Celine Dion’s Husband Likes the Slot Machines

According to Norm Clarke’s Review-Journal gossip column, Vegas Confidential, Celine Dion’s husband, Rene Angeli, is a slot machine addict. Angeli is accused of spending $1 million a week at the casino. This not only comes as a surprise to many, but some think a surprise to his wife as well.

Angeli is Dion’s manager as well as her husband, and was outed by Jan Jones the former mayor of Vegas as well as current Harrah’s Communications VP. She was using him as an example of someone who spends a lot of money at the tables and the slot machines, but can afford to. She is also the one who supposedly said that he was spending $1 million a week on the slot machines and tables.

Most assume the figures are true since she is a Harrah’s official, but since casinos are expected to keep that sort of information confidential, Jones has probably just found herself in the middle of a maelstrom. It is widely held that Vegas casinos never reveal who their high rollers are, nor do they say how much they wager.

With this piece having come out of a gossip column, one has to be someone skeptical of the validity of the piece. If it is in fact true, and he does spend somewhere around $50 million a year at the slot machines and table games, and if Dion did not know, then the columnist has just let the proverbial cat out of the bag. However, if it isn't true, and I tend to think it isn't - then someone owes Mr. Angeli and Mrs. Dion an apology.

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