Holocaust/Casino memorial in Atlantic City
Here’s something you may not be aware of, but did you know there are plans to erect a Holocaust memorial in Atlantic City? When I first heard of this I contacted the Jewish origination in charge. I told them I thought it was a great idea and location. My thoughts on this had nothing to do with the fact that Atlantic City has always been a Jewish vacation destination, because that all changed once casinos opened. What I was thinking is the masses coming to Atlantic City and mankind never forgetting this horrific event.
When I was talking to those in charge I asked if they would ever consider putting up a memorial for all the prominent Jewish families whose lives were destroyed by a loved one’s casino addiction. At first they thought I was kiddin...g, that was until I gave them a list of Jewish gamblers who lost their businesses, professions, along with approximately how much money and time they squandered away in the casinos. They were quite taken back, especially with the Leonard Tose story. He was the owner of the Philadelphia Eagles from 1969–1985. He made a fortune in the trucking industry. He was known for his lavish lifestyle and being very generous. He was instrumental in helping establish the first Ronald McDonald House.
Tose was, by his admission, a compulsive gambler and an alcoholic. In 1991, the Sands casino sued Tose for $1.23 million in gambling debts, he countersued, contending that the casino got him too drunk to know what he was doing. But even with a casino cocktail waitress testifying that her duty was to keep Mr. Tose's monogrammed glass, courtesy of the Sands, filled with top-shelf scotch, a jury seeing markers he signed one night at 9:20pm, for $100,000, at 9:45pm for another $100,000, another $100,000 at 10:05pm, his signature after each transaction barely recognizable proved no malice or liability on behalf of the Sands. In the end, he lost it all, by his estimate more than $20 million at Resorts International and $14 million at the Sands. In 1996, on his 81st birthday, Tose was evicted from his seven-bedroom Villanova mansion after losing the house in a U.S. Marshal's sale.
Holocaust/Casino memorial in Atlantic City
Here’s something you may not be aware of, but did you know there are plans to erect a Holocaust memorial in Atlantic City? When I first heard of this I contacted the Jewish origination in charge. I told them I thought it was a great idea and location. My thoughts on this had nothing to do with the fact that Atlantic City has always been a Jewish vacation destination, because that all changed once casinos opened. What I was thinking is the masses coming to Atlantic City and mankind never forgetting this horrific event.
When I was talking to those in charge I asked if they would ever consider putting up a memorial for all the prominent Jewish families whose lives were destroyed by a loved one’s casino addiction. At first they thought I was kiddin...g, that was until I gave them a list of Jewish gamblers who lost their businesses, professions, along with approximately how much money and time they squandered away in the casinos. They were quite taken back, especially with the Leonard Tose story. He was the owner of the Philadelphia Eagles from 1969–1985. He made a fortune in the trucking industry. He was known for his lavish lifestyle and being very generous. He was instrumental in helping establish the first Ronald McDonald House.
Tose was, by his admission, a compulsive gambler and an alcoholic. In 1991, the Sands casino sued Tose for $1.23 million in gambling debts, he countersued, contending that the casino got him too drunk to know what he was doing. But even with a casino cocktail waitress testifying that her duty was to keep Mr. Tose's monogrammed glass, courtesy of the Sands, filled with top-shelf scotch, a jury seeing markers he signed one night at 9:20pm, for $100,000, at 9:45pm for another $100,000, another $100,000 at 10:05pm, his signature after each transaction barely recognizable proved no malice or liability on behalf of the Sands. In the end, he lost it all, by his estimate more than $20 million at Resorts International and $14 million at the Sands. In 1996, on his 81st birthday, Tose was evicted from his seven-bedroom Villanova mansion after losing the house in a U.S. Marshal's sale.
Here’s something you may not be aware of, but did you know there are plans to erect a Holocaust memorial in Atlantic City? When I first heard of this I contacted the Jewish origination in charge. I told them I thought it was a great idea and location. My thoughts on this had nothing to do with the fact that Atlantic City has always been a Jewish vacation destination, because that all changed once casinos opened. What I was thinking is the masses coming to Atlantic City and mankind never forgetting this horrific event.
When I was talking to those in charge I asked if they would ever consider putting up a memorial for all the prominent Jewish families whose lives were destroyed by a loved one’s casino addiction. At first they thought I was kiddin...g, that was until I gave them a list of Jewish gamblers who lost their businesses, professions, along with approximately how much money and time they squandered away in the casinos. They were quite taken back, especially with the Leonard Tose story. He was the owner of the Philadelphia Eagles from 1969–1985. He made a fortune in the trucking industry. He was known for his lavish lifestyle and being very generous. He was instrumental in helping establish the first Ronald McDonald House.
Tose was, by his admission, a compulsive gambler and an alcoholic. In 1991, the Sands casino sued Tose for $1.23 million in gambling debts, he countersued, contending that the casino got him too drunk to know what he was doing. But even with a casino cocktail waitress testifying that her duty was to keep Mr. Tose's monogrammed glass, courtesy of the Sands, filled with top-shelf scotch, a jury seeing markers he signed one night at 9:20pm, for $100,000, at 9:45pm for another $100,000, another $100,000 at 10:05pm, his signature after each transaction barely recognizable proved no malice or liability on behalf of the Sands. In the end, he lost it all, by his estimate more than $20 million at Resorts International and $14 million at the Sands. In 1996, on his 81st birthday, Tose was evicted from his seven-bedroom Villanova mansion after losing the house in a U.S. Marshal's sale.
In 1999, he told a congressional hearing on compulsive gambling that his losses totaled between $40 million and $50 million. He spent his last years alone in a downtown hotel room after his home in Philadelphia's upscale Main Line district was confiscated for unpaid taxes. Mr. Tose died in his sleep in the hospice wing of St. Agnes Medical Center in Philadelphia on April 15, 2003. He was 88.
I have yet to hear back from that Jewish origination, but in the meantime I’m adding more names to the list.See More
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