And on one particularly ugly afternoon at an MGM Grand Resort and Casino blackjack table, he took a multimillion-dollar hit that he blames on a drink spiked with a tranquilizer used on animals. In the parlance of Las Vegas, Orange County real estate developer Dwight Manley is a “whale.”Īn expert coin collector and former sports agent who represented NBA bad boy Dennis Rodman, Manley could be counted on to bet big.
