His company is on the verge of bankruptcy. Smith come back to Las Vegas feeling sad. At that time Las Vegas was known as the capital of casinos. He had only $5,000 when he entered a casino with a depressed mind. His destiny was revealed. He earned about $27,000 with in a week.
Wait seems I'm not understanding this properly, you mean it took him about a week to earned that much after probably risking all his funds on the bet and not even a day bet. Even though he came out successful, that was a stupid move by Smith. The board members should ask him to set down as the CEO even though he's the founder of the company as he would probably take the company back into bankruptcy if he tries this again as there's every chance he would take the company funds for gambling in attempt to recreate this luck which will fail.
In no condition should you risk it all when betting even though you're 99% sure of coming out victorious. What would he had said assumings he lost it all like the majority out there. Stupid stories like this are the few percentage gamblers been lucky (probably first timer luck) and shoudn't be shared to encourage people into trying similar steps.