I once had this guy coming around to bug me with weekend fixtures for coupon draws... Not until someone volunteered to stake heavily on them odds, just to prove to him that the authenticity of his games weren't guaranteed. Since he wasn't in a position to wager the games himself, the agreement was that if anyone wagers and it doesn't cut, he'll have to pay for the loss.. "I was surprised when he readily accepted". His confidence threw me off, but something kept telling me that he's got too much ballsiness for it to not.
Long story cut short, it was a win! yes, it became a surprise and infact, a mystery to everyone that his prediction just delivered as though he arranged with the fixed draws -- 6 draws came through and since then, he kept making predictions on that premise, but the opposite was the case for everytime he wrote down random numbers. Infact, he has never won since then!
Why do people see themselves as a reservoir of unpredictable games whenever they bag a huge win in the midst of others?
I believe you wanted to write "it does cut" where I boldened above, you might want to correct it.
You see, winning always gives people convenience but some people are not just wise about it. The outcome of now doesn't give any guarantee about the outcome of later, no one has ever beaten gambling in the long run without some losses, it's only overconfidence that can make people have that sp much gutsy approach to gambling.
I'm happy that the story did not end in his winning but some subsequent losses as well to prove my point. I hope he pays for the cut ones which he agreed to, this should make him calm his nerves too. For instance, a 75% win in sports betting is not bad at all, and as little as a 25% shortage of 100% is, it is enough for us to stop overconfidence no matter how good we think we are.