the man offered them a deal that was very unprofitable.

He gave them money and the chance to recover on his terms, but they had to write books for him or compose music in exchange. This con was once perpetrated on Fyodor Dostoevsky. The writer promised Stelovsky in June 1866 that he would deliver the novel on 12 printed sheets by November 1.

Otherwise, he would have been free to publish all of Dostoevsky’s works for free for the next nine years, without paying the author anything. The publisher was sure that Fyodor Mikhailovich would not be able to complete the novel in time… He was, unfortunately, mistaken. As a result, the novel “The Gambler” was finished in just 24 days.

5. Pushkin and Onegin

 This is for us Pushkin – a great poet and author of brilliant works. But for the Moscow police, the man for a long time was an avid gambler and banker. He was also an unfortunate player, losing three out of every four games and putting his writings on the line when the money ran out. So it was at the card table in Moscow, where Pushkin was playing with his brother-in-law, Alexander Mikhailovich Zagryazhsky.

When the poet ran out of money, he agreed to play on it because he knew the publisher was willing to pay a handsome sum for the fifth chapter of Onegin. As a result, Zagryazhsky received the composition, but Pushkin decided to play it back. The writer put his final possession – a pair of Lepage dueling pistols – on the line. Alexander Sergeevich was blessed with good fortune, and the creation was returned to him. This experience, however, did not teach the poet anything, and he became entangled in gambling debts on several occasions after that.

6. Wild Bill Hickok

James Butler Hickok, better known as Wild Bill Hickok, the hero of the Wild West, made a lot of enemies in his short life. The man encountered one of them, a true gangster, in a Deadwood pub where he was playing poker with local cowboys and soldiers. Bill decided to break his habit and sat with his back to the entrance this time. In vain, because such a trivial matter cost him his life as a result.

On that tragic day, Jack McCall, who had been waiting for a way to revenge his enemy for a long time, showed up at the pub. Jack approached Bill, who was passionate about the game, after sorting through the whiskey and shot him in the back. Four cards fell out of his hands at that point: two eights and two aces of the black suit. Since then, this poker hand has been called the “dead man’s hand.”

7. Shoeless Joe Glory Week

 In April 1995, an untidy, barefoot old man resembling a homeless man appeared on the threshold of the prestigious Treasure Island casino in Las Vegas. It was rumored that the man was kicked out of the house by his wife and he did not even have time to pick up his things. In the pocket of the unfortunate was a couple of hundred dollars, which he was given in the social security fund. The man decided to play them in a casino, they say, there is nothing to lose. Usually, people whose appearance does not correspond to the dress code are not allowed into such establishments.

But this time, the administration decided to make an exception, thinking that the old man would not stay here for too long. How wrong were they… To everyone’s surprise, he started winning! Barefoot Joe became a millionaire within a few days. The administration of the casino immediately drew attention to this. So that the money does not “leave” the institution, the management decided to take a cunning move. Barefoot Joe was provided with clothes, a free hotel room, food, security, and even a personal limousine.

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All of this is done to keep the old man from going to other comparable establishments to play. After being a millionaire for almost a week, Shoeless Joe decided to leave his winnings at Treasure Island. However, before returning to his former self, Joe was able to reach an agreement with a Hollywood studio for the rights to film his story. The individual was paid $10,000 for his Well, not a million, but not bad either.