December 19 - In a day and age when actors and professional wrestlers enter into
politics, it is probably not surprising that online casino billionaire, Aaron
Shaked, has also decided to become a politician.
A co-founder of
888.com (Casino on Net), one of the most successful online
gambling sites on the Internet, Shaked lives in Israel where he intends on
making his mark on the local political scene.
Shaked, who hails from a wealthy family that owns and manages many popular online casinos
and online gambling sites, said that he would running on the Israeli Socialist
platform.
It is still to early to surmise whether Shaked's ties with online gambling
will act in or against his favor. However, what is known is that his political
coffers will never run short of money judging by his family's lucrative
888.com online casino business.