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Originally Posted by berreman150
Was wondering if anyone can explain this? I see on other forums alot of talk about bridgejumpers and am wondering what exactly is a bridgejumper? Here in Libby years ago we had a few bridgejumpers-lol but they were on pcp and really jumped off a bridge . Thanks
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When people talk about "bridge-jumpers", they are referring to the fools out there who will bet a huge amount like $50,000 or $100,000 to show on a heavy favorite. They bet $100,000 to show and they know the most they are going to get is $2.10. They are risking $100,000 to win $5,000. They do it because they think there is no way that the horse will run out of the money. They think they are going to make a quick 5% on their money.
But if they lose the bet, they are probably going to contemplate suicide(jump off a bridge). That's where the term came from. We call them bridge-jumpers because if they lose their $100,000 show bet, they're probably going to feel like jumping off a bridge.