By running one of the biggest casino businesses in Britain, you may think that Peter Brooks would at least try and sell the idea of gambling when he gives interviews. So it was a bit weird to see the quoted in ThisIsMoney.co.uk as saying that gambling is too scary for him. “I have the same hesitation as other people do,” he is quoted. “Once you start, is it going to be OK? So I don’t even put my foot in.” Strange, coming from a guy who is part of a multinational conglomerate that owns 44 casinos in the UK alone, and who once owned a stake in a horse-racing syndicate. I liked the fact, though, that Brooks started out wanting to be become an attorney and even studied law at Southampton University. Talk about being a walking paradox …
And on the subject of horse racing:
“David Beckham decides to go horse riding. Although he has had no previous experience he skillfully mounts the horse and appears in complete command of the situation as the horse gallops along at a steady pace, Victoria admiringly watching her husband. After a short time David becomes a little casual and he begins to lose his grip in the saddle, he panics and grabs the horse round the neck shouting for it to stop. Victoria starts to scream and shout for someone to help her husband as David has by this time slipped completely out of the saddle and is only saved from hitting the ground by the fact that he still has a grip on the horse’s neck. David decides that his best chance is to leap away from the horse, but his foot has become entangled in one of the stirrups. As the horse gallops along David’s head is banging on the ground and he is slipping into unconsciousness. Victoria is now frantic and screams and screams for help!! Hearing her screams, the Tesco Security Guard comes out of the store and unplugs the horse!”
