Married for 21 years with two young daughters, Feighery is now moving his family to Boston with no regrets about leaving behind the glitz of the Vegas strip. “In Boston I am closer to Ireland,” he says. He just built a house in Ireland overlooking the ocean.

Of his Horatio Alger story, he says: “America always had a total fascination for me. I still think I’m on vacation. If it ends tomorrow, it will be okay. No one gets a ride like this.”