I turned $1,500 into $1MILLION playing blackjack - but threw half of it away after making a series of stupid decisions

I turned $1,500 into $1MILLION playing blackjack - but threw half of it away after making a series of stupid decisions Tim Meyers put down ever increasing bets on online blackjack READ MORE: Cops expose alleged 'match fixing' on soccer games By Pranav Harish For Daily Mail Australia Published: 07:09 EDT, 22 May 2024 | Updated: 07:51 EDT, 22 May 2024 e-mail 1 View comments A punter who won $1million in a virtual blackjack challenge has urged people not to fall into the trap of gambling away huge sums of money after losing half of the cash. Tim Meyers, 31, who is from New Zealand , turned a risky $1,500 bet into the huge seven-figure sum by playing the popular casino card game online. Mr Meyers, who boasts more than a million followers on Instagram , began his blackjack challenge by betting ten cents for each of his followers on one hand every day.

Tim Meyers (pictured with his girlfriend), 31, who is from New Zealand, turned a risky $1,500 bet into the huge seven-figure sum by playing the popular casino card game online Read More Outrage grows over Aussie man Shane Dixon's suicide on P&O cruise liner near Sydney after racking up gambling debt during his trip The size of his bets increased as his number of followers grew and by the 50th day of the virtual challenge, Mr Meyers was betting more than $32,000 a hand for his more than 320,000 followers. With a run of good luck, the gambler hit $1million on May 4 after staking a $115,000 bet. But the former blacksmith's good luck had.