So, I would say that $50K is a big amount, yet they decided to make it like that. Probably because they do not want too many participants, or want to make it too hard, so it feels like a rare item. Just my two sats.
There are many gamblers who have never seen such an amount, and there are others who would never wager such an amount considering how difficult it was for them to get such an amount. I feel like the intention is to have and reduce the number of participants because even amongst the administrative team someone must have made mention that that was a huge amount but it was probably ignored because they have their specific reasons.