This guy gambles and wins a total amount of £400,000 and quits while ahead.

[coinfinger]

Can we really say that he is throwing his money away? What did he really do? Bought some gifts for himself and his family, maybe take a vacation which is definitely something we would all do, and put a down payment for a house which he would probably pay with his salary eventually. I am not even entirely sure if he can take that vacation just yet, we are in lockdown and planes rarely ever fly and you can't go to many places so they will probably stay at home.

These are expenses that makes sense and if he says he will not come back I really believe he may not come back, some people just swear off gambling and stay that way. Plus if you are even a slightly smart individual you can only lose the money you have, so this dude already spent some of that money, so he can't lose 400k+ back.

[South Park]

Josh Spurling decided to gamble out of sheer boredom since he was locked at home due to the current lockdown situation, and he gambled on two different occasions and on both he won big amounts totalling to £400,000.

It’s also pertinent to note that he’s decided not to gamble anymore as he believes to quit while he’s ahead, but something tells me he’s going to gamble again.

Now I know many will ask me why I feel this, so the answer is simple he’s already spending his fortune away quickly, and he’ll have more confidence in his luck so it’s only a matter of days before he gambles again.

Lastly there’re two important lessons we all can learn from him, 1) quit while you’re ahead and 2) don’t splurge your winning fortune quickly spend it slowly and wisely.

A SALESMAN won more than £400,000 in online casinos when he was bored during lockdown.

Josh Spurling struck lucky in two games just a few days apart.

The window and door salesman has already spent £50,000 on a house deposit, as well as presents for himself and his family including his daughters aged eight and three. A holiday is also on the cards.

But Josh is now giving up online gambling. He said: “I feel I’ve had my luck and I’ve done really well. If I carried on I’d jinx it.”

Source:

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11442154/salesman-wins-gambling-online-coronavirus-lockdown/

You are probably right on his assessment, quitting while being ahead sounds easy to do but it is not easy at all, the temptation of making some easy money could be too much for him to handle and when he runs out of money he is going to try to win some bets to keep his new lifestyle going, but this is nothing really new, lottery winners are known to go broke just years after winning and this is because they do not really know what it takes to earn so much money, so they spend it in useless stuff and then they go on debt to maintain their lifestyle until they cannot pay it anymore.

[Becky666]

Well! well!! well!!, that's a good move for the guy but I doubt if really he or she with quit gambling because of the huge win. We should be more concern about their need(These gamblers) for more even while quitting the gambling, also, the mindset of gambling for another high win. Should anyone win so huge like this and successfully quit gambling? No i haven't seen and it's likely not to be. This guy will surely come back for another big gains in gambling as soon as he started using the cash.

[Ryker1]

Well, I will do the same as what Josh did. He was not a pure gambler, --he just gambled for the boredom he felt and now his won and I don't think he will come back to play gamble again. Perhaps yes, but if he is so clever maybe 10% of his winning will try again to gamble. During this lockdown, money is very important in order to survive and I think that was on Josh's mind. the reason that he quickly quit gambling after earning a massive amount that came from the prize. How lucky he is.

[pixie85]

The article says he won almost 300 thousand playing slots. He hadto put a ton of money there in the first place. I mean thiose games don't pay out 1000:1 so he had to be playing with thousands from the beginning to score such big wins in just a day of playing.

Winning a lot of money in slots is even harder than in dice and having the balls to put thousands in a single spin is worth an applause.

This game looks a bit like an ad for those games they put in the pictures.

[stomachgrowls]

We cant really judged if he would go back to gamble or not but he decision he had made is indeed commendable where he do secure out some house deposit and giving out gifts to his family which is a good thing.
Its better to spend out those money on physical things rather than spending it back to gambling again.

This is really some rare case of people who do gamble and totally quit for good.They do have that kind of mindset that they should secure everything and use it on other means.
The amount is really big and a life changing one if you do know how to spend it correctly.

[Stedsm]

It's not about his decisions alone now as he's now been into the eyes of some major gambling companies which will try to lure him to play there and will also offer him assured wins (which never exists  ).

His will power will be tested by many people who will just ask him to go to the same site and play more and who knows if some day, he gets bored again, goes back to that same website, gambles and instead of winning, loses almost 50% or even 100% of his fortune! I hope he sticks to his words and never gambles again as well as use his winnings very wisely during this time.

