Clooney donates casino cash to charity

[Grant]

Movie star George Clooney has promised to give a quarter of the profits from his glitzy Las Vegas casino The Ramblas to charity.

Compassionate Clooney struggles with his conscience knowing there is so much poverty in the world while he is raking in cash, and is determined to redress the balance.

He says: "I'm donating it to help make poverty history. It's hard to reconcile the idea that you make a decent living and are building one of the great casinos while there's a bunch of kids starving to death."

[Grant]

Very nice gesture from George Clooney.

Would be surprised if he has the pull to announce something like that.

[doctor_al]

I'm guessing that MGM-Mandalay and Harrahs probably also have donor programs. A quarter of the profits seems high, though. Unless this is a completely privately funded project, I'd think that might alarm investors.

[Grant]

Exactly, 25% is a huge chunk.

Will be interesting to find out more about this.