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High Stakes and High Glamour: Celebrity-Owned Casinos

Celebs Who Took Their Gambling Habits Straight to the Deed Office

Jamie Johnson Jamie Johnson
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High Stakes and High Glamour: Celebrity-Owned Casinos

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What do George Clooney, Spider-Man, and the Terminator have in common? No, it’s not an Ocean’s 11 remake. It’s casinos. That’s right—some of your favorite A-listers have taken their talents from red carpets to roulette wheels, and we need to talk about it.

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George Clooney

Let’s start with the biggest “what could’ve been”: George Clooney’s Las Ramblas Resort, aka the $3 billion mirage. Back in 2005, Clooney and his Casamigos buddy Rande Gerber dreamed up a luxury Vegas resort so posh it practically came with its own espresso-sipping paparazzi.

 

Clooney said at the time, “We have this romantic notion of a place where you put on a jacket or a dress to go to dinner… so that it will feel like you are walking into a more formal Las Vegas of a different age or a classic Monte Carlo casino.” It was giving Rat Pack revival. But like most things born in 2005, it didn’t survive. Financing flopped, and the project was scrapped by 2006.

Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro’s Nobu Hotel at Caesars Palace actually exists and it’s a total vibe. Their Hearts of Palm Salad with a side of Texas Hold’em? Um, yes. De Niro teamed up with chef Nobu Matsuhisa to create a hotel-within-a-hotel that’s sleek, serene, and stacked with gamblers who probably have SAG cards.

Come for the black cod miso, stay because you accidentally lost $600 on poker games. And to be completely honest, I had no idea we have Vito Corleone to thank for the masterpiece that is Nobu. So, from all of us: thank you, Bobby D, for your contribution to cinema and gastronomy.

Bruce Willis, Sly Stallone, and Arnold Schwarzenegger

Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, formerly the Aladdin, got a full action-hero glow-up thanks to Bruce Willis, Sly Stallone, and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Think slot machines, movie memorabilia, and enough testosterone to power the Strip. Their ownership faded, but their beefcake legacy remains.

Tobey Maguire

This man cannot stay out of casino news. Tobey Maguire briefly co-owned Hollywood Park Casino and, let’s not forget, was the not-so-subtle villain in Molly’s Game. Yes, that guy.

Poker shark energy with a Peter Parker face—and a reputation that still gets whispered about in high-stakes circles.

Ben Affleck

Ben Affleck and the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino were basically in a situationship. He didn’t officially own it, but he was always there so often playing high-stakes blackjack for money that for years, there were whispers about some sort of investment on his part, but nothing was ever confirmed.

What was confirmed? That iconic 2014 moment when the Hard Rock banned him for counting cards. King behavior, honestly. Whether he had skin in the game or was just there for the comps, Affleck’s casino lore lives rent-free in the Vegas rumor mill.

So there ya have it—the celebs who were so obsessed with gambling, they either became casino moguls or at least attempted to be. Now go forth and enjoy the online casino. There may not be a Nobu nearby, but hey, there’s always a big win lurking around the digital corner.

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