There are many variations of the accounts on what happened that night, and nobody is really sure how Joe won the amount he did, nor how he lost it all too, but what we do know is that he did, in fact, lose everything he won that night.

But, due to his aggressive gameplay, on the same night, Joe lost all his winnings, losing his millionaire status and everything he had gained that night. On the night he walked in, shoeless, Joe ended up winning $1.5 million. This is why he is known as Shoeless Joe, as nobody actually knows he true identity. In 1995, in Treasure Island Casino, Joe, who had just been thrown out by his wife and received a cheque for $400, walked into the casino, ready to play, with no shoes on. In fact, the entire story of this particular winning night is worth an entry into the Blackjack wins history books. ‘Shoeless’ Joe might not have claimed the biggest win, but he didn’t claim the smallest either.

Not only this, but before this, Johnson, was already a multi-millionaire, so was placing big wagers down, without worrying about the consequences of losing it, and so that when he eventually won, he won big. It is said that Johnson is known as a strategic Blackjack player, as he incorporates a lot of mathematical strategies into his gameplay. However, over the course of five months, between December 2010 and April 2011, Johnson won $15.1 million in Atlantic City. Johnson is an avid Blackjack player who played in many casinos, resulting in winning streaks. Eight hands and 40 minutes later, Packer walked away with $40 million – that’s essentially one million a minute!

That night, they saw Packer walk away with an extra $7 million in his pocket.Ī few years later, in 1995, Packer was back in the casinos of Las Vegas, this time only for a short while – however, he made use of his time on the casino floor placing $250,000 worth of bets each round. Despite being a multi-millionaire, Packer purposely chose a public table, so people could watch his games and cheer him on, which they did. Packer has not one, but two big Blackjack wins, with the first in 1991, when he played a few games in the Hilton Las Vegas.

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