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Sean grew up in a neighborhood in which if you didn\u2019t gamble, you didn\u2019t belong.\xa0 Bets began at a young age with friends, as they would play baseball with each other.\xa0 In his early teens, a friend introduced him to a bookie, and Sean made bets on sports games right away, putting up bets of hundreds of dollars that he didn\u2019t have.\xa0 His losses would have the bookie knocking on his parents\u2019 door.\xa0 As he got older, he would come to idolize bookmakers, with their fancy clothes and cars but never holding a real job.\xa0 In high school, he would work for bookies getting his peers to make bets.\xa0 After high school, he started working a normal job but would take his paycheck gambling.\xa0 His descent began with a stroke of luck, winning a five-figure bet when he didn\u2019t have the money to cover it on the chance he lost.