One of President Trump’s biggest political adversaries stunned the political world after revealing that he won an unusual amount of money gambling in Las Vegas last year.
As The New York Times reported, Illinois Democratic Governor JB Pritzker released his 2024 tax returns on Wednesday as rumors circulate about him as a 2028 presidential candidate.
The returns revealed that Pritzker and his wife reported $10.7 million in adjusted gross income. But the biggest shock was the fact that he won $1.4 million playing blackjack in Las Vegas in just one trip.
Such an amount is surprising, especially considering Pritzker is not a professional gambler.
Pritzker, though, told reporters Thursday that there was nothing nefarious and that it was just his lucky night at the casino.
“I went on vacation with my wife, with some friends, I was incredibly lucky,” a smiling Pritzer claimed at a press conference. “You have to be in order to end up ahead in a casino anywhere.”
“I like to play cards. I founded a charitable poker match here in Chicago called the Chicago Poker Challenge that has raised millions of dollars for the Holocaust museum,” he said in an apparent attempt to tone down any accusations of cheating.
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JB Pritzker says he won $1.4 million playing BlackJack on just one trip to Las Vegas last year:
“I went on vacation with my wife, with some friends, I was incredibly lucky.” pic.twitter.com/gqAft8Xii6
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) October 16, 2025
Social media users were not buying his explanation, however. Many questioned not only whether he actually won that much but also whether there was a more sinister reason no one wanted to talk about.
How much to do you have to be throwing down at a blackjack table to win $1.4m on a vacation?
— GTI4700 (@AAL2153) October 16, 2025
— Jennyphus (@scorpius2023) October 16, 2025
Smells like bullshit!
— 45TrumpsAll ❤️ (@funsizedspud) October 16, 2025
How was the $$$ laundered to him?
— RedPillWatcher (@RedPillWatcher) October 16, 2025
The easiest way to a kick back.
— Dave Lee Rothenstien, Esq. (@DLRothenstien) October 16, 2025
Usual way to money launder graft money.
— Patrick (@SpeedRacerJak) October 16, 2025
As TGP readers know, the billionaire Pritzker has burst into the public spotlight with his insane resistance to Trump’s immigration policies.
For example, he has relentlessly smeared ICE agents and tried to stop them from arresting illegal aliens. These include some of the most violent criminals in America.
Pritzker has even threatened to prosecute ICE agents after Trump leaves office.
Pritzker no doubt hopes that any other information about his trip to Vegas stays there. We all know a certain former casino owner would be interested in digging up the whole story.