Dana White won’t be cageside for UFC Vegas 105 on Saturday, as a result of he’s received an opportunity to win $10 million at a baccarat event additionally being held in Las Vegas.
The UFC CEO revealed late Friday on Instagram that he was invited to take part within the occasion together with a $20,000 present in promotional chips only for taking part within the event. The invitation got here together with a framed $1,000 invoice from MGM Resorts.
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In fact, White isn’t any stranger to taking part in huge playing ventures.
The truth is, he’s truly enjoying for much less in prize cash than he already earned in no less than certainly one of his baccarat streaks after revealing huge wins whereas enjoying at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas again in 2024.
“Caesars Palace … I clipped these guys for $1 million an evening from, like, the primary week of January all the way in which into March,” White informed the Full Ship podcast. “I beat these guys for like $26 million, $27 million.”
White has usually praised Caesars for permitting excessive rollers like himself to proceed playing and making enormous sums of cash when different casinos have truly shut him down previously. The UFC boss claimed the on line casino allowed him to wager $350,000 per hand, which was solely provided to White and some different high-profile shoppers.
White loves playing at Caesars a lot he known as the on line casino “gangster” for the way in which he’s been handled there.
Judging by the publish White made in regards to the baccarat event, he’ll be taking part within the two-day occasion on April 5 and April 6 with UFC Vegas 105 set for Saturday evening on the UFC APEX the place Josh Emmett clashes with Lerone Murphy in the primary occasion.
