Jimmy White net worth: Jimmy White is an English professional snooker player who has a net worth of $9 million. Jimmy White was born in Tooting, England in May 1962. He is nicknamed "The Whirlwind" as well as the "People's Champion". White is a six time World Championship finalist. He won the 1980 World Amateur Championship, the 2009 Six-red Grand Prix championship, the 2010 World Seniors Championship, and the 1984 World Doubles Championship with Alex Higgins. Jimmy White has also won the UK Championship, the Nations Cup, and the masters. He became the first left handed player to record a maximum break at the World Championship and was the second player in history to do so. His highest career ranking ins #2 and he has won nearly five million pounds. He is also a talented pool and poker player and was awarded an MBE in 1999. His autobiography was released in 2014.

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Fatlip net worth: Fatlip is an American hip hop artist who has a net worth of $1 million. Fatlip was born in Los Angeles, California in March 1968. He was a member of the hip hop group The Pharcyde. Fatlip released his debut solo studio album The Loneliest Punk in 2005. The Pharcyde formed in 1989 and Fatlip was the last member to join. Their debut studio album Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde was released in 1992 and was certified Gold in the US. It reached #23 on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart, #58 ok the UK Albums chart, and #75 on the Billboard 200 chart. The Pharcyde released the album Labcabincalifornia in 1995 which reached #17 on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart and #37 on the Billboard 200 chart. Their single "Passin' Me By" reached #1 on the US Rap chart. The group's single "Runnin'" reached #5 on the US Rap chart as did their single "Drop" and their song "She Said" reached #3 on the US Rap chart.

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Ron O'Neal net worth: Ron O'Neal was an American actor, director, and screenwriter who had a net worth of $800 thousand. Ron O'Neal was born in Utica, New York in September 1937 and passed away in January 2004. He made his debut in the 1970 film Move and became well known after starring in the 1972 movie Super Fly. O'Neal starred as H.H. on the television series Bring 'Em Back Alive from 1982 to 1983. He also had recurring roles on the TV series The Equalizer and A Different World. Ron O'Neal also appeared in several films including The Master Gunfighter, A Force of One, When a Stranger Calls, The Final Countdown, St. Helens, Red Dawn, Original Gangstas, and more. He wrote and directed the 1973 film Super Fly T.N.T. and directed the movie Up Against the Wall in 1991. Ron O'Neal passed away on January 14, 2004 at 66 years old from pancreatic cancer.

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Bradley S. Jacobs net worth: Bradley S. Jacobs is an American businessman who has a net worth of $1.6 billion. Bradley S. Jacobs was born in Providence, Rhode Island in August 1956. He serves as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of XPO Logistics, Inc. Jacobs is also the managing director of Jacobs Private Equity, LLC. He often consolidates companies in the areas of equipment rental, waste management, transportation, and logistics. Jacobs has led about 500 acquisitions and raised more than $20 billion in capital. He graduated from Northfield Mount Herman School, Bennington College, and Brown University. Bradley S. Jacobs is also the co-founder of United Rentals, the founder of United Waste Systems and Hamilton Resources, and the co-founder of Amerex Oil Associates. He was inducted into the American Rental Association's Hall of Fame in 2009 and named American Shipper's Person of the Year in 2015. In 2018 he was ranked as the 7^th Top CEO in France by Glassdoor

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Mega-successful motivational speaker Tony Robbins has amassed a huge personal fortune over his career in the business he pioneered, but his relationship to wealth is also defined by how he grew up, which influences his attitude towards money to this day. As he recently explained in a CNBC interview:

"I grew up dirt poor… We were always broke and trying to get by… early in my life, I thought, 'I'm going to make enough money that my family will never have to worry about this. I'm going to find a way to succeed.'"

And succeed he has. On the subject of his success, he spoke on some of the biggest, and more importantly, most memorable financial splurges of his life. He says the biggest one happened early in his career when he was in his mid 20s:

"I was about 24, 25 years old… I'd built a company that had become pretty successful and I had a really amazing economic month where I made half a million dollars in a month, which was incredible at the time.

"And I always had wanted to go to Fiji. I always wanted to have an island but I couldn't afford it. And then I saw an opportunity at a place I loved."

