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Many of us who play casinos, suffer more or less. Many are blaming it again that it is a money-losing machine. In this regard I would like to share a success history by playing casino game. It is only for knowing the truth especially those are don't know the fact.

Many of us may know the name of an international courier service known as FedEx. This courier service company headquarter is in Tennessee, USA. FedEx currently distributes about 1.2 billion parcels a year in 220 countries with an annual revenue of about 3 billion. Smith, founder of FedEx, started his business with 84 million us dollar. At that time he started operations in 35 countries with 8 planes. But at one stage, the price of plane fuel increased and that contemporary time courier service did not become very popular. His company is on the verge of bankruptcy. Smith come back to Las Vegas feeling sad. At that time Las Vegas was known as the capital of casinos. He had only $5,000 when he entered a casino with a depressed mind. His destiny was revealed. He earned about $27,000 with in a week. Smith come back to FedEx headquarter and invest his money on his company even though his money was not enough to run the company but with his hard work and enthusiasm he arranged to send all the parcels. in this way he established his company.

This is really a good success of smith as well as FedEx with the favor of Casino. By the way, i am not sharing it to encourage anyone to the casino.

Nice story,I didn't know this one.There are very few persons on earth compared to the earth population which in percentage is less than 0.0000001% that have experienced a life changing event by going to a casino.These people are the ones who have hit a multi million dollar jackpot,only this can be considered a true life changing event.I have seen people winning small jackpots from 50.000 dollars up to 250.000 dollars but most of the time they have lost it again,while winning a multi million dollar jackpot can at least change your life for a minimum of 5-10 years even if you gamble that money away.

Gambling the remaining money is not the ideal way but it's still one of the few cases of winnings spent wisely.

I'm following the story of this user (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3488067) who won $170K at Rocketpot (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5404614.0). While there is still uncertainty that he/she will get them all due to the casino's withdrawal limits and liquidity, that amount is already life changing to many people. We don't know for sure how he'll use it but it will certainly help his/her family. It would be great if he/she could make that money grow and come back here to share the story.

Looked up a bit and it seems that $27k was a lifesaver for them. It managed to keep the company up and running for a week which enabled them to basically make a comeback, basically turning the entire situation around. I also liked how the mindset of the founder was like, "We're doomed anyway, might as well try doing something with it". A true kind of YOLO moment for them. Honestly wouldn't even consider doing it at that moment if I was in their position, especially even considering to turn to gambling at that point.

I am not sure if this is really a good success story for gambling. There are a few issues with the story that are not really good in my opinion. First of all, going to visit a casino with a "depressed mind" is the wrong state of mind before gambling. Personally I only try to gamble when I feel good, because when losing in a casino everything feels worse. So if I am already in a bad mood before by gambling session I would be afraid to downward spiral into a depression after losing money. Gambling with $5,000 as a CEO seems alright, his salary must have been quite high even during the startup phase. But making it to $27,000 within a week doesn't seem so live changing for such a huge company like FedEx. With that money you could have maybe bought one new delivery truck, or hire a few more employees. Not sure if it was worse it to spend one week for that money. Couldn't he just get a loan that is much larger and spend the week working to advance his business? We shouldn't forget the opportunity cost of gambling for a whole week and not being in the office working.

Maybe it was a bet for him because he felt that with not enough money, he continued to run his business and remained convinced that one day his business would succeed and he finally proved it.
I think there have been many business ventures like the story you shared and there have also been many successful business ventures with only small capital but can generate a lot of money.
But we know that those who can succeed with their efforts must have careful calculation and can face all obstacles well.
This is what distinguishes gambling in casinos and gambling in business.

I beg to disagree with your opinion that only a very few percent of gamblers have experience life changing success. If you think that winning multi million dollars is the only way for you to experience life changing success then you're wrong. It actually depends on the individual and how he will manage his funds and winnings on the casino. Just as you've said, you already saw a lot of people who won more than 50,000 dollars. More than 50,000 dollars may change an individuals life depending on how he managed his winnings as not all of them lose these.

Based from the story above, 27,000 dollars is more than enough to change his life situation as he invested his money on his own company.

What if it turned out that Smith lost the entire $5000 he would maybe had committed suicide or would have gone completely bankrupt. Casino can actually play a role in changing fortunes but the chances are slim. What worked for Smith might not work for Dick that was a big risk although it turned out positive but my concern is what if everything was lost we should also consider this part

This is one of those stories that ended well. But if you look at this situation from the other side, you will realize that he won this money thanks to the people who lost it, because the gambling market is a zero-sum market. If someone wins, then someone is bound to lose.

And Smith was really good at stopping in time and investing in the business instead of losing money the next day.

Its a good story, im surprised. Never heard any business level success story that involved gambling. I think I can agree that gambling can change lives. If you hit jackpot, if you make million dollar or hundred thousands of dollars, your life will obviously change. But what if you spend your whole money but not hit anything. I also imagined same guy, gambling his last money and loses it all. His business would be already dead now. So its really about luck.

Some interesting information about this guy

- He was indicted in 1975 for faking his sister's signature to gain unauthorized access to their family's trust fund[1].

And it is clear that he in it for the money. I was thinking that perhaps, it has something to do with his business during that time or he has personal gambling issues.

[1] https://www.browncafe.com/community/threads/a-few-facts-about-fred-you-should-know.348410/

Great story and that's part of his history now.

But as a businessman, going with the casino with your last capital or money isn't really ideal. Many he just got really lucky and we can tell that it has changed his life then after that.

Although it's not just all about gambling but mainly his way of managing his business and that's why it has grown. Having that said, it's a very rare occassion to have the same story as his.

He was just lucky i suppose, but how many users are this lucky? what if he had lost the money, he was already depressed if he had lost more possibly he may have ended his life. There are many other scenarios that could have played out if not for luck. I agree that casinos can play a role in changing fortunes when one is lucky, but how do you know when you look will play out or not, is the big question?

Analysing how Mr Smith entered the casino, I am setting he had no intentions whatsoever to win, he most probably just came to play and have some fun maybe as a solution to his depression. in my opinion I think our intentions when playing in casinos matter a lot. if you play with an intent to win you might over analyse situations and make mistakes in the process. but when you play more freely, maybe just for fun,  luck may shine on you.

Betting the last money. Just thinking about it gives me the chills.
It may be a success but not everyone will have the same luck as he did. It should not be recommended to anyone whose company is in the verge of bankruptcy. There are other options like bank loans to save the business and I would rather add that remaining $5k to save it. So I would need just $22k more.
I am glad it all worked out for him though.

This is the bad side of online casino, if you win very big than your aggregate losses or didn't wager a lot, most of the cases the casino wouldn't pay the winning amount since they're trying to find your fault to confiscate your winning. It's true house edge make the casino will always win in the future, but no one can control the luck. So if it's a day for that's gambler, he could beat the house edge.

Ofcourse they can but the probability of that happening is closer to none, therefore at the end of the day some people might not even try, I know a few uncle of mine who have been buying lottery tickets and for them the best part of their life would be winning one, but unfortunately her is now 55 and doing that since he was a child as well.

I do think the way to proceed with these things would be to accept and understand that you might not win and therefore in an event that you have a positive outcome, you would be able to enjoy it, I know negative thinking might turn some faces but at the end of the day I do believe, it's the best way to go about in terms of gambling.

An interesting story, but I would not agree with the conclusions that are suggested here. It seems to me that the main figure here is the founder of the company, and circumstances may not have played any role at all - for example, if he had lost these 5,000 dollars, then I think he would not have been upset. On the contrary, he would clear his mind of doubts and stupid ideas about winning at the casino and in the same way would work with tripled energy and still succeed.

How true is the story?
A business man wouldn't really be that stupid to gamble his money knowing there is no assurance to win. But perhaps luck had helped him.

He has millions when he start FedEx, of course he has strategic plans. He didnt even stop there for the company strategically made a placement thru a bluckbuster movie "Cast Away" making FedEx very popular.

If he started this business with 84 million US dollars then he was a very rich guy, I don't believe he didn't have other businesses because if he didn't have other businesses then how did he get 84 million US dollars?


In this part there is something I need to understand, did he have 5000$ to play for fun or was it the last 5000$ he had? I can't believe the guy was so broke that he only got 5000$, he played managed to get 27000$ by luck and from what I can see he didn't play again, or did he?


I honestly don't believe this story either.

That's an interesting story. Yes, gambling can change people's fortune, it's either changing them to become successful and luxurious or depressed and hopeless because of losses.
If that's how the story went, Smith is wise in handling his funds but he took a big risk to change his path. He must be so lucky that he was able to get back on track but as a reminder, not everyone could get lucky as him.

As far i know that Smith founded the FedEX courier service in 1971 with 4 million inherited assets and 80 million collected from loan.The company is fall down verge of bankruptcy in just two years. All the expenses incurred in the work of the company, last he had $5000. Fate favored him. In 1976, the company made 3 million dollar.

People who had studied business, are usually aware of this story of FedEx. However, if Smith had lost that week, the story would have been a lot different. Casino can change the fortune of fortunate people. I am not sure if you believe in destiny or not, but I am a strong believer of destiny.

