In episode #388, iconic sports bettor ⁠Billy Walters⁠ chats with Trey Elling about ⁠GAMBLER: SECRETS FROM A LIFE AT RISK⁠. Topics include:
0:00 Intro
1:10 Why Billy wrote it
2:14 His grandmother's importance
3:43 Pool hall childhood
4:55 Billy's first bet
7:12 His grandmother's death
9:03 Becoming a teen husband/dad
14:27 Getting good at selling cars
18:36 The first trip to Vegas
19:44 Near-death experience
22:00 Why his wife Susan is so important
24:24 Fighting Guy Clark
27:57 Getting into bookmaking
30:11 Moving to Vegas in 1982
32:51 Money management lessons
36:23 The Computer Group
41:32 Becoming enemies with Steve Wynn
50:37 Giving up casino games
53:04 Favorite golf tip
56:12 Winning the Pebble Beach Pro Am in 2008
1:02:13 Being found guilty of insider trading
1:10:10 How prison was like sports betting
1:11:40 Why he shared his sports betting secrets
1:20:51 Working for prison reform