Pro Golfer Phil Mickelson Allegedly Bet More Than $1 Billion on Sports, New Book Claims
usmagazine.comPhil Mickelson has allegedly wagered more than $1 billion on sports across the last three decades, according to famed sports gambler Billy Walters.“Phil liked to gamble as much as anyone I’ve ever met.
Frankly, given Phil’s annual income and net worth at the time, I had no problems with his betting,” Walters, 77, claimed in his upcoming memoir, Gambler: Secrets from a Life at Risk, which was excerpted by The Fire Pit Collective on Thursday, August 10. “And still don’t.
He’s a big-time gambler, and big-time gamblers make big bets. It’s his money to spend how he wants.”Walters — who met the pro golfer, now 53, at a tournament in 2006 — claimed that Mickelson propositioned him about a gambling partnership two years later.
Walters was only looking for a partner if “someone has access to places I can’t bet” or “places where they can bet more money than me.” Mickelson allegedly fulfilled both requirements — and the duo began a mutual gambling arrangement that lasted for five years.“We became what I thought were friends.
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