If you are destined to live a wonderfully wealthy life, you will do that eventually. Your efforts will bear fruits. But if you are destined otherwise, you will live a very different life. Since no one knows their destiny, we all have to keep on trying.

Surely so that we can't take away the aspect of destiny in our lives and the role that luck also plays. Destiny, luck and effort are really better match. Example if he was not destined to come back and succeed, the money reinvested would have also gone with the wind. There are numerous of people that have failed after reinvesting casino winning into their business and yet didn't come out of it. It is a nice story however and his decision worked for him too.

Wow. I didn't know that story but now I do.
If I am in his place I may not do that though. If my business will fall or not is relying on my luck from betting then I may not be a good businessman at all.
It's a good story but it should stop there.
Gambling for me should be entertainment and not be a savior of a debt, a company's life, bills payment, (yes, I have heard stories they do that) mortgage, or anything that has to do with daily or monthly necessities. What if it's a loss? That's when people get crazy thoughts.

This story is undoubtedly an amazing road to success, but one can imagine thousands of completely opposite events. For example, when a man is on the verge of bankruptcy and carries money into a casino, hoping for a miracle, but ends up with nothing. Or an addicted gambler who bets his monthly salary on red or black, and his family is left without food and in debt until his next paycheck.

Great story. What you can take out of it is that he knew when to stop. Many people win money like Smith, but not many can stand up from the table and walk away with the money. Some will walk away just to come back the next day and lose it all. Some will celebrate, buy an expensive watch, a new suit, pick up some girls and party. The most important thing is to be smart and know what you came for to the casino. Be happy with what you got and never regret anything.

You don't really give enough information on this to make it a wow story. If he went into a casino with poker or card counting skills before it was heavily tracked, then it is very possible that he used many years of practice to accumulate those funds with a starting bankroll - that would bring the element of risk involved right down. You could truly say he "earned" it in that scenario. However if he went wild on three games of roulette and managed to double his money by fluke, then he is probably the one out of a thousand, hundred thousand or maybe even a million who beat the casino at their own game. These casinos are masters at what they do and earn big money year after year, it's not impossible but it's extremely rare for people to walk out of them on a regular basis with more money than they started.

I think this is one of those instances where a gambler gets lucky in his casino run.

The fact that the person came into the gambling establishment with $5,000 and left with $27,000 is proof that he was indeed lucky that day. The fact that you were able at to at least double your money in gambling is lucky enough, let alone earning a x5 profit on your end. Though this story may be inspiring, this can be awfully deceiving in a way that it somehow encourages gambling whenever you hit rock-bottom.

That was indeed luck which did really help him on at least making some recovery and pursuing his dream or goal on establishing the company once again even on a small amount of money.

This is a good success story i would say which playing in casino is somewhat relevant particularly on his life or condition but we know that this wont be applicable to everybody as we do know that

luck isnt on our side all the time which does means that it will really be totally in random and the person of the story above did really not have that intent on making that 5k turns out to 27k in a week
but turns out that he was lucky and opens up again an opportunity in going back into the business.

Lol. This story sounds like a folklore. This is because OP didn't put a source. Well, let's assume that Smith actually turned his $5,000 to $27,000 within a week at a Las Vegas casino. That's like a one in a million occurrence and it's a good thing that he wasn't a gambling addict and was able to invest it in his business. Well I would conclude that he was responsible for changing his own fortune and not the casino. Because he may have just decided to blow the $27,000 on wine, women and cars but he didn't.

If you are lucky, then you are lucky. In that story, that person didn't really become addicted to the process but take advantage of his luck.

Instead of pushing more, the money that came from the profit was used wisely.

We all have that luck moment in gambling but in most cases, we are being carried away instead of stopping. There's already a profit but since most people feel lucky, they will push more thinking they will grab more money. But what happened next? We already know that.

There's really a situation where gambling turned people's futures for good. It's just that, we should know when to stop once we reached that moment.

Well, it doesnt change the fact that he got lucky on that day he go to casino. So luck really will cost a fortune in an instant way  while he did is all about hardwork and determination after why the company still exist and get profit.

This is the same for sweepstake lottery winner, become 1 day millionaire then become poor if money is managed poorly after or become more rich if did the opposite and work for it.

I think there definitely is a small sliver of the population who consistently profit from gambling.

Rather than being a suave character smoking a cigar from a movie. They're more likely to be math geeks with spreadsheets and big number crunching algorithms who endlessly pore over game statistics. In a setting and routine most would find tedious and boring.

Over the last 50 years, the quant movement of geeks using math and statistic based logic, have come to dominate asset trading and gambling sectors. Mathematically quantifiable logic has come to surpass gut feelings and intuitive emotional reasoning in ways that can be applied to real world settings to generate consistent results.

Such could represent the most neglected aspect of gambling and investment trading. That there is a side to it which can be learned and taught through practice and training.

It is certain that some people are lucky in gambling.
But if they don't know when to stop, that fortune will be taken easily away from them.
If you know how to strategize to use the winnings wisely, you can get out from gambling alive.
Alive, meaning, you are on the positive side rather than a losing one.

Playing poker and sports-betting

These are the games which i do really believe that someone could able to sustain their game and ending up profitable or do even make a living from it.Sounds impossible but it do really happens
and not for everybody considering that gambling is for entertainment.

Based up on what happened on the person stated on OP, then it was just luck and it had been connected and gambling did make some significant contribution on why
he had attained or achieved ways on making some capital  for a business.Its situational plus having that luck it is all about.

This reminds me of the story about a guy that went to the casino and gambled everything he had.

Anyway, the interesting part for me is the $27,000 that he won from the casino was more than enough to keep the company going. It's not the best time to go to a casino and gamble when your company is struggling financially but he's super lucky that it worked, if it went the other way around it'd be devastating.

I think there are very few lucky people who get this kind of benefit. Especially through casino games. I heard a long time ago that someone got the jackpot. So I didn't know the story anyway. In the real sense, when someone has this kind of success, it gives them a different kind of satisfaction that comes which is difficult to express in words. I myself have never won a lottery or a jackpot but I am happy to see the other one. Over all Smith is a lucky man who has established himself as well as his business by Diligence and the help of Casino.

Yes, success stories really exist, I don't think anyone ever questioned that.
But something that was not clear in his account is: Was Smith a professional player and did he rely on his skills to win or did he just rely on luck?
But regardless of this answer, statistics and facts prove that it is much easier to lose money than to win, and this should be clear in everyone's mind when betting, and know that they must set a limit.
Smith walked into the casino with $5000 knowing that this was his limit, and I believe this amount would not be missed by anyone who owns FedEx.

This is a great story. But this is one unique story in a million of other gambling stories. Sure, there are success gambling stories. Certainly, a number of gamblers had their lives changed for the better because of gambling. But, lest we forget, these are more exceptions rather than the rule. You go into gambling, you will more likely lose than win. That is the rule. You spend money on gambling, you are burning it rather than gain from it. That's the rule.

Not sure if you narrated the whole story accurately or not. I mean he had "84 million US dollar" and started his business with that. He went almost bankrupt, but saved his company by investing those $27,000 USD he won from gambling? How can only $27,000 save someone from bankruptcy? Are you sure it wasn't something like $2.7 million USD?
Anyway, he was just lucky. Not everyone gets lucky. Most of them are "unlucky" and loses almost everything they gamble with!

Actually he didn't save his company with 27,000$ profit from blackjack, but it was enough to change his mood for the better (since he was depressed), so he could continue fighting for the recovery and success of his business, with a new perspective from that moment on:
How Fred Smith rescued FedEx from bankruptcy by playing blackjack in Las Vegas (https://www.foxbusiness.com/money/fred-smith-fedex-blackjack-winning-formula)

Despite being considered a negative activity and a cause for depression, it's interesting how gambling can be also a tool to help despaired men who have lost their hopes to regain their confidence and morale to continue thriving. Of course it's not an isolated case, as many other gamblers have been in similar situations, that is, in profitable positions inside the game for a while. What makes the difference, though, is that some know when to stop, while others are never satisfied with the currently profit achieved.

a lot of good story which change the life of a poor person to living a high life and there are also people living a high life to a homeless.  just to balance the role. not everyone gets lucky in casino don't put all your hopes to casinos to give you riches.  if Smith wasn't lucky that time, we wouldn't see Fedex delivering packages today.


$27000 is already big during that time but it seem too small to run a company that serves more than 20 countries. maybe its more than this amount.

I'm familiar with this story, read it years ago.

I think this is no difference from taking a loan and refinance your business (not sure why he didn't think this way), but he instead choose to take the risk and it paid off.

So that's the moral lesson, if you're willing to take that huge gamble and your future then you can go to a casino. But I guess this is just an exception and I think we will not hear anything from him and maybe his business will have to take a U-turn if he losses everything.

At that time the company was not completely shut down. Maybe he went ahead with a new strategy after getting $27,000 which was very much effective. Besides, he couldn't do everything with in a moment. He achieved success in 1976.

smith's success is solely due to the efforts he puts into the business he is managing even though he won $27000 this I think he is lucky to get some extra money from the casino but it can't be a benchmark for smith's luck and success. 
Talking about luck, of course, we here have also had luck from the casino and it was useful for business or something like what Smith did, although not as successful as he was, but I agree that casinos can change someone's luck.

