He lost just as much as every other gullible idiot that bought a ticket (or 10.. or 50. I've seen it.) and matched no numbers whatsoever. This kind of gambler's fallacy ******** is what keeps people pumping dollars into slot machines.
"DUDE. I ALMOST GOT THREE SEVENS!" "What does two 7s and a cherry get you?"
"NOTHING, BUT LOOK AT HOW CLOSE I WAS!"
The amount of times I've seen someone throw even more money into a casino, gambling website, or even **** like CSGO crates because they "almost won" is sickening.
You put your money on 17, the roulette landed on 16. You get nothing.
You bought a chroma case and just barelyyyy missed that knife. Doesn't matter. You got a 2 cent skin.
You miss, you lose. You don't see basketball players arguing for a half-point because they almooooost made that half court shot. Powerball numbers aren't even in sequence. They're batted around in a big cage like bingo balls. This guy wasn't even close in a roulette sense. There's nothing special about this ticket.