Maybe a few who made big bets last year on foreign markets or gold.

It is also harder to force other players out with big bets.

"These weren't big bets," said a person who had knowledge of them at the time.

Only they had to be big bets, and you could write the rest of this story in your sleep.

We're pretty sure he was male, but even that isn't worth a big bet.

"Every five years or so we look at our strategy and make these big bets," he said.

But they also can be used to make big bets on the direction of financial markets.

"He has taken a very big bet on this company and it's clearly in his economic interest to work it."

It is recommended to start with 300 times the big bet.

All of the major houses have also lost on big bets.