Gambling actually , it is not only about casino because there are many gambling that can be performed not only in casino sites but even in local gambling places.

and changing fortune ? nope fortune can be there all the time depend on how we perform our life and not just in gambling or in anything.

Luck or not still gambling is for those who knows how to lessen our desire and not for keep seeking for winning.

I'm not impressed with how he won in the casino but I'm impressed with how he handle his business in order for it to grow and become a multi billion dollar business. Going to the casino depressed is not a good idea, he is just lucky enough but that was $5k turn into $27k in a week, not a major success though.

I think there's a conclusion... when you win some money in the casino turn around and walk away! Try to do something else with that money, don't just give it back!


Most of us didn't learn to stop on time, while we are ahead! I guess that's a big problem for many of us... :)

I agree. Smith was only lucky that he won. But that was not a good thing to do both as a depressed man and as somebody whose company is about to go bankrupt. It is always a reminder not to gamble when one is feeling down, angry, depressed, ecstatic, etc. On the other hand it is also not responsible to waste money when your company itself is on the verge of bankruptcy.

This story shouldn't be viewed as an encouragement for people, for them to treat gambling as a way out. Gambling is never that.

This testimony sounds like fiction and well compose, I hope it is true because I'm just thinking about how he went to Casino for the first time if he had not been playing before, it is possible that the dude was already a pro on his game and luckily, he uses that as a medium to get back on his job.
He also made a good ending by not playing again with the $25k, that is the mistake that most gamblers do, as soon as they win big, they are always tempted to play more but I like him that he preserves his greed.



Sometimes in life, we need to appreciate little wins, the small change you see as a little win may be another person's treasure and besides, the money was a catalyst to his business shelf, it is like a big win for him.

Some gamblers went successfully but some did not, that was the truth.
I would say that we have a different destiny, we can never say that because we lose today in gambling that was the end and have to top. The same thing we say if we win the jackpot, we gamble forever.  No, we don't as being lucky in gambling can't be forever that is why we must be wise to spend our winning money or else it will vanish fast.

It was really an inspiring story but I wouldn't recommend gambling our remaining money.  The guy just got lucky else he will be reading a different story.


It would be a few gamblers are successful but the majority are not.

I agree with the title of the thread, Casino can play a role in changing fortune. because Casino can make a millionaire broke in a day the same thing as how it can make a broke to be a millionaire.

Well, with every 1 success story..come the story of millions of people who have lots everything and/or people who ruined their lives through gambling. Let's not forget for one moment that 1000s of people are losing money on gambling every day.... and that the losses of many are funding the wins of a few individuals.

I just hope that the big winners are "Paying it Forward" and that other people are benefiting from their wins. (Take the winnings... start small business and create employment opportunities)

This is true.This is presented as some form of relief when in fact this happens 1 in a million,meaning if you go 1 million times with that same amount of money,what happened to Smith will only happen once.Gambling should never be viewed as a savior to our financial problems.Every time someone has done that has gone bankrupt rather than to make decent winnings to improve their life or their company if they were owners of one.I would never suggest anyone look at gambling as a savior to his problems,because once he does it is a one way street most of the times which only goes south.

Indeed casino can change someone fortune. That's actually the reason of majority why they keep on playing. Unfortunately, most of the time, it's always the opposite of someone expectation. Realtalk, when you compare the number of fortunate player to unlucky player, it's nothing.

I considered what Smith did is critical. Imagine, he played during that state and what if he lose. The emotional damage he will get and face would be very serious.

I didn't know this either it's not a popular story and this is something not worth sharing because the moral of the story is to try or bet in a casino who knows if you win you can setup a business-like,  what the owner of FedEx did, he is just lucky and he has control, this is one success story coming from gambling and its an exception to the rule if he loses his $5k he will be in big desperation.

I once read the story of a person having luck in a casino above average, you can say those who are lucky are professional bettors in gambling, their lucky tricks are kept secret, not revealed.

After I read the stories of such people, I can conclude, 1000 only 1-2 people are successful and lucky in casino, If I had also risked my $5000 in the casino, as Smith did, without strategy and luck, I might have gone home empty handed and crying all the way.

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@GigaBit, what Smith did for the FedEx company, I think it was pure luck on his belief, with $5000 capital can get $27,000 in one week, in his attempt to do it in Las Vegas, I'm sure if not immediately invest the money into the FedEx company and try betting again at the casino, maybe he doesn't see FedEx anymore, luckily Smith acted quickly to save the FedEx company, He is one of the luckiest people in this world.

I also believe that Casino can  play a role in changing fortunes of a person.  It can either make you or break you.  Make you in a sense a person hits a jackpot, he can instantly gain a huge amount of money that can be use in improving his life.  Or break you, gambling isn't bad but being a problem gambler is another thing.  Being a gambling addict can make us broke if we failed to implement self-discipline.

Unfortunately, not everyone could hit the jackpot and it is only meant for a few people so we should not rely on our fortune on gambling. Gambling could make lives better and worse for others so we all must know how to deal with the possibilities.
The person in the story is both lucky and wise because he used his jackpot to rebuild his life. Contentment sometimes is a great move.

Pretty interesting story thanks for sharing. But You state “ Many of us who play casinos, suffer more or less. Many are blaming it again that it is a money-losing machine”. But I’m not sure this is really the case. I may lose here and there but I don’t ever suffer from gambling. Just always and only play within your means.

Yes I agree, Casino and gambling really plays an important role in changing the fortune.
I mean it can make you rich or bankrupt in a fraction of seconds and therefore your fortune will change.
This is very risky though, but as legandary people said, great profit comes with great risk. So yes we need to gamble.
Though playing in casino takes huge courage, and yes I really appreciate the ones who play all in and take the risks and win.
If you have enough money then only can something else happen if you gamble.
Else casino make you fall in do or die situation.

Don't use this to make gambling is changing your life.

This is a really bad things to advertise, I don't like it while people are advertise gambling with scheme like this. Remember, the odds are losing the money you're own + with has some chance you're on debt while addicted to gambling.

Not good idea to advertise gambling with this shceme.

It can under circumstances like the story you've given us, the story was even included in the book

Changing How the World Does Business: FedEx's Incredible Journey to Success # The Inside Story Hardcover – October 15, 2006 (https://www.amazon.com/Changing-How-World-Does-Business/dp/1576754138)

It's really an incredible story and it is fate that it happens but in general, that's a risky move, and is never advisable to gamble your money coming from your business operation like the owner said when asked how could he do that


he is desperate and he did a bold move that pays off it's like hitting a jackpot in a lottery if he losses there could be no FeDex now.

This isnt some sort of advertisement but it could really give that kind of wrong idea to believe on that gambling could really give some effect on someone's lives without realizing that it was really just
coincidence on which it did really give out those situations where it do really connect on gambling but on overall scenario it was really just depending on someones dedication if he do really pursue
on trying out to recover something which in his case, he's been pertaining about playing gambling for some anxiety and depression on just what happened into his business
but cant be denied that there are some hopes for some recovery.

Yeah, that's worst. It's fortunate that even financially struggling, the person never went too far and desire for more winnings. It does happen, it's a much more painful experience since he already won big but didn't stop. Much worst experience compared to never he hit that win.

It's really hard to resist stopping when we are hitting big. Why should we stop if we feel lucky and that's the part where we lose the game. I understand that feeling for 3 digits winning so what's more for 5 digits winning. I admire that guy that able to stop even if he is lucky and take his profits to something good.

What an amazing person he is although not on the part that he decided to gamble to save their financial problem.

It's difficult to gamble with a depressed mind and yet he was able to control that within the week and successfully managed to get $27,000. Just thinking about how he went through that week to get that profit is impressive. The fact that he decided to invest that return on the company, was a good action he did on his part.

The usual case when winning a big amount in the casino is gamblers continue to gamble more but the person in this story never went that way and decided to put the money on good and look at what he achieved now.

But indeed manipulation like this can happen because they are the ones who own and know the condition of the casino machines. And they are also the provider, so they certainly understand and have their own way to always get more money from the users, right? As long as it's still reasonable, maybe it's considered normal, especially if users still have chances to win. Unless there wasn't even a chance of winning, it would definitely be suspicious. Only certain manipulations are possible to some degree of victory. Yes, we don't know for sure, but it's possible it could happen.

It is good to say that it is not at least a negative story of losers sometimes trending on the board. These "adventures" are nice, but we must discuss whether he was lucky or not, what machines or games he bet on, what bets he made, how many hours he played, etc. As a story, it's fine, it's not the only one in that sense.

In any case, never bet money that corresponds to an investment in any casino, it is preferable that you become a professional player (  ;) ) you would have more future than taking money and wanting to make it profitable in a few bets.

Here big winners by the way in recent times, so knowing what they do with their money if they invest it or not, that does not make them better stories:

2021:
With only $40 won $2.1 million
https://www.alaskasnewssource.com/2021/04/27/tourist-from-alaska-wins-21m-slot-machine-jackpot-in-vegas/

Only one day after the previous one, another guy won + 2 million in another Las Vegas casino, The Venetian Resort Las Vegas:
Congratulations to Roger L. who just became $2.9 million richer playing Wheel of Fortune!
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/E0FFmjkXoAQNkXY?format=jpg&name=small
Source:https://twitter.com/VenetianVegas/status/1387466692062810118/photo/1
 
2020:
Las Vegas resident wins $15 million jackpot
https://mynews4.com/news/local/part-time-las-vegas-resident-wins-15-million-jackpot-at-suncoast-casino

anyway...!

