Two things that play on a gambler's mind if he is going to do this, and these are greed and envy, especially if the gambler happened to be a newbie. Gamblers have one time or many times had their ego provoked if people they know hit huge wins; some gamblers had a hard time accepting the fact that others are winning easily while for them it took a lot of betting to win; they are driven with the thought that they can do better and had a better strategy.