Topic: Consequences of greed - page 13. (Read 2385 times)

Op, greed can cause this, the amount that the predictor wanted to use in betting the game might have been small then he decided to add more selections to boost the odd so that the amount he or she is using for the bet will match his expected potential winning but unknowing to him or her that it is a wrong step that he has chosen, although we can't dispute the fact that he may not be lucky to have won that bet because it might not be time for him or her to win, luck plays a major role in winning bet, no doubt prediction is also very important in making the right informed decisions in bet but a bettor may likely lose when he or she start considering adding more games to his existing bet slip.
There are principles behind all this things thats why once a bettor is about to bet his already booked games, it is advisable for him or her not to add any more games because you never can tell if the game or games you are adding will be the ones that will lead you to loss,.

Although we cant say exactly but I believe that greed and over confidence can cause this misfortune to the predictor, it is too bad that such happened to the predictor and this kind of opportunity doesn't come all the time, this might also be as a result of luck not eing on the side of the predictor as i said earlier.

This never happened with me. I never advise others to bet on any event. I think everyone should follow this. The reason for which I am so serious about this is that it’s their money, so they will be the ones who should make the call about where to bet and where not to. When the bet is winning, they will praise you, but by chance, if the bet goes into loss, for the rest of your life, they will blame you for the loss. Hence, never ever advise or instruct someone to bet on any events or games.

Regarding the topic about greed, then yes, it’s not always good. With greed come huge risks. Hence, if you have the capability of taking huge risks, then only you are allowed to greed. After all, it’s a game about luck only.

Well,shit things do happen and it would really be giving out that kind of regret on the moment that you would really be able to see your friend winning up something big and you are on the other side has lost the bet
just because of some add up then there's no one that you could blame but only yourself but since we are dealing up with gambling then instances or situations like this then results cant really be known.
So it wouldnt really be that so hard that you would really be able to make yourself that easily be making up those kind of moving on on which you had already accepted out your fate not unless if the amount
will really be that a life changing then it would really be bringing out that huge regret on which you cant really be able to forget forever. This is why it would really be that recommended that you should really know
on what you are really that dealing with. This isnt something that pertains about being greedy on which as we do make out some bets then it normal that we would really be wanting on making up some additional
bets and making out some recommendation into your friends about betting this or those selections then you have decided on adding up into it then it would be on someones personal choice.

Results would really be that totally random and what if those results would really be that a win of yours because of the add up that you had put out?
For sure you would really be having that other way around of the common that you are really that making. So it would really be that situational and a matter of acceptance on this aspect.

Don't think it personal, is a normal experience in gambling and because his risk failed this time doesn't mean there won't be a time that he will win extra huge amount, that they be thankful for taking that risk at that time, so let not be overly concerned with his loses this time and to declare him a greedy gamblers.


Let me tel you, what differentiates the both gambler's is just luck, because that is what make the difference in all of this if not nothing more, because both of them took the risk that none know the potential outcome.

Overconfidence and thinking that he is too smart was what caused his lost, if not he was suppose to place the bet just the way his friend did, but he wanted to feel he knows it all. I must say that he has made his friend win huge from gambling and that funds might change his friends life if he uses it wisely. No gambler knows the right prediction if not he wouldn't have changed or add anything in his own bet.

Back to you OP, was this gambler friend happy that he won the bet to the extent that he decided to give his friend little from his win, because he was the one that helped him win or shared his luck with him. I have not experienced such in my gambling life.

For a gambler to be successful in his gambles, it's important that he doesn't stick to one betting pattern which is why you see some gamblers make surprising decisions in their gamble including being greedy in their gambling strategies sometimes. I think what happened to the person that lost his own bet as a result of the other games he added was completely avoidable but in his own wisdom, he deemed it necessary to add more games to increase the potential winning amount.
For him to take such bold step, he surely was mentally ready for the outcome and now that he lost, he should know how to handle the situation because it could've also gone to his favour. Gambling is called gambling because you can't just predict the outcome and I hope he'll learn from this particular incident.

If I am not wrong then it around $10k which is a good money to be honest, not sure if this is something life changing for the economy you and your friend lives. The problem with gambling money is that when you win something easily, you don't care about it at all. It's the same for winning a lottery. I hope you will guide your friend to use the money wisely.

I don't think there are any greed. I am assuming it's a multibet. Not sure how many people expect to win from a multibet when it's long. When I plan for a multibet, I plan to make it as high odd as I could. Maybe he was doing the same LOL

I know how the man feels, seeing his betting slip fail while the person he gave the betting slip to wins. Because i have also felt it, even though the money wasn't as much as you mentioned, but it really ruined my week, always reminded of that incident & since then I never shared my betting slip again with my friends, i put more effort & analysis for all that, but the one who does not give effort wins.