This story has something positive about his winning on casino that have helped him make his business progress. If there is no hardwork after he made the $27000 out of $5000 he couldn't have turned himself to be successful in his business. So, it is all about the hard work rather than his luck. We've got more such lucky stories, where they made millions out of Casinos. But, in Smith's story hardwork have got a major role.

You know the funny thing is that many people are betting on the likes of lotteries with huge jackpots because they are hoping that it could change their fortune in life. Lottery bettors must be aware that their chances of winning the jackpot is one in several millions but it doesn't discourage them. That one in several millions will win is enough for them to continue betting because that one could be them. And many of these bettors are poor people. They're only relying on luck in gambling as their ultimate savior.

Casinos have the opportunity to earn more money but casinos cannot deny the luck factor that comes to a person and can only follow the rules they make.
Even though casinos have their own way of getting things like that, they can't just cheat on their users because if they did, the users would surely complain and eventually leave the casino.
Manipulation may still occur but it will not work for gamblers who have a high level of luck because they will win from the casino.
So we shouldn't have to think about things beyond our minds and we'd better play gambling as usual.

He is in desperate situation and have no other choice as to where to get quick money.In that moment,he choose to gamble it and let fate decide.As it turns out,his luck showed up in that moment and the rest is history.But,this kind of people are one in a million,so if you can get a better way,don't put your hope in the casino because the risk is too high.

Manipulation is natural, people improvise when it is necessary but I think reputed Casino wouldn't want to indulge in this, not that some Casinos wouldn't do it but it wouldn't be all because playing consistently in a casino without any wins will trigger an alert for players that there is indeed something wrong with where they are playing and if players find out about such corruption, they wouldn't come back.



They are poor, too addicted and don't think of alternatives, some of their betting techniques most of the time is based on assumption and it is too far from reality but they will always play it anyways just to cash out huge bags

In gambling, this is a real-life changer but in different ways, of course, there's a gambler who wins in the game of course having huge jackpot can really gives you an urge to use that money into different ways or make another gambling which is another risk to get another wins or back to zero games and those gamblers who lose and want to take back their loses that might another towards of losing their assets. Still at the end of the day the players choices of the path they will come.

I have seen many gamblers that had made a Fortune from Gambling on casinos. This is mostly luck and we need to understand that this does and can happen to everybody. Some gamblers had made so much money on casinos because of their strategy and know in what they are doing. The more effort we put on what we do can change our life whether now or later. The gamblers with big bank roll will more money and become successful in gambling than those that bets with little funds.

I believe that luck has taken him to a much higher position. Otherwise, he would not be in this position today. But I think he probably didn't come to the casino at that time after getting $27000. Because at that time he was very busy with his company. He worked to deliver all the parcels on time. In this way he worked for two consecutive years and his company earned a large amount in 1976. As contribution to all of this, I acknowledge his intellectual hard work as well as the contribution of the casino.

someone who plays gambling must experience changes in their life but it's not always good and it's not always bad either. but from smith's story, what makes him lucky is that he has a strong passion to build a big company and doesn't become a gambling addict. if only smith became a gambling addict then I'm sure FedEx would never exist.

Cool story bro. At first I thought he gambled that 84m dollars because it wasn't enough due to fuel hiked, xd. Then I found out that what he gamble is his last money which is 5k and then he turned that into a decent 27k.

I think the real moral of this story is to test your fortune through gambling and whatever the results come, you must accept it and never attempt to play again if your goal is to profit because if you do then you will only lose what you already won and it could make your life more miserable. Gambling help him but what truly made him successful is his attitude and knowledge. He is wise to re invest the money in his losing company and not in to gambling even if he knew that he is lucky there.

Gambling is never been a good idea for making some last resort in speaking or in talks about finances because instead on making yourself win or make the situation better it could potentially even make it even more worst.

Its never been a good thing but luckily he had made out that last 5k of his money to grow via gambling which is that you could definitely say that gambling had opened an opportunity for you to start once again.
Although it is really just totally a coincidence that he's been lucky on the time he had played out but if not then for sure he fucked up himself even more harder.

So if it do happens into your life once then dont expect that it could happen twice or anticipated that you do end up on the same result on 2nd time around.

Hitting the jackbot to the extent a gambler will become a rich person in life is not easy, even not that this can happen to few people because it can not happen to few people, it is only happening to 1 person out of millions, so saying few people is like you are overstating it. Gambling can make life worse than better because it is easy to get addicted, this is the reason we need to focus on discipline and we should not go beyond our capicity, we should know that no money can come from gambling because that is where addiction starts, we should only gamble to have fun.

Few people is the correct term I guess and it is not overstating.  See, 1 is a single person 2 is more than 1 and can be group as few, in the history of gambling there are several winners of jackpot already specially in national Lotto.  So these few people already had a life-changing opportunity given by gambling activity




So how can you explain the winnings of people from playing gambling?  Just like in this thread https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5404841.0

It's an exception but never a rule, in a lottery there's only one winner out of million bettors and the house edge always has the edge, in the long run.

The guy is just extremely lucky to win that amount and get his business back again, FedEx has gone to become a big company I don't know much about the character of the owner but winning a big amount and not trying it again for more is a sign of a strong character.

In my opinion, Smith's story is inspiring! 

He used his luck (winning at the casino) to start a successful business.  Business is an iterative process of generating profits.  A successful international courier business is capable of generating millions of US dollars in profit per year for its owner.  This is a great achievement! 

Smith made the right decision when he started playing roulette in Las Vegas with his last remaining money.  When Smith won, he managed to stop and not play again. 

He had a big goal in life.  He knew what he wanted.  It is important

Stories like this is what makes people that are also in desperate need for money try their luck on gambling. Not everyone is lucky like Smith and also not greedy like him. There are people that spends all of their money, become bankrupt and still won't earn anything. There are also others who are able to earn decent amount of money from gambling but they just lose it again because of their greediness to earn more from it.

I agree with you, this is Smith's success story in taking advantage of the opportunities he got from gambling. The reality that happens outside is that more people lose because of gambling than those who succeed because of gambling. the positive thing we have to take from smith is that he doesn't miss the opportunities he gets (wins from gambling) and the result of his hard work is his success in growing his company.

I've heard this story in several news and articles and it is indeed a pretty good story because with it he can start again although slowly but he can reach this point now.
Still, on the other hand, things like this can only happen to a few lucky people because sometimes gambling can change luck, but sometimes there are more losses.
Although this is a good story, it certainly cannot be used as a reference that gambling can bring more luck to some people.

That's true.

If it's with other people and common ones like us, we're bound to lose it. Well, we can say that he's an exceptional guy and his experience wanting him to go further which made him his fortune and success.

I don't want to sound like praising him or want. IMHO, an opportunity that can be seen in gambling is entirely different from the usual opportunities that we get that are related to business and other typical opportunities.

Sounds like a "cool story", if you know what i mean.
27 000 dollars for such company as FedEx this is nothing. Is like 27 cent for you. Will they help you? I doubt it.

And of course, Smith could lose his 5000 dollars and then jump out of the window. Much more probable outcome than such "success story".

 

The amount won does not help but the psychological impact does.  It boosted his confidence in dealing with the company's problems resulting in more rational thinking which leads to an innovative way of solving the company's problems.  As a result not only did he solve the crisis but even make his company even greater.  Motivation at its finest.



True every story has its counterpart if the result is different.  He might end up selling his company if he goes out of that Casino empty-handed and depressed.

I thought Smith was destined to be a successful man, and the bankruptcy problem that befell him was a test. Because of his hard work and not giving up easily, he made a lot of money from the casino and made it rise and become successful again.
and I think many people are successful or make money from gambling because they gamble for a good cause and after that is achieved they focus on their business, this story is similar to my friend's that distinguishes he is just a small businessman and capitalizes on gambling winnings.
He was not an active gambler and after achieving his goal he stopped gambling and focused on his business.

I only thought about his luck and how to revive the company. He doesn't look like a businessman who is greedy for the money he won from gambling because he managed to invest his winnings to run the wheels of his company. I don't think the story is particularly surprising because there are actually a lot of success gamblers out there after winning something big, but really not everyone can be like them.

Casinos basically didn't help him but I think he was lucky enough at gambling that he was able to invest those winnings in the company he manages. The positive thing I think about him is, he doesn't forget that his company needs money to keep moving. Good.

If he can use his amount of winnings to start a business, that way it could grow and become even more profitable. The amount is definitely huge and can be a good start to have his own source of income. Just like Smith, not only his gains in crypto that made him successful now, but having positive mindset and being persistent brought him to where he is now. Its okay to gamble your money in casinos, but always set limits. If you feel lucky and won huge amount, don't try to chase your luck and just go home or you may regret and feel sorry in the end.

