Dana White may not be cageside for UFC Vegas 105 on Saturday, as a result of he’s received an opportunity to win $10 million at a baccarat event additionally being held in Las Vegas.
The UFC CEO revealed late Friday on Instagram that he was invited to take part within the occasion together with a $20,000 present in promotional chips only for collaborating within the event. The invitation got here together with a framed $1,000 invoice from MGM Resorts.
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After all, White is not any stranger to collaborating in large playing ventures.
In truth, he’s really taking part in for much less in prize cash than he already earned in not less than one in every of his baccarat streaks after revealing large wins whereas taking part in at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas again in 2024.
“Caesars Palace … I clipped these guys for $1 million an evening from, like, the primary week of January all the way in which into March,” White advised the Full Ship podcast. “I beat these guys for like $26 million, $27 million.”
White has typically praised Caesars for permitting excessive rollers like himself to proceed playing and making enormous sums of cash when different casinos have really shut him down prior to now. The UFC boss claimed the on line casino allowed him to wager $350,000 per hand, which was solely supplied to White and some different high-profile purchasers.
White loves playing at Caesars a lot he known as the on line casino “gangster” for the way in which he’s been handled there.
Judging by the publish White made concerning the baccarat event, he’ll be collaborating within the two-day occasion on April 5 and April 6 with UFC Vegas 105 set for Saturday night time on the UFC APEX the place Josh Emmett clashes with Lerone Murphy in the principle occasion.
