Biggest Gambling Losses Of All Time
New York Mets fans will be the first to tell you: Wednesday night’s loss to the Atlanta Braves — in which they blew a 3-0 lead and had a Yoenis Cespedes walk-off home run taken away by Ender Inciarte to end the game — was an absolute heartbreaker.
- Problem gambling is any gambling behavior that disrupts your life. If you’re preoccupied with gambling, spending more and more time and money on it, chasing losses, or gambling despite serious consequences in your life, you have a gambling problem. A gambling addiction or problem is often associated with other behavior or mood disorders.
- Reporting gambling losses. To report your gambling losses, you must itemize your income tax deductions on Schedule A.You would typically itemize deductions if your gambling losses plus all other itemized expenses are greater than the standard deduction for your filing status.
- Here are 11 of the biggest scandals in sports gambling history. Pete Rose: The all-time hit king was banned for life in 1989 for betting on games, something he adamently.
- Somehow, Archie Karas did the impossible, hitting the greatest hot streak in the history of gambling. Karas drove into Las Vegas in 1992 with $50 in his pocket. After that, he simply didn’t lose. Karas was fresh off a colossal loss—$2 million in a Los Angeles high-stakes poker game—which was why he had just $50 when he got to Vegas.
To create the list we took a look at the countries where gamblers have the biggest losses. Since the 2015 numbers aren’t out yet, we’re basing it off of the numbers for 2014 provided by H2.
But it felt like more of the same for a franchise that’s had a lifetime of soul-crushing losses. Let’s look back at the worst of the worst.
1. 1999 NLCS Game 6
Kenny Rogers had himself a great Major League career, but that’s the same Kenny Rogers who walked in the game-winning run to end a crazy game against the Atlanta Braves in which the Mets made a couple of epic comebacks and blew late leads.
2. 2006 NLCS Game 7
If you say the words “Carlos Beltran” to a Mets fan, they’ll all have the same pained look on their face thanks to him refusing to take the bat on his shoulders while striking out against Adam Wainwright to end the game. That’s the same game in which Endy Chavez took away a would-be Scott Rolen home run, which makes the loss even tougher.
3. 2007 Game No. 162
The Mets had 17 games left to play in 2007 and had a seven-game lead in hte National League East. Then, it all came crashing down, with an amazin’ dud against the Florida Marlins to finish an abysmal end of the year. The Phillies won the division, leaving the Mets and their fans crushed.
4. 2008 Game No. 162
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Another loss to the Marlins capped off yet another collapse that left them out of the postseason again.
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5. 2015 World Series, Game 4
The Mets came into the game down 2-1 in the Fall Classic and were up 3-2 when the Royals’ Eric Hosmer came up with two on and one out. He hit a dribbler to Daniel Murphy … and the ball went under his glove. Kansas City went on to win 5-3 and grabbed a 3-1 series lead.
6. 2015 World Series, Game 5
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A 2-0 lead in the ninth inning evaporated, another Murphy error was just part of a big collapse and the Royals won the title with another World Series comeback.