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# Elon Musk on Hock Tan's casino remark: 'No crying in the casino'

Elon Musk (@elonmusk), X, 2026-10-12.
Source: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/2109683050833465666

## Why it matters

Highest-reach reaction to the Broadcom CEO's warning about AI investors (about 1.27M views).

## Summary

Posted Oct 12, 2026 (16:30 UTC), as a reply to @StockMKTNewz. Reply to the markets account @StockMKTNewz, which had relayed Hock Tan's comparison of many AI investors to casino gamblers. Musk's whole reply is one line: 'No crying in the casino'.

_Metrics as of 2026-10-13 via api.fxtwitter.com: 1,269,614 views, 18,297 likes, 2,282 reposts. Author: about 241,506,640 followers._

## Archived text

> @StockMKTNewz No crying in the casino

Archived 2026-10-13 via fxtwitter (unofficial).
Counts: 1,271,742 views, 18,302 likes, 2,282 reposts, 1,262 replies (at fetch time)

## Cited in

- 2026-10-12: [Broadcom CEO Hock Tan likens many AI investors to casino gamblers](https://postcutoff.com/e/2026-10-12-hock-tan-ai-investors-casino-capital-bottleneck/)

## People in this post

- [Hock Tan](https://postcutoff.com/person/hock-tan/), CEO, Broadcom