Icahn's $500M Caesars-Eldorado earnings saved by real estate investor

A little-known real estate investor helped earn Carl Icahn an estimated half-billion dollars. The $8.5 billion deal to merge casino chain Caesars Entertainment with rival Eldorado Resorts, announced Monday, was falling apart until real estate investor John Payne entered the picture, sources tell The Post. It was the end of May and Eldorado just bid...