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So, he eventually purchased The Namale Resort and Spa in Fiji for $12.5 million. A splurge to be sure, but also a savvy investment, because now it's reportedly valued at $52 million.

Of course, as you might expect from a motivational speaker, Robbins is quick to point out that the concept of a splurge is tied not to its financial numbers but to the meaning it has for the splurger:

"I've had the privilege to have a plane and do all kinds of things and they all have added value in my life in some way, but the greatest splurges are the ones where you splurge on the people you love because that has infinite value, infinite joy to you, and even when they're gone it will bring joy to your life."

So if you're going to splurge, try to splurge on your people rather than yourself – you may be glad you did in the future.

Read more: Tony Robbins Shares His Most Memorable Splurges

The global economy is marked by a seemingly infinite fractal of sometimes contradictory indicators, so much so that anyone with an agenda can usually spin it as being in good or bad shape depending on their aims (and on who exactly benefits from an economy that's going well or badly). But one interesting indicator can be found in the combined wealth of the richest people in the world, 500 of whom saw a total loss of $511 billion over the course of 2018.

That drop leaves their combined wealth at $4.7 trillion, so we are of course still talking about massively wealthy individuals with more money than could ever be spent in any given number of lifetimes. But the back half of 2018 has still been a rough economic period, with a combination of stock market selloffs wiping out all the gains made in the first half of the year.

Of all those billionaires, it was Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg who saw the biggest single loss, perhaps not a surprise given the social media platform's steady stream of PR nightmares in 2018. His fortune saw a total of $23 billion slough off throughout the year.

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Not everyone saw a net loss in 2018, of course, but even the year's biggest gainer – Amazon founder Jeff Bezos – was an occupant of a steep and fast financial roller coaster all year. In September, his fortune hit its peak for the year, with a total gain of some $69 billion, but then he saw most of those gains erased when it plunged $53 billion after that. That net gain of $16 billion represents the biggest growth any individual's fortune had in 2018.

Katie Nixon is the chief investment officer at Northern Trust Wealth Management, and for Bloomberg she summed up how investors feel about the market at the tail end of the year:

"As of late, investor anxiety has run high… We do not expect a recession, but we are mindful of the downside risks to global growth."

Hopefully for everyone's sake, the financial fortunes of the world's richest people are not in fact an indication that a recession is on the way.

Read more: The 500 Richest People In The World Lost A Total Of $511 Billion In 2018

David Copperfield is the first billionaire-magician in history. He's as good at making money as he is at making things disappear! He is the most commercially successful magician of all time. Over the last three decades, he has managed to amass an astounding $1 billion personal net worth. Though his magic shows are the most profitable of all time, impressively, David Copperfield's billion dollar net worth doesn't come from illusions alone. Thanks to incredibly shrewd investments and acquisitions, David has managed to build an incredibly valuable financial empire that includes real estate, restaurants, merchandise and even magic memorabilia! Before we get into that magic memorabilia collection, which is quite impressive, let's take a look at other facets of David Copperfield's career, investments, and fortune.

David Copperfield is an exciting performer who works the stage and his magic to the delight of audiences. His Las Vegas shows and world tours have sold more than 40 million tickets and grossed more than $4 billion in revenue. He has sold more tickets than any other solo performer in history, earning him one of his 11 Guinness World Records. To put that in perspective, David Copperfield, a magician, has sold more tickets than Madonna, Justin Bieber, Elvis Presley, and even Michael Jackson. His 1996 show, Dreams and Nightmares, still holds the record for the most Broadway tickets sold in a week. Ultimately, the stage production grossed more than $6 million during its five-week run.

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Copperfield's MGM Grand Hotel & Casino show has run uninterrupted for 13 years. There are as many as three shows each day, seven days a week, 42 weeks a year, in a theatre dedicated to David himself. Ticket sales gross roughly $50 million each year and that doesn't include merchandising, which, by the way, Copperfield completely controls.

