CELINE DION’s husband RENE ANGELIL has allowed Caesars Palace to reveal his casino losses to end speculation he has been gambling $1 million a week during his wife’s residence at the Las Vegas hotel.

JAN JONES, a senior official at Harrah’s Entertainment Inc, which own Caesars Palace, sparked controversy by telling a British newspaper Angelil gambles as much as $1 million a week at the casino, but she has since insisted she was speaking hypothetically and apologized for referring to Angelil by name.

Angelil has been a regular visitor to the casino during his wife’s five-year singing engagement at the hotel, which ends on December 16, and Caesars Palace have revealed his casino losses in 2005 and 2006 total exactly $230,000.

However, the losses are offset by tournament poker winnings of $259,709 during the same period.

Caesars Palace president GARY SELESNER says, “In life and in business, Rene is a winner, and one of the finest people I have ever known. Caesars Palace is very sorry for any embarrassment that may have resulted from the media speculation.”

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