After scoring, the next round is done in reverse order, or by throwing back at the original stake.
Ten weeks later they more than doubled the original stake.
At least a dozen players were putting larger sums than Terry's original stake on a single turn of the wheel.
That original stake and $100 million in stock purchased later is now worth more than $5.5 billion.
The downside of only one winning selection is that both original stakes are lost.
By the end of 1991, however, the firm's net worth had exploded to $555,825, or nearly 70 times the original stake.
Haurk's luck in the last hand had returned him to his original stake.
She had as many chips as he did, about ten times her original stake.
Cynthia seemed remarkably calm since she barely had half her original stake remaining.
Under the formula, the most they can lose, theoretically at least, is their original stake.