Biggest Fail of 2010... takes 11 days

In what is certain to be one of the biggest fails of the year, a British student placed a bet whith his university money (£4400 or about $7100) on Angola to win against Mali in the opening game of the African Cup of nations. The bet was placed when Angola were 4-0 up and only 12 minutes of the game remaining with 1-100 odds (or whatever gambling term means that you get an extra 100th of your money back if you win, or an extra £44 in this case) This was followed by one of the best comebacks ever with Mali finishing the game 4-4 overall and tying. Result, kid loses over 4 grand in 12 minutes!

Now, for those unformiliar with football, beong 4-0 down with 12 minutes left mean you hardly have a hope in hell, in the whole history of international football you'd struggle to find more than 6-7 games were a team came back from a 4 goal defecit.

This brings up an interesting point. One, he was rilling to risk over 4 grand on a profit of £44. While it seems like a no brainer that they'd win, I'd personally never make that risk. Anyone here that would fancy a wager at the level of money?

And this is why we don't gamble, Children.

Indeed. Gambling is, well...a gamble, and it's ew.