Bezos’s $100 bets demonstrate that for the ultra-successful, the intellectual satisfaction of the process far outweighs the thrill of the financial stakes. It reveals a psychological state where the game itself is the reward, rather than the mere consumption of capital.
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Billionaire Jeff Bezos Only Bets $100 Chips at Casinos: “F*ck you!” Says Andrew Santino
Added:I would like to be like Jeff Bezos. Just go on and be in the French Rear era.
Have >> you ever seen that guy in public?
>> I have.
>> He looks like a robot. He's a robot. I don't want to be like that. I don't want to be like that.
>> That guy scares me.
>> And you can go to the French Riviera now.
>> We can Let's go right now.
>> You can't go to the French Riviera.
>> Let's go. Yeah, Billy. Book us a ticket.
>> Book us a ticket right now. We'll take care of it.
>> I got to go see if I I got to see if my passport is updated. I >> Oh, really? But you you can go anywhere in the world. I'll bet my all my money on it.
>> 100%. Oh, let me say this. I Okay. I was in Vegas for the NBA Cup.
>> Yeah.
>> All right.
>> I went to go gamble um uh late at night with a friend of mine and sitting behind we see all the security pop in and who's sitting behind in the table literally right behind us? Bezos and his wife girlfriend wife. I don't know what.
Sure.
>> He's right there.
>> Yeah.
>> I turn around and I say to my buddy, I say, "How much how much is he betting?
What is he I want to know what the number is. How much do you think he's betting?"
>> $500.
>> $100 chips.
you Jeff Bezos. [laughter] Yeah. [ __ ] you, DUDE. THAT'S MY POINT. WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH IT? IT'S TOO MUCH. IT'S TOO ABSURD. He can't If you're >> He would bankrupt He would He would bankrupt the CASINO IF HE >> THAT'S MY POINT. IT'S WORTHLESS. IT'S ALL MEANINGLESS [ __ ] SO LIKE, WHY GET ALL that [ __ ] if you if it's half of the joy of life, >> Yes.
>> is working for something.
>> Yes.
>> So getting it is nothing, >> right?
>> Working for it is fun. So once you don't have to work for anything anymore, what is life?
>> Yeah. Elon Musk is a trillionaire, right?
>> Gross.
And you know what I would do with that money, right? I I swear to God, I would keep a billion.
>> Yeah.
>> And I would put the rest into like foundations, cancer research >> or burn it.
>> Oh, like the Joker.
>> Like the Joker. Yeah. You can do two things. Either help society or burn it.
Yeah.
>> First of all, [laughter] putting putting it in research. There is no money in the cure.
>> There's money in the There's money in the suppressant. Yes. I'll tell you what I would do.
>> If they if they found a drug, they would kill the They would kill the tribe.
>> He's right. They probably already have done it. 100%.
>> I'm not trying to kill you.
>> Renewable energy. I get it. Okay. I'm not trying.
>> I'll tell you what I would do. You know what I would do if I had that money? I would buy a bunch of those um desalinization boats and put them all over places that need clean water. I'd buy a billion of those boats.
>> Yeah.
>> Then I then I go, "Well, at least I'm getting clean water to people. I can die a happy man." Then I'll go buy nine Ferraris and 70 yachts and I I'll do that first and then I would go do all that dumb [ __ ] >> Yeah. So then they couldn't say anything about me. They'd go, "Well, he was away.
He was a >> But look, they're going to talk about you regardless because >> Sure, but do something good." And then >> But you wouldn't you wouldn't be able to do enough good because no matter what you gave some Exactly.
>> I know.
>> But that's the same way gain earning is not enough. So it's like when are you how are you happy? What makes you Shannon happy right now?
>> Don't kick him.
>> What makes Shannon happy right now, man?
>> What makes Shannon Let's get on a different topic. What makes Shannon happy right now?
>> I'm a workaholic. that I don't like that.
>> I don't like it.
>> What makes Shannon feel good at night when you lay your head down and you go, "You know what? I love this about me."
>> Is it friends? Is it family? Is it >> I lay down like this here?
>> Yeah. And then Are you reading?
>> Even though I know CJ is asleep, I see like, "What do you think about having this guest on CLUB SH?"
>> NO.
>> NO. Ask it.
>> Really?
>> How late?
>> 1 2 3 2 3 in the morning.
>> Can we have a therapy session real fast?
>> Yeah. Yeah. We need therapy.
>> Can we do this real fast?
>> Real fast. Yeah. Yeah, >> you are you are one of the most accomplished, wellrespected >> Yes.
>> NFL athletes in the history of the sport.
>> I never get nervous when I do podcast.
>> He was so nervous.
>> He peed in a cup.
>> I peed in the cup and I sh my pants.
Yeah. Yeah. Listen, I was so nervous doing this because of the respect I have for you.
>> Right. Right. So, I know who you are.
>> I see you.
>> Go ahead.
>> You've done leaps and bounds more than anybody in your field. Right. Beyond the field, literally. You've done so much.
You've adapted >> at night. Shannon needs something that goes, you know, >> this makes me happy. Not this. Not CJ.
>> Yeah. Not CJ. No.
>> Something bigger. Something bigger.
>> And this, my man, is why I think we're talking about we're talking about is making something more fun.
>> Yes.
>> That is for you, >> right?
>> What is it for you that does it just for Shannon? Not CJ.
>> Not CJ. [ __ ] CJ.
>> [ __ ] No. Not >> I don't trust CJ at all.
