>>1448393"How does a billionaire governor win $1.4 million playing blackjack in Las Vegas?
“I was incredibly lucky,” Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois said on Thursday, responding to questions from reporters about his 2024 tax returns, in which he reported that massive sum in gambling earnings. Mr. Pritzker said it all came from a single trip to Las Vegas last year with his wife, MK Pritzker, and some friends.
Mr. Pritzker, an heir to the Hyatt Hotels fortune, did not say if he was playing at a special table for high rollers, how much he had wagered per hand, or if he won the money in a single run or over the course of several days. But he said he had “fun doing it.”
“Anybody who’s played cards in a casino knows that you often play for too long, and lose whatever it is that you won,” he said. “I was fortunate enough to have to leave before that happened.”
A campaign spokesman, Alex Gough, said that Mr. Pritzker, a Democrat, would donate the money to charity..."
