Famous Celebrity Gamblers

Gambling has been a part of our society in our entire lives. Admit it, a lot of us gamble whether there is money involved or none. Gambling whether in actual or online casino has had a bad reputation over the past few years and all its positive aspects have been totally set aside.


Even famous personalities and celebrities are engaging in both actual and online casino gambling. Because gambling is never boring, they mainly do it for the thrill. They are often spread all over Las vegas but are obviously given the special treatment and separate private rooms so that they can not be caught up, being peeped or disturbed by other people and paparazzi. Some of the famous celebrity gamblers had developed a strong interest in gambling and play at special tournaments that raise money for various causes such as for charity works and some are just for fun.Big celebrities will always gamble to unwind;


George Clooney – has taken an active role in the gambling business when he invested an unknown sum of money in a $3 billion resort in Las Vegas.


Brad Pitt – also invested $3 billion in a Las Vegas Casino Complex. And while filming Ocean's 12 in Rome, Bradley along with Clooney and other co – big stars and some guests were engaged in a late night poker sessions and some of them were as good as a professional players.


Ben Affleck – is said to be the most serious gambler in Hollywood. He is a trained poker player and his former trainer is none other than Annie Duke. He has become well known for his keen instincts in poker. He won $356,000 at the California State Poker Championship in 2004 and cashed in a over $300,000 in the WPT Championship in 2005 and only recently he won a charity poker tournament sponsored by the Poker Player's Alliance.


Matt Damon – is also very passionate about gambling. He is considered an excellent poker player and was rumored a $1 million endorsement from Online Gaming Giant Nine.com. He admitted that his famous line in one of his movie touches his view in actual poker - “Why do you think the same six guys end up at the final table at a world series of poker every year? Are they the luckiest guys in Las Vegas? No, it's because they've got skills.”


Annie Duke – may have seen in the show “The Apprentice” but the show didn't make her a famous celebrity maybe it's because she is the most famous woman poker player in the world. She was seen on the World Series of Poker 2004. She had already won her first WSOP bracelet and on the same year she won that WSOP bracelet, she also won the ESPN invitational WSOP Tournament of Champions. In fact, it is recorded that the $2 million was the highest ever paid to a woman poker player as of that time.


They are just few of the many big celebrity gamblers who loves to gamble for big fun and for real big money. Don't be surprised if you happen to have a chat with one or some of them who may find time to gamble in the same online casino site.