Vegas Casino ‘Owns’ Superstar Who Racked Up $50 Million Gambling Debt: Report
Singer-songwriter Bruno Mars used to make a living playing professional poker. Not anymore, apparently. According to NewsNation , Mars, who was born Peter Gene Hernandez in 1985, has racked up a gambling debt with MGM…
Singer-songwriter Bruno Mars used to make a living playing professional poker.
Not anymore, apparently.
According to NewsNation, Mars, who was born Peter Gene Hernandez in 1985, has racked up a Gambling debt with MGM in the tens of millions of dollars.
“He owes millions to the MGM (from Gambling),” a source the outlet described as a “well placed Vegas insider” said. “They basically own him.”
In fact, the source said, Mars’s Gambling has put him in debt to the casino to the tune of $50 million.
Of course, $50 million isn’t to Mars what it might be for the average American, given his income bracket.
“He makes $90 million a year off of the deal he did with the casino, but then he has to pay back his debt … after taxes (Mars makes $1.5 million per night),” the unnamed source told NewsNation.
The outlet then explained that $90 million annually would look more like $60 million after