Crockfords (also known as Crockfords Club or Crockfords Casino) is a

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located on

Curzon Street Curzon Street is located within the Mayfair district of London. The street is located entirely within the W1J postcode district; the eastern end is north-east of Green Park underground station. It is within the City of Westminster, running ap ...

. The casino is located near and based on the former gentlemen's club in London called Crockford's. In September 1999,

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reportedly lost £11 million ($16.5 million) at Crockfords overtaking the previous British record loss at the time of £8 million by Greek millionaire Frank Saracakis, which also occurred at Crockfords. In 2012, poker player

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, won £7.7 million after beating the casino in a session of punto banco

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, but was refused payment due to allegations of

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. Ivey admitted to edge sorting, considering it a legitimate strategy and later sued the casino, but the court ruled in favor of Crockfords, stating Ivey was "cheating under civil law". Ivey appealed this ruling, but lost his appeal in October 2017 in the UK Supreme Court.

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