Can confirm. I worked for an online gaming start up in 1995-98 and those fools were practically wiping their asses with 100 bills. The owners and their family members with the cushy honorary jobs were the biggest coke heads I’ve ever seen. They were selling it out of their offices! But we employees (about 100) got lots of perks - dinner every night from any restaurant we wanted, fully stocked break room w/fresh pastries and coffee every morning. 3 hr margarita lunches at a nearby resort. I typed up a few of the executives’ expense reports and it was crazy how much they were spending and getting away with. I took a crew to rep us one year at CES in Vegas and we turned in our gambling fees, souvenirs, room service at all hours, outrageous bar tabs. Those were the days before it all came crashing down!
Can confirm. I worked for an online gaming start up in 1995-98 and those fools were practically wiping their asses with 100 bills. The owners and their family members with the cushy honorary jobs were the biggest coke heads I’ve ever seen. They were selling it out of their offices! But we employees (about 100) got lots of perks - dinner every night from any restaurant we wanted, fully stocked break room w/fresh pastries and coffee every morning. 3 hr margarita lunches at a nearby resort. I typed up a few of the executives’ expense reports and it was crazy how much they were spending and getting away with. I took a crew to rep us one year at CES in Vegas and we turned in our gambling fees, souvenirs, room service at all hours, outrageous bar tabs. Those were the days before it all came crashing down!