there is no need to be jealous of a friend that wins more often, what he should have done is to duplicate any ticket his friend gamble with, and stake his bankroll instead of becoming envious and jealous of his friend. there are ways to handle things that it will not affect a person. there is this saying that "if you can't beat them, you join them".  the best way to handle such situation is just to watch and learn from his friend. to know how his does it.  and also know where he does it wrong sothat he will not make such mistakes again. there are sometimes in life we go the wrong part, not knowing that we are going the wrong way, but we don't want to acknowledge that we are going the wrong way. but if we leave pride and learn from our mistakes we will do better.