People who are addicted to gambling are never good.  Gambling depends entirely on luck. If your luck is good then you will see that from a gamble you can change your luck at one stage. But in the case of gambling, I blame fate the most. Many people have changed their destiny a lot by focusing on this gambling. Again there are many people who have lost all meaning of their lives due to this gambling. I mean this gambling depends entirely on luck.

If you ever hit the jackpot and have the self-control to call it quits from there, you could easily turn your life around. It is embedded on the human psychology to aspire more of what they receive, even though what they have right now is more of what they previously had before. People will still chase jackpots even though they already won it once, and that right there is the start of Man's pursuit to greediness and hunger for things that they don't have. I know some people who managed to win big on casinos but still end up being in debt, usually because they still believe that the luck that they have will continue even though they are already met with a series of bad streaks.

Depends on luck definitely and what if that man had lost out that $5k he had left on gambling and never able to gain that 27k instead? For sure we would really be seeing once again that gambling would be blamed for that which it wont really be just that right because gambling is for entertainment and no one had really forced you to play on the first place and its up into your own will on spending the money whether if its your
last drop or not or simply been hoping for some recovery at least but we know that this is the baddest idea to have on considering or on making gambling as your last resort for your money to grow.
Dont live or believe with these kind of means because it would really just fucked you up most of the time but this one is an exemption once luck would really set in.

We have to pay attention to the latest update of the $170k winner and Rocketpot has only paid $16k so far, whatever the reason Rocketpot is totally unreasonable to delay the payout or maybe they don't have that much money, because the minimum payout has already been paid, so it's impossible to use that much money to start a new business unless Rocketpot gives full payouts to users who have won $170k from their casino.

And with the story that has been given as an example, that made Smith on a better track but his story is really rare.

You barely see these stories that they're actual businessmen and usually, when they're into business, the first thing they avoid is gambling.

Because they know the effect of it but on this story, it's really like the bet that he's been waiting for his life time.

All gamblers have luck but most of the time, it doesn't use for good. Most of the time, when gamblers feel lucky, they will push more for longer playing not realizing that the big profits that come out from their luck are now slowly depleting. Until everything is now zero. Regret and disappointment will follow. After recovering from that problem, they will come back again and plan to stop now if ever they will hit a big profit again. Here now comes their luck and they are now in profit but their plan on stopping didn't happen because of the mindset that they are lucky, why should they stop?

It's good to see that someone like the story shared OP learn to take advantage of his winnings and didn't fall into gambling addiction. But even though the story ended in a good and happy ending, don't ever think of gambling your last money thru risking at gambling casinos. Not all have the same destiny.

he just got lucky on this one. i hope people are not being hopeful that this kind of story will also happen to them. and with his gambling winnings, he used it wisely making his company a worldwide known freight company. not many people got their luck from gambling. but let's admit the fact that without his hard work, the company won't go anywhere.

The story sucks to be honest. First of all because of the percentage you mention, but is there that much difference between $5,000 and $27,000? If he had said that $5,000 got him $500,000, it would seem to me to be a considerable difference.

And besides, it was the only way he could get that $22,000 difference? I don't know, maybe taking a loan to invest in his company would have made more sense.

I think when you keep gambling using borrowed money it's like committing suicide because there is no guarantee you can get a profit from gambling, it's better if you still need money to gamble, then you work and look for money and as much money as possible you use it for gambling. Gambling is not based on debt or the like because when you lose you will lose and be depressed.

Wait seems I'm not understanding this properly, you mean it took him about a week to earned that much after probably risking all his funds on the bet and not even a day bet. Even though he came out successful, that was a stupid move by Smith. The board members should ask him to set down as the CEO even though he's the founder of the company as he would probably take the company back into bankruptcy if he tries this again as there's every chance he would take the company funds for gambling in attempt to recreate this luck which will fail.

In no condition should you risk it all when betting even though you're 99% sure of coming out victorious. What would he had said assumings he lost it all like the majority out there. Stupid stories like this are the few percentage gamblers been lucky (probably first timer luck) and shoudn't be shared to encourage people into trying similar steps.

It is likely a suicidal attempt, it's a liability if it wouldn't make any profit unless it will turn the table and you hit a jackpot. It's good to gamble as long as you're not going all in and still thinking for yourself, the needs for everyday living and if you have family make sure it's intact until the day you've been compensated again.

this is also what crossed my mind, getting luck on gambling that smith did at the casino in my opinion it was a natural thing but if it was invested in his own company it would not have a big impact especially if it was for the recovery of his company which was on the verge of bankruptcy. unless he gets a big loan to invest in his company, at least I think this makes a lot of sense. 

Regardless of the topic of this thread I agree that casinos can change a person's destiny regardless of being poor or earning really big money.

Yes, no doubt.

He was just lucky on this one and the entire story will be different if he has lost. But if he's the pursuant businessman, he'll still find a way to fund his business and will on operating.

This is just like one part of his choice and there could be other options on him being awaited when he has lost on this choice for gambling.

Maybe the meaning of the story is that he took a risk in the casino and won, it gave him the courage to continue to take risks in business - instead of a reliable bankruptcy after which he would still have a lot of capital, he decided to keep the business to the very end and eventually won the jackpot. In general, it is rather silly to confuse gambling with business, but sometimes such comparisons really make sense because in business there are many external factors that are beyond our control and can be perceived as random.

Maybe he had given up on what happened with all his money so he decided to gamble.
And unexpectedly, he was finally able to win a lot in a week and was finally able to help him to continue his business even though the money was still lacking.
No one thought that his fate would change and that he could get the luck that came at the right time so this is what is called the right person at the right time to get lucky.

I think the very idea of becoming wealthy by gambling is a dangerous mindset to have. Anything which seems extremely unlikely (like winning millions or even hundreds of thousands) should not be ideas which you should entertain by risking your money.

Gambling is and always has been just for fun, by my way of thinking.

The more hope you give yourself that something unlikely will happen, the more you keep yourself at the gambling table even during times in which you should walk away once you have made an X amount of losses.

Winning hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars of course requires quite a lot of capital too, get rich quick ideas that encourage gamblers to continue to do it until they are addicted to gambling without thinking about how much loss is experienced.
For those who only play gambling as entertainment and fill their spare time, of course they will not be so serious in betting, they will only use the minimum bet they can afford to lose.
But if they think only to get rich quick and make a lot of profit, the maximum bet will be an option and this will boomerang that will take all their money.

One thing you have to realize that $5000 at the time of 1972-1973 is comparatively much higher according to this stage. At that time he received total $27000 thousand, that can be really appreciable. This amount is not really high but the advantage he got is a big deal. Moreover, another thing that I have said that he took the help of inherited assets and Loan when he started his organization.

Many people try to risk themselves because of the possibility that it can double their money easily but of course not all the time gambling gives a good profit to all player it is all about the guts and risk of the player if they have higher risk of course higher risk rewards of it but if not it might get too much losses that's why always gambling base on what you can afford to lose and control yourself.

I agree, some people think that only gambling can give them so much money, but they did not think the other consequences. I remember a documentary airs in the public tv channel where it documents a gambler who plays a lot for about 2 decade , always betting in a lottery for that less than 1% chance to win the mega jackpot, he bet everyday even there's no food in their table, that's a bad thinking and it will only give you false hope.

Percentage wise thats like 500% which is a return you wont get outside of illegal activities most places.     Also the other factor as a historical story, the Dollar used to be worth a hell of alot more.  It was 35 dollars for an ounce of gold so the 27k we are dismissing was tons more back then.    As of today's prices the FedEx hombre walked away with about $1.3 million to finance his company which is still a small amount to found an empire but makes alot more sense anyhow.

Well, not all cases that if we are in the verge of bankruptcy, gambling is the best resort. At least, we need to avoid that kind of mindset. Smith just got lucky because he was able to increase his money in gambling, but accept the fact that most who go into gambling always leave the house with empty pockets. But i would say with Smith, he was able to make a fortune in gambling. Well, gambling may be entertaining in the sense that you temporarily forget your personal problems, but after that if you get lose, you will still go back to your problems unresolved.

It was really just coincidence that he won that time on where he's on the situation where its his last money and ending up his last resort on making those amounts grow and hopeful that he could achieved something out

from that situation where saving up his company via gambling? No it wasnt really be the wisest idea to have and its not recommended and just like on what others been saying that instead of earning then you would rather lost that last money or funds you do have in your pocket which would really be leaving you on being even more broke.

Play for entertainment and leisure and not making gambling as your last option or resort on resolving your problems that you are facing.

Gambling have got it the ability to make change in one's life. There is difference between luck and hardwork. What we see with the person mentioned in the OP have got the hardwork. In between he got an opportunity and it gave him a fortune. Even if this wasn't there, we could've seen the same person in his present position or higher.

The meaning behind the story isn't about the winnings but the motivation he gets from winning in his gambling session.  Take note Smith was feeling down due to his company's problem when he went to Las Vegas to play in a Casino.  But due to his winnings regardless of the amount, he finds motivation within that experience.  And that motivation gives him enough strength to face the company's problem, solved it, and eventually made it a successful venture.