[Yamifoud]

And I have to see that he was addicted to then. He probably thinks that he could possibly win for another round and thinks about more. But just to find if his luck comes back again otherwise, he gonna lose everything he won last time. I've experienced this thing before, luck never been with us all the time and therefore, we could not expect that we can still be winning for the next round.

[harizen]

Lastly there’re two important lessons we all can learn from him, 1) quit while you’re ahead and 2) don’t splurge your winning fortune quickly spend it slowly and wisely.

Honestly, these 2 lessons are just simple but difficult to do.

In my case, if I won a life-changing amount, surely I'm still on my mind to put it on useful things such as business, real estate, etc. and began securing my savings. But impossible for me not to allocated some of those winnings in gambling since as always, "why should I stop if I won". The mindset of lightning can struck 2 times is always in a gambler's mind.

It now depends on how responsible these big winners will continue their gambling activity. I'm amazed at the person in the subject that decided to stop. He just really tested his luck that time but not actually treating gambling as a regular activity to the point that he always gambled. Also, the reason why he able to easily quit gambling before.

[LogitechMouse]

It’s also pertinent to note that he’s decided not to gamble anymore as he believes to quit while he’s ahead, but something tells me he’s going to gamble again.

Now I know many will ask me why I feel this, so the answer is simple he’s already spending his fortune away quickly, and he’ll have more confidence in his luck so it’s only a matter of days before he gambles again.

Lastly there’re two important lessons we all can learn from him, 1) quit while you’re ahead and 2) don’t splurge your winning fortune quickly spend it slowly and wisely.

A gambler who won in gambling already will have his confidence in his luck and if his winnings will be gone, he will go back to gambling again hoping that he will win "AGAIN".

The best thing for a gambler to do if he won in gambling especially with that huge amount is to learn it to grow but not into gambling again. Quitting gambling is easy to say but it is very hard to do as my observation. If quitting is very easy to do then many gamblers must've quit right now because most of them are experiencing losses already.

One thing more is that if he doesn't know how to spend his money wisely then it will be useless and he will be using it on different vices or some things that will not give income or profit to him.

[TitanGEL]

Lastly there’re two important lessons we all can learn from him, 1) quit while you’re ahead and 2) don’t splurge your winning fortune quickly spend it slowly and wisely.

Honestly, these 2 lessons are just simple but difficult to do.

In my case, if I won a life-changing amount, surely I'm still on my mind to put it on useful things such as business, real estate, etc. and began securing my savings. But impossible for me not to allocated some of those winnings in gambling since as always, "why should I stop if I won". The mindset of lightning can struck 2 times is always in a gambler's mind.

It now depends on how responsible these big winners will continue their gambling activity. I'm amazed at the person in the subject that decided to stop. He just really tested his luck that time but not actually treating gambling as a regular activity to the point that he always gambled. Also, the reason why he able to easily quit gambling before.

There is a mindset that called as "always win", gambler who won big amount of money thinks that they are not vulnerable to losses and that is why they gains are come to waste. Consecutive winning doesn't mean that you are not vulnerable to losses, we should protect our gains and it is by doing risk and management. Our mindset should will also good because it is bad if we always thinking about winning and not losses and that is why we there are some gamblers who regretted their past decisions because they are not prepared face unexpected situations.

[maydna]

He has won a lot of money, so he wants to quit gambling. I don't know if he can, after wining a lot of money from gambling it is quit hard to leave it. Although I do not support leaving gambling jut for wining sufficient amount of money. I think he could keep some money for gambling and do other things with the rest of the money. Without giving up on gambling for fear of losing, he can allocate a certain amount of money for gambling.

It is normal if he wants to quit gambling because he already says that “I feel I’ve had my luck and I’ve done really well. If I carried on, I’d jinx it.”  I think he can feel that he already got his luck, and he is not sure if he still played, he will win again or not. It is good learning for us when we can feel enough is enough. But enough, in this case, is he can win a lot of money, and he quit gambling at the right time. He can use some money to gambling, but perhaps, he is too afraid if he becomes addicted. In this case, he can control himself with the right so he can quit gambling.

