Quote from: darewaller on February 21, 2020, 02:27:54 PM

Quote from: Symphonized on February 19, 2020, 10:38:26 PM

Two close games resulted in a life changing win for this Basketball fan 🏀
Comment your reaction to a win like this 😲

I am not entirely sure if 14 bitcoin would be "life changing" for someone who has 3 bitcoins to gamble. Don't get me wrong I do understand why 14 bitcoins or in general 142 thousand dollars would look like a life changing amount to you or anyone else, it is certainly life changing for me, if I ever had that kind of money I would literally never have to work again in my entire life because I live in a third world poor country so yeah it is life changing for all of us.

However, that dude wagered 30 thousand dollars into 2 basketball games, I am pretty sure nobody in the world who can put up 30 thousand dollars on 2 games would change their life if they lose or if they win, I think that is just more money for him to continue gambling and that's about it.

It is still gambling and it is still the thrill of winning. I too agree that nobody who can afford to spend 30k+ dollars on a ncaa game would change their lives from winning it, that is doesn't make any sense to me neither, however at the same time it is still a win. At the very least dude probably continue to gamble with that money but relativity gets smaller the higher the price gets.

Definitely, if you put in 300 dollars to gamble instead of 30 that is still a big difference for most of us, but when you wager 30k that is still a lot of money not because you are rich or poor but because comparison to what other things you could do with it.

For 30 thousand dollars you could go to Paris for a week and vacation there and come back while visiting great restaurants and historical things, for 300 dollars you could have a decent weekend at wherever you are, so it is not "tiny amount for a rich person" when it gets bigger since if you are super rich there is still other stuff you could do with that money, which is why winning is still quite important.