Jinx

Luck is a liar. Real stories of jackpots, ruin and second chances

[Jinx @Jinxtory]

@gosh_sol_eth I’d keep it, one billion now vs owning the whole thing later is an easy call

[Jinx @Jinxtory]

@0xVaulted Brutal story. Hard to tell who the real victim was

[Jinx @Jinxtory]

@iamigorekk You mean 1990? that’s the year he played Trump

[Jinx @Jinxtory]

In 1990, a Japanese gambler nearly broke Donald Trump's casino. Two years later he was found dead in his kitchen, killed with a blade, and police never found who did it.

His name was Akio Kashiwagi. Trump wrote that he bet $250,000 a hand on baccarat, about 70 hands an hour.

In the video below: Trump in Atlantic City, 1990, the same year Kashiwagi sat down at his tables.

That January, Kashiwagi had won about $22 million at a casino in Darwin, Australia. In February, Trump invited him to Trump Plaza and gave him a penthouse and his own table. Kashiwagi left two days later up $6 million.

Trump wanted a rematch. He brought in a mathematician, who told him the longer Kashiwagi played, the worse his odds got.

In May, Kashiwagi came back. Early in the week, Trump says, he was up $9.6 million. Six days later he was down $10 million. He paid $6 million and never paid the rest.

On January 3, 1992, he was found in the kitchen of his home near Mount Fuji. He had been stabbed with something like a katana. Diamonds, antiques and $770,000 in cash were left untouched. No sign of a break-in.

The case was never solved.

He kept playing until the math caught up with him. Would you have walked away at $9.6 million?

[Jinx @Jinxtory]

@_CryptoNotes_ Honestly that’s the safest position in this story

[Jinx @Jinxtory]

@bl888m_eth Or how you end up owing $20M to casinos lol

[Jinx @Jinxtory]

@Egichzz Appreciate it, more like this coming

[Jinx @Jinxtory]

@mmoyshaa And it’s all real, that’s the craziest part

[Jinx @Jinxtory]

@GuoChaoTech Quality really dropped after launch, now paying more for worse. not cool.

[Jinx @Jinxtory]

@GuoChaoTech He was up $9.6M at one point. the rematch is what got him

[Jinx @Jinxtory]

@AIMind_Ai He did leave once, up $6M. then he came back

[Jinx @Jinxtory]

@Egichzz Makes sense, they got us twice last season at home and we're missing Pedro

[Jinx @Jinxtory]

@redgreenlog Bot grinding while you sleep is the dream. Sim account but still wild

[Jinx @Jinxtory]

@replay_0x Cool, you see exactly where each claim comes from. Stops the usual overpromising

[Jinx @Jinxtory]

@mojunel Even Paint is hackable now? Update it from the Store before you open any pics

[Jinx @Jinxtory]

@kiruwaaaaaa The fisheye sells it hard even though nothing is real

[Jinx @Jinxtory]

@0xKarmi Nice numbers, but 34x in 12 hours on memecoins feels way too clean

[Jinx @Jinxtory]

@EthanColeFiles Horrible. Poor girl left with nothing

[Jinx @Jinxtory]

@AIMind_Ai Bro the launch version actually looks good and today’s is just broken

[Jinx @Jinxtory]

@AIMind_Ai Fair take the 14 years of lying is hard to overlook

[Jinx @Jinxtory]

For 14 years, Pete Rose looked into cameras and swore he never bet on baseball. Then in 2004 he was asked one more time.

"Did you bet on baseball?"

"Yes, I did."

In the video below, you hear both. The denial, and the answer that ended it.

Rose has more hits than anyone in Major League history: 4,256. In August 1989, baseball banned him for life after an investigation found he had bet on games, including his own Cincinnati Reds.

He kept denying it on TV. John Dowd, who led the investigation, says that when he confronted Rose with the evidence, Rose told him: "I'm not that stupid."

Asked if he ever bet on his own team, he now says yes. Asked if he ever bet against it: "No. That would be the last thing I'd ever even consider."

Rose died in September 2024 at 83. In May 2025, MLB lifted his ban, ruling that a lifetime ban ends when the person dies.

He never saw it.

Would you vote him into the Hall of Fame?