{"id":259538,"date":"2023-02-13T13:29:18","date_gmt":"2023-02-13T19:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=259538"},"modified":"2023-02-13T14:09:02","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T20:09:02","slug":"andrew-tate-does-top-g-really-own-casinos-with-the-mafia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/andrew-tate-does-top-g-really-own-casinos-with-the-mafia\/","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Tate: Does \u2018Top G\u2019 Really Own Casinos with the Mafia?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The arrest in late December of the controversial social media personality Andrew Tate on charges of human trafficking<\/a> and rape has generated much interest in the source of his wealth. This includes his claims that he owns 15 casinos in Romania in partnership with the local mafia.<\/p>\n

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Andrew Tate, above, has claimed to own 15 casinos in Romania that earn him $1 million per month. But do the claims stack up? (Image: AP<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tate, a British-American ex-champion kickboxer, has been called \u201cthe King of Toxic Masculinity\u201d for multiple comments espousing misogyny, including that women should \u201cbear responsibility\u201d for being raped.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, \u201cTop G,\u201d as he likes to be known, has legions of impressionably young male followers who aspire to his ultra-masculine gangsta lifestyle, boasting more than 4.5 million followers on Twitter.<\/p>\n

On December 30, the influencer was arrested in Bucharest, Romania<\/a>, along with his younger brother, Tristan, and two Romanian citizens, for trafficking women into his adult webcam business under threat of violence. The Tates deny the charges.<\/p>\n

Tate has said he moved to Romania because \u201ccorruption is far more accessible,\u201d and it’s easier to evade rape charges there than in the West.<\/p>\n

\u2018Hustler University\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Tate’s webcam business has been well documented, mainly by himself in his \u201cHustler University\u201d videos, where he offers \u201cbusiness\u201d tips on how to groom women for the porn industry. But his involvement with casinos is far sketchier.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe story is there were three brothers, mafia guys, who owned 400 casinos throughout eastern Europe,\u201d Tate says in one of his videos.<\/p>\n

I came up with this plan, I went to them \u2026 \u2018I\u2019ll pay to open locations, so it costs you no money to be involved. I\u2019ll give you a percentage of turnover, not profit,'” he added. “‘So even if it makes no money, you\u2019re making money because it\u2019s pure turnover. And I\u2019ll open up directly next door to your number-one competitor in Romania. So, I\u2019m going to go to war for you with my money.’\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Putting aside, for a moment, the fact that Tate perhaps unwisely publicly outed his business partners as mafia, it\u2019s unclear exactly which casinos Tate owns and why he hasn’t used his social media reach to publicize them.<\/p>\n

Tate has claimed to own 15 casinos that collectively make him $1 million per month.<\/p>\n

Tate Confidential \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/h2>\n

In a 2020 \u201cTate Confidential\u201d video, the brothers are seen entering a casino, which appears to be part of Romania\u2019s Las Vegas Games chain. Feeding money into the slots, Tate observes, \u201cBecause we own half of these places, we get half our money back.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve opened some [expletive] casinos in partnership with one of the biggest and best brands in this whole country,\u201d explained Tristan later in the video.<\/p>\n

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Investigative digging by The Guardian<\/em><\/a> has unearthed no evidence that Tate owns any casinos in Romania other than a \u201cweak historical link\u201d to a chain that operates arcade gaming machines. Since 2018, Las Vegas Games appears to be owned by an Armenian group.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Love him or hate him \u2013 and there really is no middle ground here \u2013 many of Tate\u2019s claims should be taken with a pinch of salt since he isn’t shy of making grandiose and highly suspect boasts about his wealth. After all, this is a man who claimed on a Twitch stream with Adin Ross, without apparent hyperbole, to being the \u201cworld\u2019s first trillionaire.\u201d<\/p>\n

Should Tate’s case ultimately go to trial, prosecutors may shed more light on the real scope of his wealth and his business interests in Romania.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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