There is a long list of famous people who enjoy spending some of their cash in Las Vegas, but only a few can claim to have gone back home with lots of winning. Ben Affleck is one these names – the Good Will Hunting star is an astute blackjack player who will expect would have made a lot of winnings for hotel staff to have asked him to try out other games.

However, the most fascinating celebrity story with blackjack has to be that of Dana White, the President of Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). He runs the premier MMA promotion effectively, but he is even a better blackjack player.

Dana White has won so much in Las Vegas that the Palms casino banned him from playing on their floor. Back in 2001, he won $2 million in one sitting, and this made the casino cut his credit limit in half, reducing his maximum wager to a meager $5,000 by White’s standard. This was a move that didn’t sit so well with the man, and he pulled all future UFC fights from the hotel.

It took two years and a $5,000 bottle of Domaine de la Romance-Conti Montrachet for the hotel to get White to bring his promotion back to the Palms hotel. He would go on to win another $5 million in a session, and this must have annoyed the house because they decided to pay him in cash and refused to loan him a sack to carry the money.