Bets are placed daily around the world on all kinds of different sports from horse racing to football. Some bet their pocket change and others bet hundreds of thousands. Some are so certain in their decision that they even risk their lives. Here are a few of the biggest bets ever placed.
The Greek Waiter:
Archie Karas, a broke waiter who made the most of the ten thousand dollars he borrowed. Archie won 17 million dollars at Binion’s Horseshoe in Las Vegas by defeating the 15 best poker players at poker and hitting great numbers in craps. Archie was said to be on a winning streak, he would play his luck by betting a hundred thousand dollars on a single dice roll. Eventually Archie was banned from all casinos.
The Tottenham Fan:
This fan was set out to impress his girlfriend by betting his entire mortgage on Tottenham at the Tottenham vs. Manchester football game. Tottenham was doing well until the game took an unexpected turn which led to Manchester winning and this poor fan losing his house and his very unimpressed girlfriend.
The Illegal Asian Betting Syndicates:
In the 1990’s, football matches were experiencing blackouts, many assumed it had something to do with illegal betting but unfortunately had no proof at the time. These Asian Betting Syndicates paid 75 million dollars to turn off the floodlights and yet they still ended up losing.
The Midwestern Business Owner:
Terrance Watanabe made national media in 2007 for his losing streak. Terrance took a total of twenty years to build and inherit a large sum of money that amounted to 127 million dollars. He spent the total 127 million dollars by pulling every marker possible at Harrahs properties. The Midwestern Business Owner was desperate to regain his hard earned money, he tried to regain it all through a lawsuit, yet he was unsuccessful in doing so.
The man who never returned:
Captain Matthew Webb who was known as the first person to swim the English Channel. As time went by Matthew was became desperate for money so he decided to swim across Whirlpool, which is found below one of the biggest waterfalls, Niagara Falls for a total of ten thousand dollars. People were amazed by Captain Webbs’ brevity, yet he unfortunately never returned. Some will really go the extremes for money.
The Furniture Store Owner:
A man by the name of Mattress Mack said that he would give out his furniture for free to people interested if the baseball team, Astros won the 2019 world series.
Mattress Mack had pure faith in the Astros yet when the time came, the Astros were defeated by the Washington Nationals. The furniture store owner no longer had any furniture in his store.
There are some people that live for the thrill of betting and have turned betting into a career by becoming a digital nomad at this resource. Travelling the world whilst betting large sums of money.
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