Stanley Ho, who built Macau's gambling industry, dies at 98

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Casino tycoon Stanley Ho, whose business empire dominated the Portuguese gambling enclave of Macau for decades, dies in Hong Kong at age 98.

Casino tycoon Stanley Ho, whose business empire dominated the Portuguese gambling enclave of Macau for decades, has died in Hong Kong at age 98.He said he arrived with "10 dollars in my pocket and became a millionaire before the age of 20"Considered the father of modern gambling in China, Ho began his long and eventful life as a kerosene trader and ended up Macau's richest person, a lavish spender and debonair ballroom dancer.

"Macao treated me so well. I went there with 10 dollars in my pocket and became a millionaire before the age of 20," Ho said. Ho shrugged off allegations of ties to organised crime, such as a 2010 report by the New Jersey gaming commission that accused him of letting Chinese criminal gangs, or triads, prosper inside his casinos during the 1990s.from China's imperial palace 150 years earlier so he could donate it to a Chinese museum. He also twice bid a record $330,000 for truffles at charity auctions.Stanley Ho fathered children with four women, including Angela Leong, a dance instructor.

Ho fathered children with two other women, Ina Chan and Angela Leong, whom he also referred to as his "wives".He met Leong, a dancer and former ballroom dancing instructor, through his love of the tango and the cha-cha.

 

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well I made a bet he would make it to 100....oh well RIP Stanley

Bye bitch

His daughter just donated $160M dollar for fighting the Corona pandemic months ago. His has 4 wifes. His quote 'It's not hard for me to get woman to fall in love with me, but very difficult to get rid of them' 😂

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