[Twinkledoe]

He has won a lot of money, so he wants to quit gambling. I don't know if he can, after wining a lot of money from gambling it is quit hard to leave it. Although I do not support leaving gambling jut for wining sufficient amount of money. I think he could keep some money for gambling and do other things with the rest of the money. Without giving up on gambling for fear of losing, he can allocate a certain amount of money for gambling.

It is normal if he wants to quit gambling because he already says that “I feel I’ve had my luck and I’ve done really well. If I carried on, I’d jinx it.”  I think he can feel that he already got his luck, and he is not sure if he still played, he will win again or not. It is good learning for us when we can feel enough is enough. But enough, in this case, is he can win a lot of money, and he quit gambling at the right time. He can use some money to gambling, but perhaps, he is too afraid if he becomes addicted. In this case, he can control himself with the right so he can quit gambling.

I seriously hope he will keep his words. He already got his luck in gambling where most gamblers are aiming for this in life. How many gamblers have you seen that they are promising to themselves that if they win big, they will quit gambling? This is a perfect example of that person. However, he should really keep that promise, else, if he will go back in gambling, it will be the same story, he will eventually lose it all.

[lienfaye]

Most likely he will come back after spending his winnings. If we already experience how to win we are thinking that the next time we gamble the chances to win again is high its on our mindset. But it depends on our luck we cant rely to our past experience or strategies because if you're not lucky then your chance to win is slim.

Stop gambling and enjoy the winnings but spend it wisely. But they say the money you acquire easily is very easy to spend compared to the money you earn from hard work because you will value every cent of it.

[Rosilito]

He's very cautious and wary with his fortune knowing that luck doesn't dictate the entirety of the game. It is not bad though if he is going back to gamble again when he will do it moderately but if it turns out to be often as he dragging the down his last resources then something bad is waiting for him up ahead. Anyway I think this kind of gesture like quitting right away is applicable for people who won the jackpot, or something far bigger than what he bet, and had already bet. Since you gain more than what you spend. Otherwise it is just a loss or your money remains the same.

[romero121]

It is true, everything we see happens in a matter of time. Another thing right now I see is the lockdown. Feeling bored he had spend on gambling and has got a huge return out of it. Likewise now he has a big fund in his wallet which will boost his confidence to gamble. However his decision is really appreciable, because very few will have such a mind to stop after big wins.

[matchi2011]

He's very cautious and wary with his fortune knowing that luck doesn't dictate the entirety of the game. It is not bad though if he is going back to gamble again when he will do it moderately but if it turns out to be often as he dragging the down his last resources then something bad is waiting for him up ahead. Anyway I think this kind of gesture like quitting right away is applicable for people who won the jackpot, or something far bigger than what he bet, and had already bet. Since you gain more than what you spend. Otherwise it is just a loss or your money remains the same.

Quitting after you hit the jackpot is the right thing to do, and like what you have said it's very possible that he might comeback and play again, the fact that he quit and bring his money out from the house give him opportunities to think about where to spend the money, if he's wise enough and use it to divert and start a business it will be a good start for him. Let the gambling side be entertaining once you have a business to feed your vices.

[maxreish]

I just do hope that huge wins will not tempt him to gamble again. The usual psychological scenario of a player is to aim for another huge win thus making a person to gamble more. Josh did a good decision though. If i were at his feet, I will just give space to gambling and spend my winnings to my family. "Give space" and not "giving up".
 
 Though he save himself early from greediness and addiction. But maybe he may think that luck comes around once in a while but yeah it's true. We can't always be lucky everyday.

[palle11]

However his decision is really appreciable, because very few will have such a mind to stop after big wins.

Because gambling is a serious addiction that takes a very hard decision to stop. Hard decision in the sense that if a bad experience happens to a gambler, only then he can stop. The guy who has worn such huge amount might continue playing until he goes out of cash then the reality hits him with a lot of regret, only then he can stop.

[TimeTeller]

It is true, everything we see happens in a matter of time. Another thing right now I see is the lockdown. Feeling bored he had spend on gambling and has got a huge return out of it. Likewise now he has a big fund in his wallet which will boost his confidence to gamble. However his decision is really appreciable, because very few will have such a mind to stop after big wins.

A really good thing that happened to him during this lockdown.
Also, he can use some of the money to set-up his own business so he will not be a Salesman for somebody, but a Salesman for his own business. 
Let us all hope that he will stick to his decision, he already made a fortune out of gambling.