Even without magic, David Copperfield would be a very wealthy man from his real estate holdings, alone. In Las Vegas, Copperfield lives in a penthouse provided to him by the MGM. He also has a mansion just off the strip. Outside of Vegas, David owns a four-story penthouse in New York City. The jewel of his real estate portfolio can be found in the Bahamas, where David owns 11 absolutely amazing private islands. Copperfield named his archipelago the Islands of Copperfield Bay. He began buying them in the early 2000s, after establishing his interest in the largest and most developed of the islands – Musha Cay. This 150-acre island set Copperfield back $55 million in 2006. The battle to buy the land lasted four years. Over the next decade, Copperfield continued to buy up the 10 neighboring islands, then sunk $40 million and five years into renovations to build his own version of fantasy island complete with a staff of 30, a vanishing drive-in movie theater on the beach, and furniture flown in from all over the world – including Harry Houdini's pool table. The property rents out for $37,500 per night to moguls like Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey, and Sergey Brin. All told, the 11 islands comprise 700-acres and are worth more than $100 million.

David Copperfield's Midtown Manhattan penthouse is located just south of Central Park. The home is 10,000 square feet across four floors with an additional 6,000 square feet of terraces and rooftop gardens. The home has 18 rooms and a glass-enclosed indoor lap pool. In 1997, the penthouse cost Copperfield $7.4 million. Today, it is valued at more than $60 million when compared to comparable properties in the neighborhood. Copperfield's Manhattan penthouse also houses the illusionist's 300 antique arcade games and life-sized antique mannequins, which he has hanging suspended from the living room walls.

Now, on to Copperfield's magic memorabilia. David owns the world's largest collection of magic memorabilia. The collection contains more than 150,000 items and books with especially valuable items from Harry Houdini, Georges Melies, and the father of modern magic, Robert Houdin. The collection is housed in a 40,000 square foot warehouse located several miles off the Las Vegas Strip. The collection is irreplaceable and priceless. It is also open only to fellow magicians, historians, academics, and actors researching roles. He rarely opens the collection to a member of the media.

Copperfield's International Museum and Library of the Conjuring Arts sounds like something out of the Harry Potter universe. His collection is truly priceless, but to put some numbers on it, he's spent upwards of $200 million to assemble everything. That $200 million includes a monumental restoration process and safety precautions such as fireproofing the warehouse. Analysts have valued the collection at a mind-boggling $500 million. That $500 million is assuming you can even put a price on items such as Harry Houdini's straight jacket, artifacts from 19th century magicians, and the Best Director Oscar for Casablanca.

The collection began in 1991 when Copperfield purchased the Mulholland Library of Conjuring and the Allied Arts for $2.2 million at a savings-and-loan bailout auction. The key to this acquisition was that it was the largest collection of Houdini memorabilia available. Copperfield's collection contains such priceless artifacts as Houdini's Water Torture Cabinet, the straight jacket he escaped from, the very first "origami" box a "lovely assistant" was put into and cut into pieces, and more. The collection and hushed atmosphere of the warehouse demands respect.

Copperfield is by far the most dominant collector of magic memorabilia. But it isn't just the work of others or toys from past generations, his museum is also an archive of his own work. Housed within is every press clipping, trick, prop, and costume David Copperfield has ever worn in a show. These account for about 62,000 items in the warehouse. There are posters on every wall, from every generation, including the sole surviving poster of Herrmann the Great, a French magician practicing in the latter half of the 19th century. That poster alone is valued at more than $60,000.

Copperfield owns the original Howdy Doody dolls and Shari Lewis' Lamb Chop puppet, which hang from the wall, grinning maniacally and staring you down. Robert Houdin's mystery clocks and automatons dating back to the late 19th century are also housed in Copperfield's collection, including the Singing Lesson – an over 100-year old machine valued at $1 million that teaches a robotic bird how to sing.

Between ticket sales, real estate, and his magic memorabilia collection, David Copperfield is personally worth $1 billion. When you combine the escalating value of real estate and the $50-60 million he makes every year off performances alone, you can start to understand how David Copperfield became the world's very first billionaire magician. It is a feat that even Harry Houdini himself would have to have seen to believe.

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When billionaire Michael Bloomberg last ran for reelection as mayor of New York City in 2009, he spent about $100 million of his own money to secure a victory. Now, CNBC reports that Bloomberg is ready, willing, and possibly even eager to spend a minimum of that amount should he decide to enter the 2020 presidential race and attempt to defeat incumbent President Donald Trump.

