This is nice.
http://markhollingsworth.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/another-spin-on-wheel.pdf It gives you a good idea of how our own offshore-based share owning directors view things:
Sir Philip
Green is on a roll. Surrounded by envious Arab and Chinese punters, the flamboyant
retail billionaire is playing roulette and the winnings are piling up. Nervous managers look on as the wheel spins in his favour. Suddenly, Sir Philip reaches for his mobile
and the fellow gamblers are surprised to hear him call his wife Tina. At that very moment she is also gambling at the Casino Monte Carlo near their main home. They discuss their evening’s exploits and chuckle at their good luck. The billionaire is a prolific gambler and the club’s best customer, although he also frequents The Ritz casino. In one night he can win or lose up to an estimated £8 million. He has incurred losses but wins more than he loses. He also links his business deals to the gaming tables. When his friend Robert
Earl paid £9 million for a stake in Everton FC last year with his backing, he half-jokingly described the amount as ‘no more than a bad night at Les Ambassadeurs’.
Everton *investment*: just a bad night on the tables at Les Ambassadeurs.
We're a joke to these people. A complete irrelevancy to them.