Richest people in gambling & casinos
23 billionaires worth a combined $113B, ranked by Forbes real-time estimates on October 11, 2026. Miriam Adelson & family leads at $30.3B.
Ranking
| Name | Rank | Net worth | Since 2026 list | Age | Source | Country |
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| Miriam Adelson & family | 76 | $30.3B | -$7.2B | 81 | Casinos | United States |
| Johann Graf | 350 | $10.4B | -$581M | 79 | Gambling | Austria |
| Karel Komarek | 372 | $9.8B | -$538M | 57 | Oil and gas, IT, lotteries | Czech Republic |
| Denise Coates | 526 | $7.5B | -$563M | 59 | Online gambling | United Kingdom |
| Teddy Sagi | 566 | $7.1B | -$17M | 54 | Gambling software | Israel |
| Mark Scheinberg | 615 | $6.6B | +$564M | 52 | Online gambling | Canada |
| Jon Yarbrough | 617 | $6.5B | +$1.1B | 69 | Gambling machines | United States |
| Steve Wynn | 993 | $4.3B | +$449M | 84 | Casinos, hotels | United States |
| Pansy Ho | 1036 | $4.1B | -$377M | 64 | Casinos | Hong Kong |
| Paul Gauselmann & family | 1085 | $3.9B | -$183M | 92 | Gambling | Germany |
| John Coates | 1502 | $2.8B | -$310M | 56 | Online gambling | United Kingdom |
| William Boyd & family | 1758 | $2.3B | -$367M | 94 | Casinos, banking | United States |
| Ed Craven | 1832 | $2.2B | +$45M | 30 | Online casino | Australia |
| Bijan Tehrani | 1875 | $2.2B | -$6M | 32 | Online casino | United States |
| Manuel Lao Hernández & family | 1924 | $2.1B | +$33M | 82 | Casinos | Spain |
| Shalom Meckenzie & family | 2542 | $1.6B | -$16M | 50 | sports betting | Israel |
| Hajime Satomi | 2634 | $1.5B | +$213M | 84 | Video games, Pachinko | Japan |
| Lim Kok Thay | 2703 | $1.5B | -$438M | 75 | Casinos | Malaysia |
| Fredrik Österberg | 2882 | $1.3B | +$227M | 55 | Gambling products | Sweden |
| Jens von Bahr | 2973 | $1.3B | +$158M | 55 | Gambling products | Sweden |
| Derek Stevens | 2989 | $1.2B | +$48M | 59 | Casinos | United States |
| Hideyuki Busujima | 3155 | $1.1B | -$65M | 74 | Pachinko machines | Japan |
| Laurence Escalante | 3201 | $1.1B | +$12M | 44 | gaming | Australia |
Wealth by country
- United States: 6 billionaires, $46.9B combined, richest Miriam Adelson & family
- Austria: 1 billionaires, $10.4B combined, richest Johann Graf
- United Kingdom: 2 billionaires, $10.3B combined, richest Denise Coates
- Czech Republic: 1 billionaires, $9.8B combined, richest Karel Komarek
- Israel: 2 billionaires, $8.7B combined, richest Teddy Sagi
- Canada: 1 billionaires, $6.6B combined, richest Mark Scheinberg
- Hong Kong: 1 billionaires, $4.1B combined, richest Pansy Ho
- Germany: 1 billionaires, $3.9B combined, richest Paul Gauselmann & family
- Australia: 2 billionaires, $3.4B combined, richest Ed Craven
- Japan: 2 billionaires, $2.6B combined, richest Hajime Satomi
- Sweden: 2 billionaires, $2.6B combined, richest Fredrik Österberg
- Spain: 1 billionaires, $2.1B combined, richest Manuel Lao Hernández & family
- Malaysia: 1 billionaires, $1.5B combined, richest Lim Kok Thay
Questions people ask
Who is the richest person in gambling & casinos?
Miriam Adelson & family is the richest person in gambling & casinos, worth $30.3B on October 11, 2026, according to Forbes real-time estimates. Johann Graf is next at $10.4B.
How many billionaires are there in gambling & casinos?
Forbes tracks 23 billionaires in gambling & casinos as of October 11, 2026, worth a combined $113B. The median net worth among them is $2.3B.
Are billionaires in gambling & casinos getting richer this year?
The 23 of them who were also on the 2026 Forbes billionaires list are down 6.5% (-$7.8B) together since that list, comparing each person's real-time worth with their figure on it.
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