I’m not sure if this story was already shared here but I just recently watch this gambler sad story from social media that is really heartbreaking.
The subject is Terrance Watanabe which is a successful businessman who has a huge business and money that becomes addicted on gambling. He lose a total of 127M which is all his fortune that he earn from his business. Imagine all your hardworking was turn out to nothing after a few years of gambling addiction.
The sad part here was he became a victim of casino scheme of alluring user with their offers and allowing him to play while drunk until he loss everything.
He manage to wager a whooping 825M $ in just a single year when he lose that 127M.
Source:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gambler-lost-127m-in-2007-sues-casino/This isn't an uncommon story this happens all the time. Problem is when people get a lot of money but aren't used to having that much they don't know the perils of how easy it is to lose. By the time you figure out you shoukd stop you are in full addiction mode. It's sad to see honestly because of how hard it is to get that money in the first place.