Howard Wolfson, Bloomberg's chief political advisor, explained the rather obvious reasoning behind this notion in an email:

"Mike spent more than $100 million in his last mayor's race. Last time I looked, NYC is a fraction of the size of the country as a whole."

Bloomberg reportedly dropped $110 million on contributions to various Democratic candidates during the 2018 midterms, so it stands to reason he would be ready to cough up at least that much for his own presidential campaign, if such a thing occurs. If it does, the famously wealthy Bloomberg would have a strong financial advantage over other Democratic front-runners like former VP Joe Biden, and Senators Cory Booker, Elizabeth Warren, and Kamala Harris.

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Notably, such a sum would also put Bloomberg ahead of Trump's 2016 campaign, into which he put a reported $66 million of his own money. But it will take more than money for Bloomberg to have a real shot at the White House, because recent opinion polling shows he has quite a bit of ground to make up among self-identified Democrats compared to the slate of competition for 2020:

"In the latest Quinnipiac University poll, Bloomberg had an overall unfavorable rating of 32 percent, and 19 percent of Democrats participating viewed him negatively. However, 44 percent of those who were asked about their perception of Bloomberg said they haven't heard enough to make a decision."

You may recall that Bloomberg also considered a run for president in 2016, but opted to stay out in part for fear of acting as a spoiler in Trump's favor.

Read more: Michael Bloomberg Reportedly Prepared To Spend At Least $100M On Presidential Campaign If He Runs

Nancy Pelosi has been serving the residents of California in various capacities in Washington D.C. for more than 30 years. On January 4th, 2019 she took the gavel as the 52nd Speaker of the House. When not in D.C., the 78-year-old Democrat maintains multiple residences in Northern California. She and her husband Paul own a mansion in San Francisco and an idyllic vineyard estate 65 miles north of San Francisco on the Napa River. The couple's neighbors know when the Washington D.C. power couple is in town by the line of luxury black SUVs making their way up the Pelosi's driveway on Zinfandel Lane. Everyone from California former Governor Jerry Brown to former Google CEO Eric Schmidt have hobnobbed at the Pelosi's California estate. All of this got us wondering about Nancy Pelosi's net worth. How rich are the Pelosis and how did they amass their fortune? Clearly, her government salary of $223,500 is nice, but not enough to amass a personal net worth that can afford a luxurious vineyard estate and mansions up and down the state…

Nancy Pelosi Net Worth: According to her most recent government wealth disclosure, Nancy's net worth ranges somewhere between $42 million and $202 million.

Congressional financial disclosure laws allow elected officials to report broad ranges for their assets and liabilities. The firm Roll Call does an analysis of lawmakers financial disclosure forms and puts Pelosi's minimum net worth at $29.3 million. We here at Celebrity Net Worth peg her current net worth at $120 million.

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An example of this broad range is evident in the value for Pelosi's St. Helena, California estate on Zinfandel Lane. The property is valued at between $5,000,001 and $25 million according to her financial disclosure forms. Interestingly, she makes between $5,001 and $15,000 from the sale of the grapes grown in their vineyard and collects between $15,001 and $50,000 in rent from a townhouse she and her husband own in Napa Valley. Another rental property brings in up to $50,000 in the ski resort town of Norden, California. That property is noted as being worth between $1,000,001 and $5 million.

The vast majority of Pelosi's assets are attributable to her husband Paul Pelosi. Paul owns a venture capital, financial consulting and real estate firm called Financial Leasing Services, INC. Thanks to Paul, the Pelosis own large stakes in companies like Facebook, Apple, Comcast, Shutterfly and the Walt Disney Co. Paul Pelosi also owns a few office buildings in San Francisco and commercial properties around California. In 2009 Paul spent $10 million to buy the Oakland Invaders United Football League team. The team, which was soon relocated and renamed the Sacramento Mountain Lions, was eventually shut down.

