Editing Brian Epstein (section)

===Gambling===

In August 1965, the Beatles and Epstein visited [[Elvis Presley]] at his house in Los Angeles, where Elvis's manager, [[Colonel Tom Parker]], set up a [[roulette]] wheel and several packs of playing cards. Epstein immediately asked to play, as he was known for his love of gambling.{{sfn|Lipack|1996|p=57}} McCartney frequently visited gambling clubs in London, such as Epstein's favourite casino, ''[[Crown London Aspinalls|Curzon House Club]]'',<!--  http://www.thechipboard.com/archives/archives.pl/bid/322/md/read/id/1149831/sbj/ex-john-aspinall-illegal-of-the-day-and-more/ https://www.nytimes.com/1978/02/26/archives/london-casinos-a-clubby-world-the-classy-six-the-clubby-world-of.html  https://www.geocities.ws/jdskinner123/czchiplist.html https://www.ebay.com/itm/305324646637 https://archive.today/20241105023952/https://www.ebay.com/itm/305324646637 https://www.jstor.org/stable/23636652 https://www.hobbydb.com/marketplaces/hobbydb/subjects/curzon-house-club-casino  https://news.worldcasinodirectory.com/the-private-gaming-clubs-of-sixties-london-55323  --><ref name="CurzonHouse">{{cite news |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,835349-8,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080330095546/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,835349-8,00.html |archive-date=30 March 2008 |title=You Can Walk Across It on the Grass |publisher=Time Inc |date=15 April 1966 |access-date=27 May 2011}}</ref> where he often ran into Epstein.{{sfn|Miles|1997|p=131}} He once saw Epstein put a [[Alfred Dunhill|Dunhill cigarette lighter]] worth £100 ({{Inflation|UK|100|1965|r=-2|fmt=eq|cursign=£}}) on the table, then lose it during a game of cards. Epstein often lost thousands of pounds by playing [[Baccarat (card game)|baccarat]] or chemin de fer (the original version of baccarat when it was introduced in France), but would stay at Curzon House the whole evening, eating an expensive meal and drinking fine wines. The club never presented Epstein with a bill, as they knew he lost so much in the casino.{{sfn|Miles|1997|p=131}}