She acknowledged in federal court that she took $2.1 million from her late husband's charitable foundation during a decade-long gambling spree in which she won — and lost — more than $1 billion.

i recently began online gambling for the first time every in my life and deposited $500 into my account. the first day of gambling for really successful for me as i ended up with nearly $900.
then today....
i started off playing poker and lost a few, so then i switched to playing roulette at the online casino and lost all my $870...

Lost 400 Dollars Gambling No Deposit

• We know some people who have lost millions of dollars and have gone to jail because they could not repay the casino markers (or loans) they took out. If all you lost was $3,000 (which we know is a lot of money), then you are in a much better position than they are!
• I'd buy 5 to 10 dollars in scratch off tickets every couple of months at convenience stores. Last week I discovered online casinos. I wish I never had. I started off with a mere 100 dollar deposit. Then another 100. Distressed about losing 200 dollars, I was determined to get it back. I threw down $500 on a deposit.
• Example: Sid and Nancy, a married couple, won $5,000 gambling last year and lost $4,000. They qualify for a $24,000 standard deduction. They had $15,000 in deductions for home mortgage interest and property taxes, $1,000 for charitable contributions, and their $4,000 gambling loss. This comes to a total of $20,000 in personal deductions.

i deposited $500 into my account hoping to regain it... i lost it all again
then i deposited $500 again a few minutes later, lost it all again.
i deposited another $500 one last time and lost everything. i feel so depressed right now. after losing nearly $3000 in just an hour i knew i have a serious gambling problem. so i immediately locked my credit card away under a table, and sent an e-mail to the casino site to close my account. they just closed my account a few minutes ago and said that it will never be enabled again.
the depressing thing about this was that i said to myself at the beggining of today 'if i lost more than $100, i will stop for the rest of the day'. well i ended up losing way more than that, now i don't know how to explain this to my parents when they see that i have a $2000 credit card payment.... even worse is that this happen right before christmas... and i'm still in university and this is a big blow to my tuition payments.

Lost 400 Dollars Gambling Dollars

Lost 400 Dollars Gambling Money

i just feel so sad. i was so stupid to have wasted so much money in such a short amount of time. it'll take me nearly 3 months of working at my current job to make back $2100 (i make about $700 a month). my family doesnt make much either because we are barely a middle class family and i know my parents work hard to save their money for me, while i just blew away so much. o man am i stupid....