As a responsible gambler it gladdens my heart always whenever I hear a fellow gambler testify of how he won a bulky amount of money from be it a bet or lotto and uses that money to inject into something meaningful for himself.
That is the best thing to do. Wining big and investing it on a tangible thing. I have never win that big in gamble but looking up to someday, and If perhaps I win big i will use it wisely because" opportunity comes but once" it might sound funny but it's a sad truth. Many had the opportunity but think they still have more chances ahead and never achieved their goals do to having a false hope. So every opportunity needs to be handled properly because you don't know when next you might be able to achieve such opportunity ever again.
I think only about 1% of gamblers are able to win big and convert those luck into real investments, most of the rest continue to hear such stories and rushed along like a firepower device to recreate the story using other people's theories and scripts but the exact extent of a gambling story has never been clarified, it may also be a fabrication and spread of unreal ideas and fantasies. My behavior when hearing about these things is just a plus point to add to conversations and gossip with friends, not to embellish and think about the future as such a character.