Not the Robin Hood of Nottingham, England. And not the Robin Hood of poker rakeback. But Robin Hood in Sin City! It’s not really the place that you would expect to find a real life Robin Hood, but an anonymous individual has changed lives with his generous donations in the past year or so. The Blackjack Player had begun a campaign to reward kind families who had through no fault of their own fallen on hard times. Taking on the name of Robin Hood 702, with the 702 standing for the Las Vegas area code, their plan was to win money from well off casinos and ensure the winnings were given to a deserving family in need. A website was built and people were invited to post their information for consideration in selection.
Understandably the website was flooded with applications from people who had hit hard times. The one consideration for the financial assistance was that you had a debt of between 25,000 and 50,000 US Dollars. From the thousands of emails that came through, the mysterious donor chose a family who had sadly amassed a huge hospital bill to pay for the cancer treatment of their daughter. They also picked a second family. He then gave away a total of 55,000 US Dollars between the families. Our lovely modern day Robin Hood then decided to treat the families to an all expenses paid trip to Las Vegas.
Another unique part of this story is that the player even funded all the games himself. He had approached the casinos asking for their help in funding the plan, but was always turned down. He has chosen to stay completely anonymous and wants none of the trappings of fame.
He has also been adamant that he uses no cheating in his games and denies card counting or any other strategies to win. Our modern day Robin Hood relies purely on luck. Even more amazing is that he has promised to pay half of the recipient’s debt regardless of whatever occurred at the blackjack tables!
It has reached the time now where Robin must start finding a new family to help and his website has been receiving a massive 300 applicants a day.
With times as hard as they are and people so careful with their money it is a joy to hear such a good news story. It really is a rarity for the Vegas strip that is usually the paragon of greed and excess to inspire the gift of giving, but our modern day Robin Hood does just this.
If you don’t qualify for the special help of Robin Hood 702, get something back from your online Poker Room and try your luck at PKR Poker and maybe Pokerstars Rakeback. You too could soon be winning big time.
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