Smith's story is actually not only about winning at the casino, he was born with a hip joint disease, Calve–Perthes disease and moved around until the age of 10 on crutches. In 1966, he joined the Marine Corps and was in Vietnam twice, so I think it was this fact of his biography and the desire to take risks and put everything on luck that became decisive in his success. :)

Casino can indeed change the financial life of anyone if the win is used judiciously. We have heard countless stories of people that won huge sums of money only to blow the cash on luxuries and flamboyant life styles. It is believed that you can easily loose what you didn't work hard to acquire. But this motivational story has indeed proved that with self control, discipline and determination gamblers can indeed become financially free and also build a business empire that would become a massive employer of labor. 

OP the story you narrate did not say Smith went back again after winning the $27,000 and after established his FedEx company back to life again. Yes casino has changed a lot of people life to good. Just like friend told me yesterday that he was having no money in his hand to buy food stuff and eat so he was hungry and he got email alert from casino site that he registered days back that he has a bonus of $1, so he used it to placed a bet and won $5 and he used to cook soup and eat. But that is not withstanding that gambling is a profession that someone will indulge with because if you win today like the amount Smith won and thinking that, you will still win again. Unless that the same grace is still with you if not you might lose double of the amount won at the first instance. As it is said again and again. Gambling is a game of luck, it also has bull and bear market.

More than a suicide attempt, it is actually like a grasp of air, trying to breathe underwater and clinging for hope.

Gambling using funds that came from a loan is a recipe waiting for disaster- you are clinging to something that is already risky in the beginning. In the event that the gambling activity fails and you lost more money in the process, then how would you able to repay the loan? If the loan contract states a contract of guaranty where your assets have to be liquidated, then expect that your assets can be the subject of payment to your debts.

It's a one in a million event that rarely happens. The guy in the story managed to become rich because of luck, and he knows when to stop, too. Not a lot of people have that willpower in them to begin with hence even if they managed to win big, they'd still end up to square 1 simply because they can't stop. The first step is self-control, and if you do not have this, better not gamble and just work diligently or perhaps, open up a business and pray that it succeeds.

I doubt about this idea. You can obtain a lot of dofamine through another activities which do not means to risk with your own money.


Because of that you shouldn't use casino as "motivation center", especially if situation with your business isn't good enough.

gambling can make many people lose everything, for example, see the case of lotteries, even in my country there are many people who every day (I'm not exaggerating) every day these people from my country go to buy a lot of lottery tickets, the which shocks me and that it takes a long time for someone to win the award and even when a person wins it doesn't take many years to go back to being poor. In slot games I see the same thing in my country. This made me realize that in games of chance where you rely on luck, you have a greater chance of being addicted and when you win a lot in a short time you lose everything, while in games of chance where you depend on knowledge and strategy the things are different

I think the story is about a rich people who happen to have a struggling company and decided his last 5k when he goes to Las Vegas, and win $27k.  It isn't mere luck I think, he becomes rich because of either inheritance or his ability to manage a company.  Well, if you consider inheritance as luck then probably yes.


I think the matter of winning big and ending up in square 1 isn't about willpower but rather depends on the financial education of a person.  For example, often time people who won in a lottery are just ordinary people who have little knowledge of financial management.  So they fail to manage their finances after winning a huge amount making them spend endlessly until their money runs out.

I was referring to the story stated by OP, so I don't have any idea where are you coming from.  Besides I am not talking about how Smith was entertained by his Casino activity, I am talking about how he got motivated after the result of his gambling activity in Las Vegas that booked him $27k.  The result does give him the confidence to push forward.


Who said someone must use a casino as a motivation center?  Depending on the result it could be catastrophic but the story does not tell that side rather it tells how one got motivated after winning a certain amount in his gambling activity.  

Smith is a lucky man because he was at the right place at the right time, it was his fate that took him there. I must say he never understood his weakness in his FedEx company that was why he got bankrupt.
  Going to the casino made him realized his weakness in his business which he turned it into his strength, because he started all over again.
 
   The chance of winning big in casinos are very slim.

I think that every person in a day can have a touch of luck, the only thing is that we do not know when that touch of luck will come out, but there is something that must be clear, the moment we enter a casino we must highlight that we are giving ourselves over to a system where there will always be a business model where the house will always have the advantage, where our money is very easy to lose, otherwise there would be no casinos, because if it weren't an NGO, then the Players have to fight against the house advantage, against other types of inconveniences of the game, those who win it is because they obviously know how to play, how much to bet and that they have their touch of luck at the right time.

And "fate" is what drives people to do absurd things thinking that they can replicate what others did because they feel like they're destined for that same thing. News flash: they're not. Smith is not only a lucky man but also a smart one that recognizes his situation and bailed out after he got something out of his luck. Most people would have continued playing because they believe they can get more. Perhaps Smith's business (FedEx) also helped him have a clear mind when it comes to such decisions. He knows his priorities and he knows what's best for him and his company.

Smtih just got lucky on his gambling session at that time which is why the ending is good. All might have gone sideways if he'd lose as he already used most of his funds to gamble on a casino. But yes, he's smart on re-investing his winnings to funds his business which proves to be a success. I also think why Smith did not gamble afterwards is probably because of how good things turn out on his business.

I guess it's more of self control on his side, he brought an amount of money and perhaps in the beginning he has a target returns. And if he get to the point, exit, with the money go back to his company and then reinvest what he had just to make the company afloat for the meantime. And he is a business savvy because he was able to let his company survived that time and still now standing as one of the biggest company in the world. Feel good story, but for sure majority of us who tried to gamble have lost every dollar.

His decision to invest his profits in the business has nothing to do with luck anyway. I find him to be smart and able to gamble wisely and not completely addicted to winning.
Unfortunately, not all gamblers are like him, most of them don't quit playing until they lose every dollar they have, even if they win.
It is stupid to continue gambling the same day after winning a large amount. It can be played again, but not on another occasion.

That’s the reality about gambling, it takes a lot of money to lose first before you see yourself winning from it. So it’s still more on losses actually, except for those who are really lucky that at a single bet, they end up winning the jackpot instantly, but that’s very rare to happen. Most especially when you gamble from a loan money, that will put yourself in an even worst situation. Not only you will lose and become depressed, but others tend to end their lives through suicidal because they can’t bear the situation anymore.

this is a reminder to all gamblers that you need to spend in this vice using your own funds and not a loaned one. with borrowed money comes a lot of consequences, especially if you are talking about considerable amount of money. i don't think you will be at ease also playing while thinking of how to return the money. in gambling, you'll never know when your luck will strike. so better be prepared by any means necessary.

It depends on luck as well as the timely exit makes a big change. At times we can experience good win, but we won't get out of the game. We think it to be winning streak and go for further betting and ends losing everything. According to me, even when we're lucky we should know when to make the exit so to enjoy the profit.

I think it is the other way around.  It will let us win first then if we are hooked on winning, we will suffer losses and then spend a lot of money to chase our losses.  Indeed it is more on losses unless we gamble responsibly and limit our bankroll.  A loan just to gamble is the worst thing to do especially if you lose the amount.  So it is better to have the self-discipline to avoid the devastating result of gambling.

Smith got lucky to win and wise enough to use the money he earned for his business. As we know some gamblers who got lucky cant refrain themselves to keep playing for having a mindset that they might become lucky again. On the other side, that situation happened to Smith who take risk the money left, use it in gambling and win huge is not usual for gamblers playing in a casino. He is just lucky. It can happen to anyone but its not advisable to gamble with such hope because, often, the result is not the one that we expect.

Here the OP says the last he had $5000 and he went to the casino with that last bit. He was probably depressed that he might not be able to run his company much longer. At one point he entered the casino in despair. It proves that he was really lucky that time. He never knew that he would be able to increase his amount with that $5000 to $27000. So definitely favor consider him.

This is one rare success story coming from gambling but this is something that must not inspire people to gamble so they can set up or salvage their company, the guy has a combination of character and luck, if he has a weak character and is easily swayed he'll just turn to gamble to make money but he opted to work on his company to make it to the top with hard work and determination, I admire his determination more than his decision to turn to gamble.

When you are at a casino gambling place it all depends on the luck you have because that person is desperate with that much money capital he is desperate to gamble and when he loses he already has the intention to run away, from this case it has been proven that not all gambling places always give bad results, there are some people who can get very high profit.

If we analyze this case, then in fact gambling may not be taken into account here - maybe he would have changed his mindset from watching some movie or book. I would say that the key to this story is not that he went to the casino, but that he had his own company. Probably not every casino visitor has his own company hehe. If I go to the casino tomorrow and even win 10-20 thousand dollars, then it will not change anything for me, since I am not a business owner.

There are people with great luck, just as there are people who are very unlucky. It is difficult to say on what it depends, on thinking, the inner mood of a person, self-confidence, or is it an independent factor. Of course, playing in a real casino is a completely different feeling, but even in a virtual casino, the realization that you are playing for real money gives a good adrenaline rush, but it will not be as strong as it will be live.

The casino did not change his fortune, his character did, if he has a weak character since he already won a big amount then he will just continue playing and will come to think that he can win more, but that is not his mindset and his character he went back to his company and through his perseverance and hard work his company becomes a huge success.
In reality, it's so rare to make a fortune in gambling, this guy happens to know limitations in tempting luck so he stopped at the right time.

