It's only 18 February and I think we've already found the luckiest man of 2017 - and no, it's not John Goehrke who managed to get himself a date with Eugenie Bouchard, but it does involve a bet.
He was filmed while putting a towering stack of chips (worth $100,000) onto number 32; he can then be seen casually sipping his wine as the camera scans the crowd. Just moments later the croupier is heard announcing the box number: 32.
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And the lucky bastard wins $3.5 million.
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The man can then be seen celebrating with his pals - I bet he found himself a whole bunch of 'new friends' that evening, too.
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He didn't even need the money, because the man in the clip is reported by the Daily Mail to be Pedro Grendene Bartelle, a Brazilian businessman and the nephew of billionaire Alexandre Grendene Bartelle, who co-founded Grendene, the world's largest manufacturer of sandals.
Grendene, which produces Havaianas flip flops, has resulted in Alexandre amassing a net worth of $2.1 billion. So I doubt he'll be expecting a few quid from his nephew.
And it's not just his family's wealth he can enjoy - Pedro is a successful businessman in his own right. He is currently the president of Vulcabras-Azaleia, which is the third largest footwear company in Latin America, behind a company called Brazilians Alpargatas and, of course, his uncle's.
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