#388 - Billy Walters on GAMBLER

Iconic sports bettor Billy Walters chats with Trey Elling about GAMBLER: SECRETS FROM A LIFE AT RISK. Topics include: Intro (0:00) Why Billy wrote it (1:10) His grandmother's importance (2:14) Pool hall childhood (3:43) Billy's first bet (4:55) His grandmother's death (7:12) Becoming a teen husband/dad (9:03) Getting good at selling cars (14:27) The first trip to Vegas (18:36) Near-death experience (19:44) Why his wife Susan is so important (22:00) Fighting Guy Clark (24:24) Getting into bookmaking (27:57) Moving to Vegas in 1982 (30:11) Money management lessons (32:51) The Computer Group (36:23) Becoming enemies with Steve Wynn (41:32) Giving up casino games (50:37) Favorite golf tip (53:04) Winning the Pebble Beach Pro Am in 2008 (56:12) Being found guilty of insider trading (1:02:13) How prison was like sports betting (1:10:10) Why he shared his sports betting secrets (1:11:40) Working for prison reform (1:20:51)