[BlastOne]

On June 16, at a pedestrian overpass in Shanghe Street, Longmatan District, Luzhou City, Sichuan Province, a man gambled on Spain in a football match with a loan, but lost everything. Unable to accept the defeat, the man jumped off the bridge and committed suicide, dying on the spot.

[Mecrupulent]

I thought you were only supposed to gamble money you could afford to lose

(I know it isn't that simple, it's an addiction)

[Tornadolen]

maybe could be him?

Sum Ting is Wong with Spain lately, no goals, no good team effort

[Mecrupulent]

Originally Posted by Tornadolen ↗

maybe could be him?

Sum Ting is Wong with Spain lately, no goals, no good team effort

Fuck, one million

Imagine being that guy, watching the match, seeing the score not moving until it's too late...

Sports bets are supposed to add to the "dramatist" of sports, but there it is a little too much

[scallywag27]

He died, but I'd want to plummet to a guaranteed instant death from a greater height.

[kellyhound]

Chinese citizens bet a staggering 6.87 billion yuan (around $950 million) on football games during that single week. This represented a 97% spike compared to the prior week.

The unexpected 0-0 draw between Spain and Cape Verde instantly wiped out tens of thousands of multi-match parlay tickets. Many younger Chinese bettors had pooled money into these tickets, hoping to win the lottery's top prize of 5 million yuan.

The million dollar guy was an online crypto account betoor619. Trading data shows that the losing user had only been active on Polymarket since October. Prior to the surprising World Cup match, he had never made more than $9,000 in profit or loss on a single event. so doubt that's the same guy as in OP.

[philovan]

Ah the marvels of soccer: one dead, over 200 injured, and nearly a thousand arrests over five cities from the riots in the wake of the Paris SG win over Arsenal. And that isn't even part of the World Cup.

[Mecrupulent]

Originally Posted by philovan ↗

Ah the marvels of soccer: one dead, over 200 injured, and nearly a thousand arrests over five cities from the riots in the wake of the Paris SG win over Arsenal. And that isn't even part of the World Cup.

I wonder where you heard that. No people in their right mind would do that in our great Western countries.

[philovan]

Originally Posted by Mecrupulent ↗

I wonder where you heard that. No people in their right mind would do that in our great Western countries.

Exactly. In my 80 plus years lifetime I have observed a great deal of erosion of the distinction between the "civilized" and "third world" countries.

[Gore Whore]

The height of that overpass seems a bit risky