#388 - Billy Walters on GAMBLER

Published: Jan. 14, 2024, 1:43 a.m.

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Iconic sports bettor Billy Walters chats with Trey Elling about GAMBLER: SECRETS FROM A LIFE AT RISK. Topics include:

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