Sometimes people who gamble do strange things, but the strangest take place right after they are unable to do so anymore.
Weird things just happen, like during Superbowl XXIII, a few years ago: a really die-hard fan just passed away one week before the event, when he already had tickets for him and his family. Mr. Les Boatwright's body was then cremated just in time for his sons to put the ashes in an urn and take it with them to the stadium. There, they placed the recipient on the seat that corresponded to his father for the whole match.