#388 - Billy Walters on GAMBLER

Books on Pod with Trey Elling

English - January 14, 2024 01:43 - 1 hour - 81.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratings
Books Arts health fitness business lifestyle entrepreneur marketing entrepreneurship interview wellness nutrition Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed

Previous Episode: #386 - Marlon Wayans

Next Episode: #389 - Billy Walters Shares His Sports Betting Secrets!

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)