Sometimes lucky people who can get a lot of wins make other people jealous because they can get that big of a profit so that it makes other people try their luck with the capital that that person can then I can also get high wins and lead to very many losses, so in my opinion stay careful Be careful if you want to do casino gambling and as much as possible not to be influenced by what is happening and stay patient and many people have lost money in gambling because they can't control their patience.

I tend to agree with you, the @OP is just similar like pointing anyone if Bitcoin can save the world, but Bitcoin is just a currency and there's no free Bitcoin donation to poor people. I wonder how he can stop at $27K because his bankroll was $5K, obviously he should have $6K, $7K and so on until it reach $27K. The way he limit himself to not gambling more is a good decision and that's why his company is still survive until now.

A businessman must have a good decision and planning to make his company survive.

Wow, I never knew this was the story behind FedEx. This is quite interesting. Although not everyone has such a good luck especially in these kind of situations luck really favored Smith.
Also, it was his smartness at that moment that he decided to stop gambling more after winning $27000. May be he could have lost it all if he would have gambled more.
He made the right decision to invest that amount into his company and the growth he is seeing in his business these days is due to his smart work. He deserves it.

Precisely! his action changes his life and not the casino, there are people who have enough experienced and know how to take advantage with this kind of situation, maybe if he don't quit the right time all of his winnings will be back to the house, we also heard stories of those people who were unable to manage their greed, people who instead of winning ended up losing everything back including their bankroll.

It is the edge of someone who knows to value money. They can change their fate and make something good out of gambling activities.

Well, everyone can be Smith but it really takes a lot of risks and work ethic to be his kind, and not all who gambles got the same mindset as him. Luck was likely a huge part for his success throughout but as others favorite saying, "we make our own lucks".

Smith was lucky but not everyone could have the same fate. If we'll believe that everyone could be as lucky as him, we might only be putting false hope on gambling. Gambling is risky and not everyone could get rich through it. The reality is, there's a bugger number of gamblers who end up losing everything on it. Our fate in gambling will rely on our luck.

The hardest part for a gambler when they are winning is to stop and stop at the right time, we always have in the back of our mind the thought that we need one more roll before we stop, it takes a character to stop when you want to stop and to stop when you are already winning, there's a popular saying winner never quits, but he has full control not to follow this, no wonder he's able to create a big company because of his strong character and decision making, we are always blinded by bad decision whenever we are chasing our losses.

Actually, after reading that story on FEDEX, which I just now found out is his story, it can be said that his playing at the casino in Las Vegas allowed his $5000 to become $27k in just one week. He was able to gamble at the casino even though he was depressed at the time and his company was in danger of closing down. Maybe at that time, he also got involved, maybe by gambling in a casino he could grow his money and this casino could be his only hope to save FEDEX, and he was lucky in that regard as if he gambled even though he knew there was no certainty in what he would do.

Casino can change our lives can be rich or vice versa. surely many people like their respective casino games such as dice, rocket and many more. and make different bets. what I do to bet on casino games like dice, rocket once bet 3000 $ with a multiple of 1x1 10% which you get to 300 $ from a 3000 $ bet, not with 2x because if you expect from 2x the bet results are very difficult to guess, but with multiples 1x1 = this 10% win can make a lot of money if we collect it. nor does it always win by multiples of 1x1. don't play with lust there we will be tested for future destruction

The whole probability of FedEx taking off when it did was unlikely to begin with, right from the start it was dismissed as a pipe dream by his University.    The most consistent factor in his success is his plan and targets, when he had enough money he took money off the table according to his plan didnt get greedy but took a right turn into another gamble, his business.   Most likely he accepted he was going to lose it all but also equally it was worth the attempt in doing so.  
  This man had unique qualities and a hard work ethic I think, mainly I think he came through because he was realistic about how risky it all was.   The base case for his business was both valid and required at that point in time meaning the cost to play game literally had a purpose, main factor was he got very lucky!

Casino is just a platform where they do give out that leisure and entertainment on providing those games for us to deal with but since people or most gamblers are greedy then this is where things turns
out to be sour or making other people lives messed up speaking with finances because they become greedy and doesnt really mind of about the risk involved when they do play on excessive manner.
House do always win in the end and thats why you should really make yourself that fully aware about the probabilities because if you do make yourself that desperate then you would really be putting
yourself in great trouble.Play on the amount which you can afford to lose and on something that you do fulfill out that leisure seeking of yours.

in my opinion people always need knowledge more than luck in casinos, looking at sports betting for example, I see people who post multi bets in a 10 game parlay, where the odd can reach more than @23.00 and he they hit every game and they don't do it just once, they are making this kind of bets every day and they win, maybe there are days that they lose, but this shows that they are not dependent on luck, it is not luck and knowledge that is making them win

There's always an exemption when we do play sports betting and casino games which we know the odds or chances would be entirely different and you could really eventually tell to yourself once you do able to step

your foot on playing both things.You could really tell the difference and just like on what others been saying that platform has nothing to do with your luck chance or profitability yet they are just offering games which

a player could play according on the games that they do want to play.Changing fortune has nothing to do on the games been offered.

Sometimes, when you feel like everything is falling on your head, you consider putting it all on the line at one go, into a single bet. People do it to end the suffering and be done with waiting. Either they win and get back on their feet or they see it all going to 0 and move on. That's what he did by going to a casino and it worked, but I don't recommend it. 2 out of 3 times it won't work and then you're really in deep shit. I'd rather sell the business and start over than put it all on the line in a casino.

That's true that luck are sometimes hard to attract or find when you badly need a money and then you gamble your last money, usually you can only lose but not for this guy. Despite knowing that the 27k was still not enough to get the business running properly he still discontinued gambling and invest the money on his losing company.

Luckily he overcome its issue that time, making the company running smoothly again. If those winning moment happen to other normal gamblers I think they will get overwhelmed and forgot their true purpose on why they gamble and want to earn some money but they will continue till their wins turns into a loss.

Basically summed up the entirety of his experience. There'd always be instances like his in our lives, it just became more apparent in his case imo due to the fact that he did it at that point in time, at a point where he needed money. I mean, I might not need money immediately but I can still gamble and win big. Right place at the right time I guess.

Actually an interesting take. If he had failed, he would've basically been forced to start 0, which in the end I guess is kind of a closure to all the problems he would've had which would've honestly been a lot better than trying to fix a fixless problem.

And that saying created lots of addicted gamblers, ::) ;D though seriously speaking there are gamblers who can work with their temper and able to quit with a good amount of winnings, but most are ain't capable of doing so, they will continue to try exceeding from their luck thinking that they can still have more winning streak.

Like what I mentioned above, more on your characteristics and your good judgement to stop when you already win,

Quitting in the right timing makes your gambling an enjoying and productive session.

For a gambler who doesn't have any rules, stopping when he wins is very difficult, because the more he wins the more he wants to keep playing until in the end the victory becomes a defeat. They are gamblers who are addicted or addicted, no matter what happens they still gamble. People who are serious and have control over their gambling I rarely meet, it's really about the characteristics and how they judge gambling. Gambling and staying productive is everyone's dream, but psychology can't be controlled when it comes to gambling.

Gamblers who can win multiple times or large sums of money will become greedy because they will see that the opportunity to get more money has come and will have to use it to win again. But some gamblers can control themselves and know that their time has come to a stop and they obey it because they know that victory is not always on their side. As long as they can control their emotions, they will be able to master gambling and will not become greedy because they know that gambling is entertainment that can cause two things: winning and losing.

It is this greed that distinguishes every experienced gambler and gambler who only gambles without thinking about the risks that will occur. It is difficult to control emotions when gambling continues to lose without luck and vice versa. Those who can determine where to stop will have enough experience to control the money that goes into gambling.
Remember that every casino's system is different, it's also a matter of luck or not, the casino system always favors the bookie.

Even experienced gamblers fall victim to this greed factor. Controlling emotions and greed is far from having experience it is a game of discipline and contentment. Winning multiple times or large sum of money comes with so much luring feelings and thoughts and can even boast confidence to a point the gambler feels they can comfortably beat the house until they have lost everything.

There is a huge chance for a gambler on a winning streak to get greedy but if he is disciplined enough and keeps on the planned activity, he can avoid being greedy.  Though I agree that most of the time gamblers that has no dedicated plan for gambling often got hooked on the winnings and get greedy until they lost everything.  But OP's story is different, the person in the story managed to stop and get away with the winning with motivation in hand which solves the problem of his company later.

Winning many times is the same as getting all the luck at the beginning. this was a trap that would take everything he had. Gamblers who already feel they are always lucky and win will go bankrupt in the end, because they have given up control of their gambling management. and now gambling is easier to do, you just need to lie down and hold your smartphone and choose what gambling game to play.

back again to the topic of discussion in this thread, namely the casino will play a role in changing luck because they have a system that they can manipulate, so that what really benefits is the casino owner, we as gambling players will only accept defeat in the end.

lol this is a rarity, a very big rarity. I'm always happy for the people who have won the jackpot though. therefore, I often play, too- I believe that one day I'll be lucky to win big XD

Probably a small number of people can boast of being able to walk away from a casino with a winnings, and there are many more stories of failure. Risking your last remaining money is not a smart thing to do. I don't think such people have any strategy or plan of action for sure. It's just a huge success that happens very rarely, maybe even once in a lifetime.

