Hmmm.. May be there are more risks. But in order to succeed in life you have to take risks. People put millions of dollars at stake ? Why ? Don't they know they can lose the money? Ofcourse they know but the hunger to achieve something big something extraordinary motivates them to take risk and put everything at stake. This is the rule of jungle ,do or die. You can either be average or willing to take risks and rise above average and I don't wanna be average.