Something else to keep in mind, members of Congress are not required to include their annual salary on their financial disclosure forms. They also do not have to list any property they own that they don't earn income on. For example, if Pelosi bought one of her five children a $10 million home in San Francisco she wouldn't have to disclose it unless she made her kid pay rent. Officially, Nancy Pelosi reports having $13.46 million in liabilities, which includes mortgages on seven properties.

All these wide price ranges can be confusing.

Nancy Pelosi represents possibly the safest Democratic district in the county with democrats having held the seat since 1949. No Republican has made a serious bid for the seat since the early 1960s, and she has been reelected more than 10 times with no serious opposition, winning with an average of 80% of the total votes.

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Last night, a new six-part docuseries about R. Kelly debuted on Lifetime. The show features interviews with several of Kelly's former girlfriends, his ex-wife and celebrities who detail the artist's alleged acts of sexual misconduct. The show, which is titled "Surviving R. Kelly", revisits allegations that range from predatory behavior to pedophilia dating back nearly two decades. Mr. Kelly's lawyers sent Lifetime a legal threat yesterday asking them not to air the program, claiming it is full of lies and potential defamation. Lifetime ignored the threat. I haven't watched part 1 yet, but it is on my DVR.

One big question people are clearly asking today (based on our internal traffic stats) is what is R. Kelly's net worth right now? Here's a guy who has been the driving force behind millions of albums and single sales. He's an incredibly successful songwriter and producer. He's been a part of massively successful world tours. Surely he is extremely rich today, right? Well… not so fast. Let's dive into what we know.

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Let's start with some basic backstory. Robert Sylvester Kelly was born on January 8, 1967 in Chicago. He earned his big break when he won a $100,000 prize on the television talent show Big Break. Kelly signed with Jive Records in 1991 and released the album "Born into the 90s" with his group Public Announcement in 1993. Soon after, he released his solo debut "12 Play", which was eventually certified six times platinum. At the same time, he began a career producing records for others, including the debut album of the teenage pop singer Aaliyah. In 1995, his album "R. Kelly" sold four million copies. Soon after, his single "I Believe I Can Fly" topped the charts and won three Grammy Awards. Kelly released a series of multi-platinum albums in the 2000s, as well as the multi-part hip-hop opera Trapped in the Closet, which he released to radio stations in short portions.

As of this writing, Kelly has has released 17 studio albums, five compilation albums and five collaboration albums. In addition to his three Grammys, Kelly has won dozens of awards including several AMAs, a BET award and a many Billboard awards.

Kelly's solo work has sold 75 million albums and singles worldwide to date.

His producing career has been just as successful. Over the decades he has produced hundreds of songs for other artists, some of which became extremely successful. He has produced songs for Michael Jackson, Britney Spears, Toni Braxton, The Isley Brothers, Mary J. Blige, Celine Dion, Luther Vandross… just to name a few.

Financial and Legal Problems:

Had R. Kelly never experienced any legal problems, his net worth would easily top $150-200 million today. Unfortunately, as of this writing we peg his net worth at just $1 million. Where'd the money go?

Over the years, Kelly has reportedly paid tens of millions of dollars to allegedly settle dozens of lawsuits made by women who claimed they were abused by the singer. His career has also been negatively impacted in a major way which has made it very difficult for him to earn a steady income. In 2012, it was revealed that Kelly owed $5 million in unpaid taxes dating back seven years. In 2013, he lost a house to foreclosure. In 2017, Kelly was forced to cancel an entire tour due to slow ticket sales after new allegations surfaced.

He also reportedly lost a large portion of his net worth, potentially as much as $40 million in property and assets, after divorcing Andrea Lee. Robert and Andrea were married from from 1996-2009, the most lucrative years of his career.

In July 2018, R. Kelly released a 19 minute song on Spotify where he addressed many of his allegations. On this song, Kelly claimed to be broke and needed to tour "just to pay rent". He also admited to owing the IRS $20 million at one time and being forced to borrow several million dollars from his label to pay bills. His financial struggles are compounded by the fact that he can't tour in many countries oversees because of his controversies and his U.S. tours are frequently blocked by protests. Furthermore, Spotify and other streaming services have stopped serving his songs in public playlists.

What do you think of R. Kelly? Are you watching the Lifetime series?

