Big Blackjack winnings

There are many interesting offerings in the gaming industry today. And apart from slots, the player is attracted to blackjack. Many experienced players prefer it, as the skill allows you to win in the long run. But it is important to count the cards, otherwise the casino will have the advantage.

That said, blackjack is considered to be a strategic game, where decision-making plays a major role in any outcome. It’s also a genre of gambling that often features maximum betting limits. It is worth highlighting the 5 largest recorded winnings.

MIT Blackjack

This is a group of students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that operated in the 1970s and 1980s.  It is estimated that the team managed to take anywhere from 50 to 100 million Euros from various casinos around Vegas and Atlantic City.  The story was even described in a book called House Collapse, and the film The Last Casino and 21 were later made based on it.

Carrie Packer

This is a media mogul with a fortune of €6.5 billion. He is one of the richest media owners in the entire country. But for all that, the entrepreneur also had an unfortunate reputation for being addicted to gambling. And his history includes a huge number of big wins as well as embarrassing defeats. But in 1995, he had a night in the casino in which he won €40 million playing blackjack with wagers of €250,000. 

Don Johnson

Donald Johnson is the CEO of a company that has dealt with racetrack software. Within a year of playing, he was able to convince several casinos around Atlantic City to change their rules so that he could play the high roller. And after the casinos decided to make concessions, Don immediately started playing and was able to squeeze in around €15 million in just 3 months. 

Dana White

The man has come quite a long and difficult way, starting out as a boxing instructor and ending up as a multi-millionaire by the age of 40. There is an understanding that sometimes it is hard not to gamble. Rumour has it that on his best gambling night, his winnings amounted to a million, and on his best session, 7 million.

Ken Uston

A strategist and writer from New York, known since the early 70’s for not doing well.  Ken sued numerous casinos in New Jersey because the gambling establishments banned him from gambling. This is not surprising, he was a master at counting cards and in a short period of activity was able to win around €4.5 million.