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Board Gambling
Re: Gambler Loses 1.4 million USD in a bet with lower than 1.01 odds!
by
KingsDen
on 28/08/2024, 21:44:23 UTC
https://nypost.com/2023/01/15/gambler-loses-massive-1-4-million-bet-on-chargers-jaguars-game/
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One bettor wasted a massive $1.4 million wager after betting on Los Angeles before the Jaguars mounted an epic comeback to beat the Chargers 31-30, according to Action Network’s Darren Rovell.

It seems that a gambler has loss this massive amount (1.4 million USD) playing a bet with an odds lower than 1.01! (exactly 1.008)

I think there are several lessons here:
- there is not easy bet! even lower odds there is always a risk.
- it's really risky playing an huge amount. This not helps gambler because the risk is much much higher then rewards!
- gambling is not easy at all! it's really hard achieve a profit even for easy games!

what your opinion about this gambling issue? did you had experience similar experience? how a good gambler should avoid such mistakes?
There's one factor your didn't point out;
  • You need to know how much you are chasing and how much you will lose incase the bet goes wrong.
In the subject matter OP brought, the gambler risked $1.4M to win less than $12k. This is purely insane and out of mind. I don't know who gave him the guts to do so. It could be that he has been using same strategy to win before now. This is a warning to people who believes in sure bet. There's nothing sure about betting.