# When stupitidy pays off bigtime. (Online gambling, thanks beer!)

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [June 1, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-stupitidy-pays-off-bigtime-online-gambling-thanks-beer/451355 "2008-06-01T15:47:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-stupitidy-pays-off-bigtime-online-gambling-thanks-beer/451355/1 "2008-06-01T15:47:14Z")

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Man, I had too much to dring last night, and my judgement was seriously impaired.

I like Online gambling, saw an offer that a casino would increase all net winnings over a 24 hour period on Blackjack by 10%, thought  
‘OK I’ll have one big bet that might hurt if it loses but I can afford to take the hit’ (sensible)  
So I bet £200. It lost.  
After a few beers, I thought, if I bet £400 I’ll still have a positive EV although £600 is some serious damage. It lost  
After drinking far too much I bet £800 on the same logic as the £400 bet, although that would pretty much close down my current account. It lost.  
Later on, with absolute craziness, I bet £2400 that I transferred from my savings. It Won.

So I’m up £1000+another £100 net bonus coming.

Stupidest thing I’ve ever done in my life.

God bless alchohol!

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**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2008, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-stupitidy-pays-off-bigtime-online-gambling-thanks-beer/451355/2 "2008-06-01T20:26:02Z")

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Congratulations.

Don’t ever do that again. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2008, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-stupitidy-pays-off-bigtime-online-gambling-thanks-beer/451355/3 "2008-06-01T21:46:07Z")

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Alright!..Keep drinking it seems to be a good plan.