An incidence that happened recently as shown in the picture below where a gambler collapse and later died after winning $2.5k on his bet sparks the question;
1. Do you stake to win an amount you're not emotionally ready to receive?
What...$2.5K win resulted in the death... can't believe in this. I would understand $2.5M rather than $2.5K which is too small sum to make the adrenaline tsunami in the body that could lead to death, I'm personally ready to except even $2.5B without any adrenaline flood as my body developed a damp against the stress situations which may happen in the course of gambling.
According to the stats[1], Nigeria monthly minimum wage is just around 44USD converted from NGN currency which is equivalent to almost 5 years worth of salary on minimum wage earner.
We have different cost of living, some people view 2.5K$ as 2.5M in terms of worth due to the poverty of the country. I notice that most of this peculiar story related to gambling always involves Nigerian people that usually involve small amount of money to a severe actions.
I recently read about a news that a person kill a friend or hostage a family member just to fund gambling with not that huge amount.
[1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/1119133/monthly-minimum-wage-in-nigeria/