This can happen to anyone, we  cannot accurately predict the outcome of gambling all the time. This is why i do not believe anyone or site can actually give predictions from their finger tips, its all luck and anyone who is lucky goes home with the money.

I do not think greed led to his loss, it's either he lost confidence in the code  he gave out or became too confident in his ability to predict the right scores. Little distractions like this can cause one great regrets, but this is how gambling is and no one should take the outcomes of whatever games they play to heart. There will always be another day to try again to expect positive outcomes.

That's true, but in my neighborhood sharing betting slip info to motivate each in betting so that it can be much more fun and it becomes a habit, greed is the responsibility of each.

Parlay betting is very attractive because the promised winnings can be many times greater than single bets, some people may really want more than what he can get, unfortunately too careless in making choices to be all messy, even though it really comes from luck, and maybe he wants to look more crazy when adding several games and can be arrogant to his friends.

No sir, basically even if we are ready to lose the money that is at the bet and then get a victory and he wants to win more than what has been obtained is greedy, he added the game several times so that he lost.

For example, you are ready to lose the $ 100 money that is at betting then you get a victory to $ 200, but you want to win more with a few more games, it is a greedy behavior.

Never do that, someone or I don't give betting slips to anyone because this is doing it myself.

So your friend who gave the betting code to someone else managed to get 15M naira while he himself lost due to the addition of the game, then this is clearly greedy maybe he wants to have a different result.

Parlay betting is easier to increase the odds but rest assured the potential winnings will be smaller if there are more tickets, so don't do greed even if he himself is ready to lose his money.

I can’t imagine the pain of the guy who share his bet but didn’t manage to win due to a minor alteration on the bets. I’m always a victim of this kind of epic fail since I frequently post a prediction here of my potential picks if ever I will bet but I do change some of my bets in actual that result to lose.

Even though I’m not actually sharing my bets to specific person but reading back my shared prediction here in gambling discussion and compared it to my actual bet makes me regret hard especially on my cash out that resulted to huge win If I just continue the bet.

That is not greed. Think about it very well. You can add to your bet and lose. Like I have explained on my post before, that is not greed. Only what is linked to greed is when maybe you have won enough money but continue to bet and later lose. This person's case is different and not greed at all.

He supposed not to ask his friend before his friend suppose to give him like maybe 10% of the money won.

Why blaming him? Something like this can happen. He did nothing wrong.

It would surprise me more if he asked for a cut from that friend because the code comes from him.

It's his fault that he lost though. He added more in his parlay and the other guy didn't. Nothing seems unusual about this, but he got greedy thinking he could win more for being too confident. Can't blame them for aiming more, if he won then he would have gotten more than 15M. He took the risk. But it's not the end of the world after losing money, there are ways to earn them back and life goes on.

Actually there is nothing to be surprised about in this situation. In my opinion, gambling and betting are supposed to be unpredictable and unexpected, quite the opposite could have happened in this story you bring to us, and what would be the lesson to learn from it ? Not being greedy enough can lead to losses?
There is actually not much to learn from this story, the only we can get from it is we sre supposed to be careful while betting and not to rely our money on the predictions of others. This could have ended up being a story of someone losing money because they chose to seek advice of their friends, and asking advice from friends on things which have to do with finances and gambling may be one of the fastest ways to throw a friendship down the drain, in my opinion.

It is simply don't worth it.
Hopefully that dude dedices to enjoy the money and do not spend it again in gambling, otherwise this won't be a happy ending to him: easy comes, easy goes...

You know or should know the risks involved when you are placing a parlay on sports. Every bet you add to a ticket of course increases the potential win, but you also decrease your potential chances of winning. Bookies love to see someone come in with a huge parlay as they know there is a small chance that it hits. It's almost like free money for them.

Is it greed? No, you just think you know something that everyone else doesn't or you hope you are right and make a load from it.

I'm sure he will regret it and will have a sleepless night, but that's the risk of luck-based games. You really never know if what you predicted will come out; I guess his consolation is his friend will share a portion of his winnings with him for giving him the code.  I hope his friend does that out of consideration.

When a friend gives me a tip that I believe is credible, I always follow everything on it because it's not easy to analyze the game, and for his effort, I follow his advice and will not blame him if I lose because that's part of the game.

Here the man could not win the prize of such a huge amount only because of his greed, nothing could be more unfortunate than this especially for such a greedy person. The greedy man's friend helped him a lot but he did not follow the friend's suggestion and lost 15 million naira. Sometimes some predictions are wrong and if that wrong prediction is over confidence then the bet is bound to be a big loss which happened to this person at the moment.

I can not call it greed if he is able to afford to lose the money that he used to stake the bet. If his friend have not won, he may not even think of the bet at all. But he might not like the situation as his friend won but he did not win. He will not like the situation not because his friend won, but because he lost and he gave his friend what to select to bet with.