The accessibility that we now have to casinos and other such platforms that people have nowadays is helpful and also scary at times. It is way easier to lose your money on casinos nowadays and easier to get addicted. Control and moderation is the key, and it is hard to do especially if you don't have any other things to do most of the time.


I don't think casinos are deliberately manipulating things on their platform, or they're doing it whenever they feel like it. The house edge is implemented so as to give an advantage to the casino over the players in the long run. Not that they can't change that whenever they feel like, but if they did then they will be subject to scrutiny and may even lose players because of it. Some of the games they have are designed to give out jackpot at a certain amount of games played (slot machines) and in a way, it is manipulation but again, they do not control these things whenever they want to.

Nowadays, maybe not so much, but in the past, there were a lot more online casinos that weren't provably fair. So, it wasn't just the house's advantage but there's always the chance that casino could screw you out of a good hand if they wanted to. And no one would ever be the wiser about it. You wouldn't know if they were doing something that would tip the odds in their favor.

That's exactly where most of the gamblers tend to make a mistake. They don't quit while they are in profits.
They keep playing and eventually lose. If at all most of them start to quit when they are in profits then casinos will turn out to make losses instead.

We will never know what happens behind the scenes but we will definitely lose for anything that will bet on gambling but not for consecutive/instant losses, I am not directing you to assume "manipulation" or "cheated" due to the fact that I do not dissect the source of gambling games and cannot measure the chances of winning in each bet. But every game update, the team will update/improve the game source and hope the team is committed to fair play for gamblers.

True, it doesn't usually happen. It is totally on luck. However, it is not unusual to win small amounts of money here. As happened to Smith. But he gambled with $5,000 for about a week and won $17,000. This amount is not very high in gambling where many people have records of winning millions of dollars with keeping very few dollars.

Yes, most of the gamblers who experienced a good win will continue to come back and try to win more, but chances is not the same
one day they will be busted and all those wins that they've gained will return to the house. Sad true, but without good control
of your greed, it will end up nothing.


Experienced gamblers who have this kind of mentality are the ones who can quit with a decent amount of money. They will also be back
but still have good judgement and know when to quit when they already reached their targets.


This is true, gambler who know how to handle their emotions can continue enjoying while earning from these activities.

Yes, gambling will make us have a high curiosity which is actually a trap, I mean many gamblers don't think when getting a win is luck and instead turn luck into defeat and even lose everything.
when we get a win that's where the real luck and the action that must be taken is to stop when we get a victory, in order to get a complete victory. But most of them continue to play out of curiosity and hope to keep on winning which is actually greed that will cost them.

Not everyone could boast about their winnings because, to be honest, most of us walk away from gambling because we don't have any capital to use since we've already lost everything we had. There will only be a few people who can succeed and reach their target goals in gambling because, to be honest, gambling is a game of luck and it is not strategic.

Winning small amount of money in gambling should not be compared to other large winnings because it takes a bigger risks and large fund to win big earnings. For those gamblers we know now that are having big winning in gambling is as a result of the built confidence and experience so far. This is worth could trigger us to take bigger risk to gamble since we have enough fund to back ourselves up if in case any thing happens. Gambling is luck also and for those who had been taking risks, one day there luck might shine.

Those who earned million by just using few dollars are very rare for sure and they are very skilled because of how the result of their gamble turned out. For me winning 100x from the starting capital is big enough and I can consider it as a big win but doing 10000x from your current amount is outrageous and I'm imagining to be nerve racking because it can turn out to be a disappointment if bad things happened. It certainly need good amount of luck, skills and experience to achieve those kind of winnings.

From 5000$ to 17,000$ I consider an impressive achievement already. It's not everyday gamblers manage to grow their bankroll above x3 with success. In unlucky days it's not possible to make a slight 5%-10% profit due to constant losses. Therefore gamblers shouldn't neglect x3 winnings. It's the perfect time to stop and to use this money smartly, growing it through another methods without involving gambling anymore until they have increased their income, so they can continue using part of it for gambling activity as hobby, but keeping in mind the lightning is unlikely to strike twice!

It is very difficult to stay calm when you are winning,yesterday I was playing a slot machine and I was just playing little money and didn't expect a big win but the slot machine kept giving me big wins on regular basis,I got from 69 dollars to 1200 but only withdrew 500 in the end because I thought to myself why not risk 700 dollars by playing with a higher bet and hopefully to hit the maximum pay line.I didn't and lost them really soon but I ended up with a 400 dollar profit in the end.I could not stop at 1200 because I thought why not go for that big prize and that is what hit most gamblers.

What this story is really missing is where this person earned their money - if they were around for a whole week then chances are they might have been grinding it at a very skilled game which can be just as reliable as going to a job. People assume from the way you describe it, he was betting on slot machines or trying his luck at the roulette table but that's unlikely to be the case. It's possible he won the money from one of these zero skill games, but for every person that does walk out with a hansom amount of money like that - plenty more will walk out with empty pockets and even worse, hit a nice jackpot amount yet pour all the money straight back in.

I think you have to rethink again of what you're saying because there's a game that goes with strategy only to win and luck is just a bonus if you have it. Just try the poker and see what the professional gamblers do when they have a bad card I've seen some of them flip the game just by bluffing and it goes to different games too because skills and strategy is what makes you win plus your will to win and that's matter.

Strategic type of games does need strategy and not luck alone and thats the main difference when you do deal up with those games which it would be just common sense on what would be mainly needed
and not just luck alone unlike when dealing with casino type of games which do only require luck for you to win up the game. Casinos are just giving off and provide games where people could play
and they would need up to deposit and play right away and there's no way that casino could play a role on changing up fortune because everything works on RNG for luck based
games and skills for skill based ones.

The adrenaline rush is playing all over you and its hard to stop, but that is good that you set aside a portion of your winning that's the best idea, thinking ahead and looking at the worst scenario, we want to strike while the iron is hot and we always think that someday we will regain all our losses, but unfortunately, it's very rare to regain it in one session and pushing your luck will get you on another losing streak, we all want to hit the big jackpot but always consider how far you can go and your risk behavior, some risks are not worth taking.

What happens here is that it is a circumstantial and very specific fact that we want to generalize, the fact that he won money in bets and used it for his company, is random and he should not subscribe to the fact that he was able to growt his company for that reason.

Possible results:

• The company was successful and has maintained that throughout the years.
• The company was founded with those funds, it worked well for a while but it disappeared, something normal.
• The company was founded had a success, very short.
• The company was founded, but did not reach the objectives, failure.

The above has nothing to do at all with the fact of getting that money and the consequent success, since the money for company could come from different options.

In other words, the OP's context and the question in the title of this post are like "bipolar".

Casino can play a role in changing fortune? Yes.
OP's context. No, not necessarily, do business, ventures, etc. and winning a millionaire prize do not go together as you might think.

But even if the gambler is experienced, they will still have the potential to lose control of their emotions. They can follow what other gamblers are doing and will end up losing continuously. It had happened many times and many of them had suffered that defeat. It's hard to control emotions, but we must keep trying if we don't want to lose more money. Casino systems may be different, but we have to be able to take care of ourselves and know when to stop.

That's right. By having good discipline, we can control our greed so it doesn't tell us to keep gambling. We can control greed as long as we always remember that the next round doesn't always give us a win. Many of us don't have a specific plan but as long as we can control ourselves and prevent emotions or greed from getting too big, we won't lose much money. @OP's story should motivate us to stop and get away with a win so we can enjoy the winning money.

That is the temptation of gambling that will continue to call us to always play after getting that win and make us place bets again. But if we have good self-control, it will not happen to us and even we can resist it by stopping when the winning money is in our hands. We can prevent greed from becoming big because with self-control, we will always be aware that gambling is only entertainment and nothing more.

Maybe that's the difference between experienced and inexperienced gamblers because they will have some kind of feeling that can help them decide when to stop. Maybe reaching the target will seem difficult but with the help of the feeling earlier, they will know that at this time, it is not easy to reach the target so they will prefer to stop for a while.

That's a really interesting story.
I don't think that being successful at gambling (for once) can make a person successful in his job or life.
This guy (Smith) regained his confidence by winning money in a casino and this helped him return his motivation and ambitions.
He could've regained his confidence and motivation without playing in a casino, but the casino somewhat helped him in creating a false sense of being fortunate. That was more like a placebo effect. Many people would've failed completely.
The courier business has big potential, even though fuel prices were temporarily high. Companies like FedEx were destined to become big, because that particular niche had huge potential. Consistency in business and not giving up in times of crisis has always been the key to success.

It's a good read and very inspiring. Like what was mentioned in the article, it's not the million dollar that matters but what you can do with it that matters. I agree that money is just a tool and if we use it wisely, it can help us achieve our goals.

I think it's important to have a financial plan and set realistic goals for yourself, but I also think that it's equally important not to define yourself by your wealth. It's easy to get caught up in the material things and lose sight of what really matters: good health, family and friends, and having a positive impact on the world. It's important to keep in mind that money isn't everything, but it sure does help. It's also important not to be a slave to your money and not let it control you. If you're an entrepreneur, then make sure that your business doesn't consume all of your time and energy because this will prevent you from living the life you want.