Read more: R. Kelly's Net Worth Is Way Lower Than You'd Assume

Al Albert net worth and salary: Al Albert is an American sportscaster who has a net worth of $3 million. Al Albert was born in Brooklyn, New York. He is the brother of Marv Albert and Steve Albert and the cousin of Kenny Albert. He has worked as a sportscaster and announcer for the NBA's New York Nets as well as the Denver Nuggets. Al Albert also worked for USA Network on their NBA cove rage. He served as a play-by-play announcer for the Indiana Pacers. Albert was a blow-by-blow announcer for the series Tuesday Night Fights. He was invited to training camp by the NHL's New York Rangers and played one season for the Toledo Blades. He started his career in Denver and later worked in New York for the Nets and Islanders. Albert was known as the voice of the Denver Nuggets for 21 years before going to work for the Pacers. He received the Sam Taub Award in 1995 for boxing broadcasting journalism.

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Angelo Cataldi net worth: Angelo Cataldi is an American sports radio personality who has a net worth of $1.5 million. Angelo Cataldi was born in Providence, Rhode Island in March 1951. He works for 94 WIP-FM in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has also written for the Philadelphia Inquirer. In 1981 he was one of only two reporters who covered the first 32 innings of what was the longest professional baseball game in history. Cataldi was one half of the radio duo Brookie and the Rookie. He has been behind movements such as Honk for Herschel to help the Philadelphia Eagles sign Herschel Walker. Angelo Cataldi co-authored The Great Philadelphia Sports Debate and has been nominated for two Pulitzer Prize Awards. He was inducted into the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia Hall of Fame in 2012. He announced that his home in New Jersey was for sale in 2014 and that he would be moving to the West coast.

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Gregory Maguire net worth: Gregory Maguire is an American novelist who has a net worth of $12 million. Gregory Maguire was born in Albany, New York in June 1954. He has authored several books for children starting with The Lightning Time in 1978 and including The Daughter of the Moon, Lights on the Lake, The Dream Stealer, The Peace and Quiet Diner, I Feel like the Morning Star, Lucas Fishbone, Missing Sisters, Oasis, The Good Liar, Crabby Cratchitt, Leaping Beauty: And Other Animal Fair Tales, What-the-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy, Missing Sisters, and Egg and Spoon. He also authored the children's series The Hamlet Chronicles including Seven Spiders Pinning, Six Haunted Hairdos, Five Alien Elves, Four Stupid Cupids, Three Rotten Eggs, A Couple of April Fools, and One Final Firecracker. Gregory Maguire has authored the adult novels Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, Lost, Mirror, Mirror, The Next Queen of Heaven, Tales Told in Oz, After Alice, Hiddensee, and The Wicked Years series which includes Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of Oz.

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In a scenario that every single person who's ever been inside a casino has imagined happening to them, a man known only as Harold M visiting the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa in Atlantic City is now a millionaire (at least before taxes) thanks to a winning bet of only five bucks.

Harold M's game of choice is Three Card Poker, and according to a recent post on the Borgata's official Facebook account he put five dollars on a "6 Card Bonus" bet. He ended up with an astronomically rare Royal Straight Flush of Diamonds with a nice round $1,000,000. And no, "astronomically" is not an exaggeration. As per the post, the odds of getting such a hand in this game come to 1 in 20,348,320. And the casino says that Harold's winning bet is the first time anyone had every won it in its 15 year history. Here's the full text of the post:

"Christmas came early for Harold M. of Lakewood, NJ yesterday! 

He bet $5.00 on the Three Card Poker "6 Card Bonus" bet and hit a 6 card Royal Straight Flush of Diamonds for a $1,000,000 win. This is the first time this bet has hit at Borgata and experts at wizardofodds.com confirm that the odds of hitting the 6 card Bonus Royal Flush are 1 in 20,348,320."

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Harold's winning hand came after he was dealt the 10, the queen, and the ace of diamonds, and the dealer got a nine, a jack, and a king of diamonds, adding up to a million dollar jackpot.

Harold M's full identity hasn't been released, but his picture is in the casino's Facebook post so he's clearly not too shy or interested in staying completely anonymous. And it's a sure bet that everyone he knows in his hometown of Lakewood, NJ are already aware of his outrageously unlikely casino poker winnings.