>> No, I love him. He's great.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
>> He's fantastic.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
>> But what is it?
>> That's it. Well, we got to find like making sure that like making sure like my family is taken care of.
>> Okay, there. Family.
>> Family. That's good.
>> Family's good.
>> Yeah. Yeah. How many kids do you have?
>> Three.
>> Three kids.
>> Are they taken care of?
>> Yeah. [applause] >> That's good.
>> All out of college.
>> I want Shannon I want Shannon to to take a vacation.
>> You need a vacation.
>> Everybody keeps saying they want me to TAKE A VACATION.
>> WELL, THEN WE'RE RIGHT.
>> YEAH. RELAX YOUR LEGS.
>> Take a [ __ ] vacation, Shannon.
>> Shannon, lay it in. Lay it down like this in the sun. Like this. Drink whatever you want to drink your whiskey or whatever.
>> I haven't You know what? I haven't gone I haven't gone on a vacation >> in 30 years.
>> Oh, Shannon, what are we doing here?
>> I know you're going to say no. And I know it's it's for the cameras.
>> Yeah.
>> Can us three take a vacation together?
>> I Why?
>> What are YOU GOING TO GO LIKE? WHAT are you going to do?
>> Us three together. What would I do?
>> You know what? We'd have a [ __ ] blast. They'd go, "What are they doing together?"
>> I'd show you things you never you've never seen before.
>> HOMO HELL. [laughter] I THINK I think if I go number 30 [laughter] without seeing hobo heel, I think I'm going to be okay.
>> How about Shannon? Me, you, and Bobby go to Hawaii together.
>> Yeah. Have you been to Hawaii?
>> Just the dogs. You saw LeBron just take that boys trip. That golf boys trip.
>> Yeah.
>> Let's do Let's do just us.
>> A ping- pong trip.
>> A ping pong trip. We'll go to Hong Kong on a ping pong trip.
>> You I knew I need to take a boy trip.
>> Let's go.
>> Yeah, we're boys.
>> Can CJ go? CJ CJ married. CJ got a kid.
>> Wait a minute. Wait a minute. That's fine. That's fine.
>> No, he got he got to stay. He got to stay. Who gonna run? Who gonna run uh uh uh uh Shay Shse?
>> Have this guy do something on the camera.
>> Okay. Old >> Jordan social media. Jordan handled the social media. Jordan's going to have to document everything.
>> Okay. Okay.
>> No. No. We've got those guys. We've got a ton of those guys. Like guys like that white guy camera guy. We have like six of those guys.
>> Yeah. We love white guy.
>> They're everywhere. You just grab them.
Well, how you going to replace my camera guy?
>> Look at me real fast.
>> He's too cute.
>> You're too cute.
>> You can't have him around.
>> Yeah.
>> Too cute. You got to have someone that's more homely looking.
>> You got to have home. We have very ugly cameramen.
>> Yeah. Yeah. The ugliest ugliest in the business.
>> Oh my god. The ugliest in the business.
>> You want your cameraman to be hunchback and like >> I'm not looking at the camera. I'm looking at your cameraman.
>> He's so Look at that. Look at that profile.
>> Huge problem.
>> Oh my god. So you you wouldn't want to be you wouldn't want to be like Kev. Kev is probably worth 400 $500 million.
>> Look at We love Kev.
>> Oh, he's unbelievable.
>> No, but he's the nicest guy, but he's a workaholic.
>> He's a friend of ours. We love him. But no, I don't I don't pine for that thing.
>> I love him to death.
>> I can't believe he can do it.
>> It seems insane.
>> No, I >> But he's been keeping the schedule for like a decade.
>> More >> more >> more 20 years. He's been Kevin for 20 years. We want or I shouldn't speak for both of us, but what we love is just making f at this point in my career, we want to make fun [ __ ] for our fans and for outside of the fans if you're into it. We just want to make fun [ __ ] I just want to make fun original [ __ ] >> But a guy did tell me one time, he said, Shannon, he said, I have something that you'll never have. And I'm like, you know, he's married, he got kids, he has nice, he says, I have enough.
He says, "You'll never have that."
>> And isn't that something we just talked about?
>> I didn't I didn't I didn't at the time that he said it, I was probably 38, 39, maybe close to 40. And I look back >> and he's right.
>> That's true. But but now you're almost 60 and you still don't have enough. I still don't have enough.
>> That's insane.
>> The tank is full, man. You're overflowing.
>> You're overflowing, Dad.
>> You know what the gas You know what the gas pump? Why they put that clicker on to stop you? Right. Yeah.
>> You got to you got to >> And guess what? And you still And you still get that.
>> Don't do that. Stop. It's full.
>> Yeah. It's full. It's full.
>> Because I I No, I got to stop. I got to stop on an even number. No. No.
>> Oh, you have OCD. You're sick. You're sick. Get on medication.
>> Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
>> That's insane.
>> 59.85. I got I might go to I might as well go TO 59.
[laughter] >> HOLD ON. 60. LET ME GO to 60.
>> You know what? He pulls out. He puts it in the in the trash just to fill it out to [laughter] get to number.
>> Yeah. Yeah.
>> You got to You got to You're full.
You're you're >> once it stops I let go and I put it in.
I don't do extra.
>> YOU WILL STOP WHEN I >> I DON'T DO EXTRA PUMPS, DUDE.
>> NO PUMPS.
>> EVEN WITH MY GIRLFRIEND, I do two pumps.
Two three pumps. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah.
>> No, I got to get the last little bit.
>> Okay. I know. You have OCD.
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