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Vegas-Adjacent: Terminally Ill Man’s Final Wish Was to Gamble at His Favorite Casino

Vegas-Adjacent: Terminally Ill Man’s Final Wish Was to Gamble at His Favorite Casino

Photo: Vital Vegas

While this story didn’t happen in Las Vegas, it feels very Las Vegas, so we’re sharing it. Somebody sent us a photo (below) of a man on a stretcher gambling, and we figured it was fake. With the advent of A.I., we default to assuming everything is fake until proven otherwise. It’s not fake. A terminally ill man named Hans Zandbergen, 69, had one final wish: to visit his favorite casino. His wish was granted. Hans is our spirit animal. Here’s the scoop. Hans Zandbergen is from Rotterdam in the Netherlands.

Source: Vital Vegas

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