Not the Robin Hood of Nottingham, England.   And not the Robin Hood of poker rakeback.    But Robin Hood in Sin City!   It’s not really the place that you would expect to find a real life Robin Hood, but an anonymous individual has changed lives with his generous donations in the past year or so.   The Las Vegas Blackjack Player began a campaign to reward kindly families that had fallen on hard times.   Going by the name of Robin Hood 702 with 702 being the area code for Las Vegas they set out to win money from wealthy casinos and then pass those winnings on to a family in need.   A website was created and people were asked to submit their information if they wanted to be considered for selection.

Understandably the website was inundated with applications from people who had been experiencing hard times. The one consideration for the financial assistance was that you had a debt of between 25,000 and 50,000 US Dollars. After ploughing through thousands of entries from families, the mysterious benefactor opted for a family who had unfortunately had a huge hospital bill to pay due to their daughter’s cancer treatment.   They also selected a second family. He then gave away a total of 55,000 US Dollars between the families. Our modern day Robin then kindly treated the families to a paid trip to Las Vegas with all expenses being covered.

To add to the uniqueness of this story, the blackjack player has funded all the games he plays himself.   He apparently did approach casinos for assistance in funding the plan but was turned away. He has no intention of revealing his true identify and is in no way looking for any fame.

He has also been adamant that he uses no cheating in his games and denies card counting or any other strategies to win.   Our modern day Robin simply relies on luck.   Even more amazing is that he has promised to pay half of the recipient’s debt regardless of whatever occurred at the blackjack tables!

It has now reached the time where a new family is being sought and already the website has been flooded with upto 300 applications a day.

With times as hard as they are and people so careful with their money it is a joy to hear such a good news story. For the Vegas strip it is normally unknown for anybody to give anything away, but our modern day Robin Hood does just this and is an inspiration to us all.

If you don’t qualify for the special help of Robin Hood 702, get something back from your online Poker Room and try your luck at PKR Poker and maybe Pokerstars Rakeback.  You too could be enjoying big wins.