The current top bidder for the bankrupt Revel casino resort in Atlantic City, US, is a polo-playing South Florida millionaire who envisions a sprawling “project” that would be “like nothing that is there now.”

Glenn Straub said he saw a lessened role for gambling at the property and space for the organisation’s unspecified activities. “Who in the hell wants to go where there’s not something more than just gambling?” Straub said.

“You can only gamble for so many hours, maybe eight hours a day. You’ve still got 16 hours longer to eat, sleep and have fun.”