Stanley Ho, casino tycoon of Macao, China has died.

On Tuesday, May 26, 2020, the family of Stanley Ho, the Macao casino tycoon considered the father of modern gambling in China, has died at 98.

Known as the “King of Gambling,” Ho secured for himself a four-decade monopoly on casinos in Macao, then parlayed his home advantage to build the empire that still dominated the industry after it opened to foreign companies in 2002.

He was the former Portuguese colony’s richest tycoon, a lavish spender and accomplished ballroom dancer who wielded great influence both in Macao and in neighboring Hong Kong while — according to U.S. authorities — maintaining ties to organized crime.

Tall, handsome and of mixed Chinese and European heritage, Ho fathered 17 children with four women, and his extended family erupted in high-profile squabbles over his empire during his later years.

Even though casinos made his fortune, Ho avoided the gaming floor.

“I don’t gamble at all. I don’t have the patience,” Ho told The Associated Press in a rare interview in 2001. “Don’t expect to make money in gambling. It’s a house game. It’s for the house.”

He also had stakes in businesses that run everything from the ferries and helicopters connecting Hong Kong and Macao, to department stores, hotels, Macao’s airport and its horse-racing tracks.

Known as the “King of Gambling,” Ho secured for himself a four-decade monopoly on casinos in Macao, then parlayed his home advantage to build the empire that still dominated the industry after it opened to foreign companies in 2002.

He was the former Portuguese colony’s richest tycoon, a lavish spender and accomplished ballroom dancer who wielded great influence both in Macao and in neighboring Hong Kong while — according to U.S. authorities — maintaining ties to organized crime.
Tall, handsome and of mixed Chinese and European heritage, Ho fathered 17 children with four women, and his extended family erupted in high-profile squabbles over his empire during his later years.

Even though casinos made his fortune, Ho avoided the gaming floor.

“I don’t gamble at all. I don’t have the patience,” Ho told The Associated Press in a rare interview in 2001. “Don’t expect to make money in gambling. It’s a house game. It’s for the house.”

He also had stakes in businesses that run everything from the ferries and helicopters connecting Hong Kong and Macao, to department stores, hotels, Macao’s airport and its horse-racing tracks.

 

Stanley Ho has 17 children with 4 women.
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“I don’t gamble at all. I don’t have the patience,” Ho told The Associated Press in a rare interview in 2001. “Don’t expect to make money in gambling. It’s a house game. It’s for the house.”

 

Women in Macao and Hong Kong and Mainland China loved that guy. He was a handsome mix of Chinese/Jewish/Dutch with 100's of female admirers.
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I think his 3rd wife and his daughter Daisy got the bulk of his estate.
All the others got a little and mostly SOL.
I'll have to look that up, but if I remember, that's the way it went down.