Casino can play a role in changing fortune?

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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:

"The $27,000 wasn't decisive, but it was an omen that things would get better," Smith said about the gamble, according to Entrepreneur.

How Fred Smith rescued FedEx from bankruptcy by playing blackjack in Las Vegas

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.

[electronicash]

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.

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.

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!

$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.

[TravelMug]

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.

[GigaBit]

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.

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?

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.

[rahmad2nd]

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.

[rodskee]

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.

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.

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.

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

[Questat]

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.

[iv4n]

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!

Many of us who play casinos, suffer more or less.

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...

[Fundamentals Of]

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 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.

[Cookdata]

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.

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.

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.

[Rufsilf]

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.

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.

[lionheart78]

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.

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.

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 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.

[Kakmakr]

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)

[swogerino]

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 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 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.

[Shinpako09]

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.

[aioc]

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.

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.

[YOSHIE]

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.

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.


@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.

[BitDane]

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.

[virasisog]

I also believe that Casino can play a role in changing the 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 used 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.

[ChiBitCTy]

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.