For those unaware, In the early 1970s, Frederick W. Smith, the founder of FedEx, was struggling to keep the company alive. FedEx was burning through cash quickly, and at one point in 1973, the company had only about $5,000 left, which wasn’t enough to cover fuel costs for its planes.

Instead of shutting down immediately, Smith took the remaining money to Las Vegas and played blackjack.

He reportedly turned that $5,000 into about $27,000. That still wasn’t enough to fully save the company, but it was enough to:

Pay for fuel

Keep operations going for a few more days

Buy time to secure additional funding

Shortly after, FedEx managed to raise more money from investors and stay afloat. From there, it eventually grew into the massive global shipping company it is today.

Spirit was on its last legs and Dave Davis should've taken the last of the money for spirit and flew to Las Vegas and gambled it on blackjack to save the company