webfact Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Shocked by German win, gambler commits suicideBy Coconuts BangkokBangkok: -- A Suphan Buri man committed suicide after Germany shockingly romped over his favorite team Brazil 7-1.Yesterday morning, a 26-year-old man was found dead in his bed the mattress. A bottle of pesticide was beside his body. There was no sign of struggle or injury.The suicide was reported by his mother, who said her son had been very enthusiastic for the World Cup matches. The night before his death, he tried to borrow 100.000 THB [read more...]Full story: http://bangkok.coconuts.co//2014/07/10/shocked-german-win-gambler-commits-suicide-- Coconuts Bangkok 2014-07-10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thanet Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Thais take soccer seriously, but this is going to the extreme ... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UbonRatch Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 .... <deleted> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy88 Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 thats why they are called the Crazy88 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post pitrevie Posted July 10, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted July 10, 2014 'Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that.' Bill Shankley 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post UbonRatch Posted July 10, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted July 10, 2014 'Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that.' Bill Shankley Thank god a boy from Rugby school once picked up a football and ran with it! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodsie888 Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Poor sod's going to miss watching the final now! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robby nz Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 It would have been his loss he was shocked by not Brazil's. His mother can expect a visit from the bookie soon, she could lose everything through his stupidity. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albertosez Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Yep - there will be a few wishing that they hadn't lent him the money to gamble too. 30% of nowt = nowt ! Tears all around then ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AGareth2 Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Football is just a game taken too seriously 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirtless Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 He probably had everything riding on Brazil, poor bloke dont bet what you cannot afford to loose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sigurris Posted July 10, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted July 10, 2014 An old chestnut and I go against the NA/AA model but Alcoholism/drug dependency and gambling are not diseases they are choices. We choose to pick up the bottle and we chose to put it down. Life might hand us some bad cards but many others get worse cards and don't choose drink. And what we believe is a choice too. George Best wrote that the best thing that happened to him was being told he had a disease as he could then absolve himself of responsibility. It wasn't his fault!!! I am not knocking AA/NA/GA they are often the only support people have and they do good work but i don't believe in the ethos just as I respect religious organisations who do good work but don't believe in their preachings. It all comes down to choice. He chose to try to make money the easy way got into trouble and chose to step out. His choice. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuchulainn Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Enter the bar room 'doctors' with their Google Search engines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3NUMBAS Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 someone won a bundle on taking a risk on germany winning by 7 goals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim walker Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 No one of normal inelegance would borrow money to gamble with as it says all the time now on the UK TV after a lottery advert or bookmaker advert [ gamble responsibly ] everyone enjoys an occasional little flutter on the lottery or a small bet on the football horses etc. but I suppose there are people who are genuinely sick and it becomes an addiction same as Drink Responsibly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezzra Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Running away to Cambodia wasn't an option than? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soutpeel Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 No one of normal inelegance would borrow money to gamble with as it says all the time now on the UK TV after a lottery advert or bookmaker advert [ gamble responsibly ] everyone enjoys an occasional little flutter on the lottery or a small bet on the football horses etc. but I suppose there are people who are genuinely sick and it becomes an addiction same as Drink Responsibly. Playing the stock market is no different from betting on the horses, football or anything else and some people kill themselves when they loose their shirts, and some borrow money If gambling is truely an addiction, then one must include playing the markets ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicog Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 I do think gambling being illegal in Thailand makes it far more attractive, like the forbidden fruit, and given that the only place you can realistically bet is with criminals, it can't often end well. Perhaps government-sponsored legalising gambling would enable people to express their urges in a more realistic and harmless manner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisKC Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 This item is not about football. This wretched man has died because he lost his money (gambled) on a bet. If it wasn't a football bet it would have been something else! It's no good calling him an idiot now - have some sympathy for his family and friends. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 A post containing an overly derogatory comment has been removed as well as the replies quoting that post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweatalot Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 headline should be shocked by loosing his bet on Brazil ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blindside Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 It would have been his loss he was shocked by not Brazil's. His mother can expect a visit from the bookie soon, she could lose everything through his stupidity. I agree. One would have to be a little unstable to kill yourself over such a matter. 100,000 (or whatever) owed to the wrong people, with no hope of repayment - that sounds a bit more plausible. Obviously I don't know, but logically speaking ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belg Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 got the money from a loanshark that promissed him hell if he did not pay back & deceided to go on his own term ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 A way off topic post has been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csabo Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 'Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that.' Bill Shankley Im sure the suicide had nothing to do with football and everything to do with borrowing money from the wrong people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surangw Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 Football is just a game taken too seriously like all professional sports, its just entertainment for serious money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khrab Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 He was killed by his greed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jiu-Jitsu Posted July 10, 2014 Share Posted July 10, 2014 someone won a bundle on taking a risk on germany winning by 7 goals They didn't... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanlic Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 someone won a bundle on taking a risk on germany winning by 7 goals They didn't... I was reading that 100's of thousand was won by punters who backed them on the exchanges at 10/1 to win 7-0 when they were 5 up at half time. The odds of them doing that dropped like a stone when they scored their 7th goal and as the minutes ticked away. they probably went as low as 1.02 (1/50) That allowed the punters to get out with huge profits prior to Brazil scoring in the last minute. Some didn't but apparently many did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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