But as I noticed, gambling winners usually never say publicly that they win, they prefer to keep it silent which is why it was unbelievable to someone who claim that they win as it is possibly a big lie.
Maybe the purpose of such exposure is to grab attention and give motivation to the other gamblers to gamble more, a sort of mind manipulation. A strategy that is usually practiced by some sites hiring influential individuals to show their (fake winnings).
I feel that the gambler who is making others believe that he won some money while he didn't may be doing that to take away shame from himself for not winning his betting for sometime because really it is shameful that you are gambling and you are not winning so you can be forced to pretend you have won in the presence of your friends but while you are still hoping to win, so this could be a reason.
Another reason could be to show off that you are a consistent winning and always cashing out making people to believe your prediction. This is the strategy that those who sell predictions use. They paste on their social media handles games that they didn't bet as if they bet and won it just to attract people to subscribe to their gambling channel.
In the part of the world where I live, pretending to win a bet when you have not won anything could mean incurring more expenses for yourself, because as a matter of fact, guys must hold you and will request that you give them their own share of your winning, you don't have to give them money actually, but you will be required to buy bottles of drinks, plates of pepper soup (depending on how much you claim you won), and this is completely normal because when next someone else in the circle wins, he or she will also celebrate the winning in the same manner.
So, over here, claiming to have won a bet when you really have won nothing can be a very big mistake, and could cost to alot of money if you are not careful.
in the boxing and ufc threads, users are sharing their bet picks. i don't see them embarrassed, they just pick the wrong fighter and their analysis but most probably just unlucky to have listened to someone else pick. nothing is wrong in losing, we all lose and they are not the only ones to have chosen the underdog. i lose many times but lying that you won is like losing twice. you know to yourself it's not true.
What does this mean? It's simple, a land is an asset that appreciates in value over time, but a dead body is a waste, that will go into the ground and become a dust, it does not bring any value or benefit to the living, when you lose something of value, that could possibly and potentially make you a millionaire in the future, to dispose off a waste, something of no value to you or to anyone else, then you have simply lost on both sides, a relative and an asset.
When you announce to your physical friends that you've won a bet, when you really have not won anything, you incur expenses rather than get sympathy, you lose more money on celebrating with your friends in order to prove you really won, rather than get support, and possible help and tips that will help you win your next bet/game, you make people see you as who you are not, and this opens you up to life threatening dangers, like kidnapping, because you could become a potential target for kidnappers, depending on how much you go about telling people you have won, when in reality, you have won nothing.