Read more: Man Becomes A Millionaire By Placing A $5 Poker Bet

Cash is king, it is often said, but that generally refers to cash holding its face value over time, not growing in value as a collectors' item. But when a certain run of bills become rare enough to attract collectors, they can grow far beyond their original value as legal tender. One notable example of this is one of the sole remaining thousand dollar "Macy notes" from 1891, which next year will hit the auction block courtesy of Stacks Bowers Galleries and is estimated to be worth as much as $3 million.

The "Macy note" gets its name from U.S. Senator William Macy, whose likeness adorns the bill. It was originally part of a series of about 1,500 $1,000 bills printed by the Treasury in 1891, but now only a single bill survives, hence its extremely high value to collectors of rare bills and currency. Back then, the bills weren't intended to go into circulation, but were instead "used as a sort of proto-wire transfer among banks," as per Stacks Bowers' director of currency Peter Treglia, who explained the bill's significance to Bloomberg:

"Back then, currency changed so frequently that the 1891 bills only circulated for two to three years… It would have cost just over face value in the 1940s,"

Since then, the Macy note only became of interest to collectors relatively recently. One Macy note is part of the Smithsonian's collection, and another was first sold as a rarity (rather than a piece of currency) in the 1970s. And, again per Treglia, the rest of those 1,500 bills are likely lost forever:

"I'd bet a lot of money that another one of these notes won't turn up… Things are discovered all the time, but not of this magnitude."

The Macy note going up for auction in February is the property of famed currency collector Joel R. Anderson, who is liquidating his collection with Stacks Bowers to the tune of $26,184,240 and counting so far. The bill's pre-sale estimate is from $2 million to $3 million, but Treglia says that Anderson hopes it will be worth more for a very specific reason:

"When we were brokering the deal, the seller wanted to break the world record… But in 2014, another banknote sold for just under $3.3 million, and the current estimate is where we feel the market is."

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The auction of this 1891 Macy note will happen between Feb. 28 and March 3 in Baltimore, and will be the first time this bill has ever been publicly up for sale.

Read more: This $1,000 Dollar Bill Could Sell For $3 Million

The undisputed Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin, has already served as sad evidence of the first part of the old "death and taxes" expression, and now TMZ is reporting that the IRS is here to fill in the second part. The agency has reportedly filed a lien for a total of $7.8 million in back taxes and penalties stemming from 2012 to 2018. That $7.8 million is the sum of $6.3 million in back taxes, plus another $1.5 million in various penalties.

It's not clear how the IRS could demand taxes from a year that wasn't even over yet when the documents were filed, but that's not the only confusing thing about the situation. David Bennett is an attorney for the Franklin Estate, and he says that they're disputing the IRS's claims and that the vast majority of her debts to Uncle Sam were paid off by the singer before she died. The short and sweet capper to his statement: "The Estate is diligently working to resolve any remaining issues."

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Unfortunately for those managing Franklin's finances following her death, those remaining issues aren't their only financial woes. She reportedly owed about $54,000 in various legal fees to her attorney Gregory Reed when she died for legal services rendered over the last six years. He says the last payment he got from Franklin was for about ten grand back in 2012, and in October he filed a lien of his own to get the debt paid. Bennett also released a statement regarding that case:

"David J. Bennett, Esq., the attorney for The Aretha Franklin Estate is aware that Mr. Gregory Reed recently filed a claim and Mr. Bennett is looking into the matter."

As if that weren't enough, there's also a music publishing company in the mix that says they're owed $136,000 in royalties for Franklin's 1973 recording of the song "Angel."

