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Sheldon Adelson Trivia Questions

How much do you really know about Sheldon Adelson? Below are 8 true or false statements. Click each one to reveal the answer and explanation.

1.

Adelson once owned the largest newspaper in Israel by circulation, Israel Hayom.

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He launched Israel Hayom in 2007, a free daily that became Israel's most-read newspaper, often seen as a mouthpiece for Netanyahu.

2.

Adelson was a major financial backer of the legalization of online gambling in the US.

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He fiercely opposed online gambling, spending millions on a campaign against it to protect his land-based casino empire.

3.

Sheldon Adelson started his business empire by selling newspapers as a teenager.

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He borrowed $200 from his uncle to buy a newspaper route in Boston at age 12, later expanding to vending machines and more.

4.

He served in the US Army during the Korean War as a military journalist.

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Adelson served in the US Army but was stationed in New Jersey, not Korea, working in a clerical role, not as a journalist.

5.

Adelson was the first casino magnate to host a political convention at one of his resorts.

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In 2012, he hosted the Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney at the Venetian Las Vegas, marking a major political-corporate crossover.

6.

Adelson built the first casino in Macau to feature a Cirque du Soleil show.

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The first Cirque du Soleil residency in Macau was at the Wynn Macau, not Adelson's Sands Cotai Central. Adelson focused on Venetian-style attractions.

7.

He co-founded the influential pro-Israel think tank, the Jewish Policy Center.

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Adelson founded the more hardline Israel Hayom newspaper and helped fund the Republican Jewish Coalition, not the Jewish Policy Center.

8.

He was the only person in history to donate over $100 million to a single US presidential campaign.

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Adelson and his wife gave roughly $75 million to pro-Trump super PACs in 2020, but his total political giving exceeded $200 million across cycles.

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