Former Mayor of San Diego Gambled a Billion Dollars on Video Poker
Former Mayor Maureen O'Conner and her attorney Video Poker can be quite engaging. It's one of those games that will will let you think you're winning when you're really losing your ass. Most people know that there is a strategy to the game - but few actually know the strategy and fewer still have the bankroll to support the game even if they did. But since it is a game of cards, and there is some similarity to poker strategy, you can usually play for a long time on what money you have. The former mayor of San Diego started plying the game in 1994 and she wanted to make sure that she had the bankroll to support her passion. This post comes to us from Emma G. Gallegos in News, Posted on February 15, 2013 and it illustrates how the game of video poker never ends - if you can find the money to play it. San Diego's former beloved mayor and the late wife of Jack In The Box's founder gambled $1 billion of her fortune on video poker over the course of a decade.