Read more: The IRS Says The Late Aretha Franklin Owes $7.8 Million In Back Taxes And Penalties

Sparkle Net Worth: Sparkle is an American R&B singer who has a net worth of $600 thousand. Sparkle was born Stephanie Edwards on May 13, 1975 in Chicago, Illinois. She got started in music by singing with her family and in her church's gospel choir. She got a big break when she was discovered by R&B megastar R. Kelly in 1989. She was quickly signed to Kelly's Rockland record label. Her 1998 self-titled debut album reached #2 on the Billboard 200, making her to only artist to release a hit record on Rockland. The album was soon certified platinum. Her biggest hit from the record was a duet with R. Kelly called "Be Careful". Sparkle's second album struggled after she and Kelly had creative differences. She was released from Rockland and the album, which was titled "Told You So", was released to little fanfare on Motown Records. In 2002, the Chicago police alerted Sparkle to a sex tape which allegedly featured her 14 year old niece and R. Kelly. Sparkle subsequently testified at R. Kelly's criminal trial. More recently she provided background vocals for Toni Braxton's Vegas show and in January 2019 Sparkle was one of the main commentators on the Lifetime docuseries "Surviving R. Kelly".

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Shaquille O'Neal first became a worldwide celebrity as part of the Orlando Magic roster, but now he's reportedly moved to Atlanta and is listing his Shaq-sized mansion in Orlando for $21.9 million – after first listing it back in May for $28 million. And as you might expect for The House That Shaq Built, it's a truly unique living space with plenty of bells and whistles.

How big is Shaq-sized? The home measures in at 35,000 square feet, but it's O'Nealean in its intangible proportions as well, with one-of-a-kind touches like the 6,000-square-foot indoor basketball court personalized as "Shaq Center," and a living room with a giant wall-sized mural depicting a large diesel semi-truck with Shaq's signature Superman logo actually sticking out of the wall and charging towards the viewer. As per the Sotheby's International listing for the house:

"The astonishing estate was designed with lake views in mind for almost every room. Other highlights include gated entry, full house Crestron technology, 17 plus car garages with showroom details, 3 fireplaces, walk-in humidor and wine storage, two story ceilings, 15 feet in depth pool with rock wall water feature, summer kitchen, custom chef's kitchen, covered cabana and 10-foot privacy wall."

The main level of the house has an expansive guest area with five suites, and on the second level you'll find Shaq's 900-square-foot master bedroom, as well as a bathroom complete with a urinal. Then there's the ancient Egyptian themed "aquarium-style room" with a triangular saltwater fish tank for any exotic fish viewing needs, and another fish tank sporting another Superman logo. For more exciting viewing, there's the home theater, currently adorned with posters from films like Reservoir Dogs, The Wolverine, The Godfather, and of course a few Superman titles (I don't see any movies starring Shaq, however).

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The garage is expansive enough for 17+ cars, and the house has room for all manner of Shaquenalia (presumably not included with the purchase price). You can take a look at the Shaq Palace in the real estate video below:

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Charles S. Cohen net worth: Charles S. Cohen is an American real estate developer and film producer who has a net worth of $200 million. Charles S. Cohen was born in Manhattan, New York in February 1952. He graduated from Tufts University and earned his J.D. from Brooklyn Law School. Charles S. Cohen is the President and CEO of Cohen Brothers Realty Corporation. He has produced many films including Frozen River, Just Like a Woman, What is Cinema?, Two Men in Town, My Old Lady, Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles, Hitchcock/Truffaut, Faces Places, Rodin, Red Trees, The Insult, Gauguin: Voyage to Tahiti, Spiral, Benji, The Great Buster, and The Aspern Papers. He formed the Cohen Media Group in 2008 and serves as the chairman and CEO. The company has become the largest American distributor of French films in the U.S. He served as the chairman of the Federal Law Enforcement Foundation from 1991 to 1993.

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Dash Mihok net worth: Dash Mihok is an American actor who has a net worth of $3 million. Dash Mihok was born in New York City, New York in May 1974. From 1966 to 1967 he starred as Joey Caraldo on the television series Pearl. Mihok had a recurring role as Lynn McKennan on the TV series Felicity in 1999. In 2012 he starred as Pete on the series Greetings from Home. One of his best known roles has come starring as Bunchy Donovan on the television series Ray Donovan starting in 2013. As of this writing he has appeared in 66 episodes of the Showtime series. He has also appeared in several films including Sleepers, Romeo + Juliet, The Thin Red Line, The Perfect Storm, The Guru, Connie and Carla, The Day After Tomorrow, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, I Am Legend, Punisher: War Zone, Silver Linings Playbook, and more. Dash Mihok won a Satellite Award for Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble for The Thin Red Line in 1999.

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