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Nikola Tesla - Tesla lost his scholarship and became addicted to gambling

Time: 1877

Place: Graz, Austria

Details: At the end of his second year, Tesla lost his scholarship and became addicted to gambling. During his third year, Tesla gambled away his allowance and his tuition money, later gambling back his initial losses and returning the balance to his family.

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