Could this be seen as ordinary is this story is actually true? Sometimes I just wondered why someone would want to gamble so hard that they would be ready to lose up to a million dollars. Gambling addiction is one of the problems many gamblers are facing and we need to be wise and keep working hard to earn from jobs we are doing rather than depending on gambling to earn a living. It is quite interesting to listen to stories like this and I see it as an eye opener for us to learn from others mistakes so we don't indulge in such an that could make us a loser.
It sounds true to me; I even went ahead and searched to find more information, and there are plenty of websites mentioning it as well; thus, it's probably true. It's astonishing to see how people behave in casinos. The article mentions that he was basically living inside the casino 24/7, using slots or playing roulette for 24 hours straight, no breaks. He lost as much as 5 million dollars in one day, or 127 million dollars in a year. He made almost $1 billion worth of bets, $825 million to be exact, which is about the equivalent of the GDP of the British Virgin Islands.