Did Roman Abramovich Lose A Yacht In A Poker Game?

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
May 5th 2009 at 7:01PM

Few people in the world attract rumors of wealth and profligate spending like Roman Abramovich (he's been accused of buying the world's most expensive house and the first Airbus A380 both of which turned out to be untrue). The latest story has the Russian billionaire losing one of his yachts in a game of poker. A Moscow paper said that he lost a $500,000 yacht in a game of poker in Barcelona. The Russian newspaper reported that Abramovich's gorgeous girlfriend, Daria Zhukova has a problem with his gambling. Did it happen? Abramovich spokesman John Mann told AFP that the story is completely false and that Abramovich had not been in Barcelona for the Chelsea match. Abramovich does seem to have a certain love of risktaking and he did once give a yacht to one of his trusted associates as a gift so a story like this wouldn't be totally out of character which is how these rumors get started.

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