He bet $400,000 on some game, lost it, and then decided he may as well bet the remaining $50k. Macdonald was forthcoming with Maron about his gambling addiction, going into detail about the three separate occasions he went broke from bad bets.Īt one time he had $450,000 to his name. I even listened to an old interview on the Marc Maron podcast from 2011. Making Seinfeld crack up on Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.
Like many comedy fans, I spent a lot of time this week watching old clips of the recently deceased Norm Macdonald on YouTube.
The Psychology of Betting Big and Losing it All
