[alva]

Sounds like they were not leveraged. Any idiot can make super high leveraged bets that will wipe them out if they don't pay off. Your comment suggests a lack of understanding of risk. Max risk of 200k for 17m payoff is VERY impressive.

[OscarCunningham]

It depends on the odds of it working, of course. 200k/17m is 1.2%, so any idiot can arrange a bet which pays of 17m with 1.2% probability with at most 200k at risk.

[alva]

Of course they can. My comment was in context of the parent. Suggesting 8600% return isn't that impressive is ludicrous and ignores the downside. Comparing this bet to ultra-leveraged bets is silly.