high roller

high roller

Someone known for spending or gambling large amounts of money. The back room at the casino was reserved exclusively for high rollers willing to play for big stakes. Jack was known as a real high roller, impressing everyone with his expensive cars, flashy jewelry, and nice clothes.
See also: high, roller
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

high roller

Fig. a gambler who bets heavily. They welcomed me at the casino because I had the same name as one of their high rollers.
See also: high, roller
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

high roller

n. a big gambler who risks much money; anyone who takes risks. (Refers to rolling dice.) Rocko is a high roller and isn’t afraid to lose some money.
See also: high, roller
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
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High Roller Sand's partnership with IAC extends beyond the commissioning of the plant to include IAC's new Special Ops plant optimization program.
A Delaware based limited partnership and energy business, NGL Energy Partners LP (NYSE:NGL) acquired the assets of a Texas limited partnership, High Roller Wells Big Lake SWD No 1 Ltd, the company revealed on Tuesday.
Food service is available to all players in the high roller room - times of food service varies
--Salon.com columnist Joe Conason, on the conservative moralist and longtime high roller (pictured), May 5
Reflecting the national trend, High Roller Skatepark in Boulder was on its last legs.
The transducer provides stable, accurate and repeatable performance for low force web tension applications with a wide range of operating tensions, a small wrap angle or a high roller weight-to-tension force ratio.
The suspect, a high roller poker player, escaped, resulting in a police manhunt.
Pagcor's license fees were reduced to 5 percent from 15 percent of gross gaming revenues from high roller tables as well as junket operations and 15 percent from 25 percent on gross gaming revenues from non-high roller tables, slot machines and electronic gaming machines.
There is also plenty to keep high rollers happy with a [euro]25,500 EPT High Roller and a show-stopping [euro]100,000 Super High Roller.
The outer wheel of the 55-storey High Roller ride is scheduled to be hoisted into place today (Tuesday).
The outer wheel of the 55-story High Roller ride is scheduled to be hoisted into place today.
5 August 2013 - US energy business operator NGL Energy Partners LP (NYSE:NGL) said it had taken over the water disposal and hauling business of Oilfield Water Lines LP, a partnership with High Roller Wells LLC and the Mark Cuban Companies.
For one weekend, I'm being treated like a high roller and I can tell you already, there ain't no going back from a life like this.
He was a high roller and would attend all the parties.