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(18,186 posts) Thu Oct 16, 2025, 05:24 PM Oct 16

Billionaire Gov. JB Pritzker Recounts $1.4 Million Las Vegas Blackjack Win [View all]

Source: Wall Street Journal

If Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is trying to boost his everyman appeal ahead of a potential bid in the 2028 Democratic presidential primary, the disclosure of his big Las Vegas win might not help.

The billionaire Hyatt hotel heir recounted Thursday his $1.4 million blackjack winnings when asked about a 2024 tax return his re-election campaign shared a day earlier. Pritzker has released his returns annually while in office.

“I went on vacation with my wife, with some friends,” he told reporters in Chicago. “I was incredibly lucky. You have to be to end up ahead, frankly, going to a casino anywhere.”

Pritzker said the winnings happened during one trip last year. He attributed a tight schedule to being partly responsible for ending up ahead.

Read more: https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/billionaire-gov-jb-pritzker-recounts-1-4-million-las-vegas-blackjack-win-4bffbc7f?st=5qSNWv&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

You can be sure this won't be the last we'll hear of this.

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Billionaire Gov. JB Pritzker Recounts $1.4 Million Las Vegas Blackjack Win [View all] Zorro Oct 16 OP

That winning is approximately 0.036% of his net worth fujiyamasan Oct 16 #1

So what wolfie001 Oct 16 #2

Exactly what I was thinking n/t Lulu KC Oct 16 #16

I believe him, he's got no reason to lie about it FakeNoose Oct 16 #3

I'll take the guy who's sharp at poker C_U_L8R Oct 16 #4

Blackjack maxsolomon Oct 16 #6

Thx for setting me straight. C_U_L8R Oct 16 #8

I'm no where near that level sdfernando Oct 16 #9

..exact same thing happened to me in Reno.. thomski64 Oct 17 #21

You know what they say. Ray Bruns Oct 17 #28

No, not at all iemanja Oct 17 #23

Of Course coffeebeforepants Oct 16 #5

The WSJ just reported that he talked about it. maxsolomon Oct 16 #7

just curious Skittles Oct 16 #10

Here it is Prairie Gates Oct 16 #13

I see it differently: CONCEALING it would not help. DFW Oct 16 #17

That's not what my post is about Prairie Gates Oct 16 #18

Trump bankrupted his own casino...JB beat the house to the tune of a mil and a half Prairie Gates Oct 16 #11

Exactly what you said is what we should say JI7 Oct 16 #15

Nobody gives a shit whether someone is wealthy or not JI7 Oct 16 #12

It's going to be Trump, not Vance Prairie Gates Oct 16 #14

Not as long as they pay at least 50% of it in Federal income taxes MichMan Oct 17 #29

Where are Trump's returns? live love laugh Oct 16 #19

with the Epstein files Evolve Dammit Oct 17 #26

In Ivana's grave probably... live love laugh Oct 17 #30

could be lotsa stuff in there. Evolve Dammit Oct 20 #31

I'm sure Pritzker is spreading money to aid oasis Oct 16 #20

I may be old-fashioned, markodochartaigh Oct 17 #22

At least he doesn't fuck kids. Stacey Grove Oct 17 #24

Pritzker vs Trump bmichaelh Oct 17 #25

At least he released his tax returns & speaks about them! SheltieLover Oct 17 #27