Tony?
Why did you put yourself in a postion not to have funds to have to hedge just in case your first seven games were successful?
Poor, poor, poor money management.
Oh, and your story reminds me of the the half dozen people at Grand Central in NYC I encounter weekly that ask me for 4 dollars because they are 4 bux short of train fare.
When I deny them cash, but offer them to buy their fare and walk them on board, they respond, "no, that's OK, never mind"