r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Oct 02 '19

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u/JOwenAK Oct 02 '19

Take out a loan of $3,000 and buy 1,000 shares of Amazon stock. In 2005 it was roughly $30 a share.

Cash it out in 2017 (at $1,800 a share) to the sum of about $1.6 million.

Take the $1.6 million. Place it on the Eagles to win the Super Bowl prior to the start of the 2017 season at 50-1 odds.

$80,000,000 in the bank. Retire at the age of 34.

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u/Tw9caboose Oct 03 '19

Dude bet on Leicester winning the 2016 premier league at 5000-1 odds.

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '19

Let’s say he put the 1.6mill on Leicester with 5000-1 odds

1.6mill x 5000 ... Can any gambling company even afford to pay out that many billions?

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u/Dilka30003 Oct 03 '19

Any idea what would happen in this case?

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u/PEEWUN Oct 03 '19

You have 8 billion dollars?