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Steve Wynn wrote on the message board: > Steve Wynn: 'I Lost A Lot Of Money Sitting Across The Poker Tables > From Lyle' Berman > > Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn’s arch-nemesis at the poker tables > is apparently a three-time World Series of Poker bracelet winner. > > On Wednesday in Las Vegas at the 2016 Gaming Hall of Fame induction > ceremony held at the Palazzo, the billionaire gave some comments about > the inductees, one of whom was longtime poker player and gaming > industry executive Lyle Berman. > > “I lost a lot of money sitting across the poker tables from Lyle,” > Wynn said to the crowd in attendance, according to a report from CDC > Gaming Reports. > > Who knows what “a lot of money” at a poker table is to Wynn, but > it could very well be a staggering amount. > > Berman, who is currently on the Golden Entertainment Inc. board of > directors, is credited with helping expand gambling past Las Vegas and > Atlantic City. > > In addition to the Gaming Hall of Fame, Berman is in the WSOP’s > Poker Hall of Fame and the Minnesota Poker Hall of Fame. The > 75-year-old, who was born in Minneapolis, was the first member of his > home state’s Poker Hall of Fame. > > Though he’s a high-stakes cash game player, Berman has accumulated > $2.6 million in lifetime tournament earnings in events dating back to > 1983. > > According to the American Gaming Association, the group behind the > Gaming Hall of Fame, Berman co-founded Grand Casinos Inc. in 1990, > which “set the model for building resorts in the Mississippi Gulf > Coast and beyond.” Fortune Magazine named the business the fastest > growing company in America in 1995. The company grew from a > three-person startup to employing 20,000 people with a market > capitalization of $1 billion. > > Berman was one of five people inducted into the Gaming Hall of Fame > this year. > > The others were: gaming-technology pioneer John Acres, Las Vegas > casino industry architect Don Brinkerhoff, tribal gaming visionary > Richard A. “Skip” Hayward, and Redenia Gilliam-Mosee, the first > African-American casino vice president in Atlantic City. > > The Gaming Hall of Fame was created in 1989.
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