Art imitated life this week for Casino actor James Woods, after he witnessed a robbery at the Bellagio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas on Tuesday (local time),
Woods tweeted his frightening encounter with the masked robber from inside the casino.
"So we are playing poker at the @BellagioPoker and a guy walks up with a gun and robs the cage thirty feet from us ten minutes ago," he wrote.
"@Bellagio staff were fantastic. They surrendered the money quietly, so no customers would get hurt. Nobody even realized it was happening. Excellent staff, cool under pressure."
The casino issued a statement on Tuesday, confirming that "a robbery took place this afternoon".
"No one was injured and the suspect fled the premises. We are working with Metro as they investigate this incident."
The armed robber was described a white male wearing a mask and a wig. He is reportedly still on the run.
"So evidently the guy got away," added 70-year-old Woods in a later tweet.
The Bellagio was the location of a multimillion-dollar heist in the 2001 film Ocean's Eleven.
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