Phil Mickelson wagered $1 billion over 30 years: Billy Walters

Phil Mickelson wager greater than $1 billion on sports activities over a 30-year interval, in line with legendary sports activities bettor Billy Walters.

Walters’ e-book, “The Gambler,” is about to be launched Aug. 22 and is co-authored with longtime investigative journalist Armen Keteyian.

The extent of Mickelson’s betting was lined in a e-book excerpt published on the golf site Fire Pit Collective.

Walters writes within the e-book that he had a betting partnership with Mickelson for a number of years, which means that Walters would provide Mickelson with betting ideas that the golf star, a notoriously unsuccessful gambler, would be capable of place at excessive limits {that a} profitable handicapper like Walters might by no means dream of.

Mickelson declined touch upon the accusations Friday whereas leaving Trump Nationwide Bedminster after an LIV Golf pro-am.

In accordance with what Walters says are “detailed betting data and extra data offered by the sources”, between 2010-14 alone Mickelson wager $110,000 to win $100,000 over 1,110 instances, and $220,000 to win $200,000 almost 900 instances.

In all, these bets alone totaled greater than $300 million.

In the meantime, simply in 2011, Mickelson allegedly made greater than 3,000 bets – a mean of just about 9 per day – and had sooner or later in June of that yr the place he misplaced $143,500 after making 43 bets on baseball video games.

“Based mostly on our relationship and what I’ve since realized from others, Phil’s playing losses [between 2010 and 2014] approached not $40 million as has been previously reported, however a lot nearer to $100 million,” Walters writes.

“In all, he wagered a complete of greater than $1 billion through the previous three a long time.”

Walters says he didn’t have a difficulty with the dimensions of Mickelson’s wagers.

“As I stated, Phil preferred to gamble as a lot as anybody I’ve ever met,” Walters writes.

“Frankly, given Phil’s annual revenue and web value on the time, I had no issues along with his betting. And nonetheless don’t. He’s a big-time gambler and big-time gamblers make massive bets. It’s his cash to spend how he desires.”

Walters additionally alleges within the e-book that Mickelson requested for him to bet $400,000 on the golfer’s behalf on the U.S. Crew in 2012, which Mickelson competed for as a part of the Ryder Cup.

Walters was not sure if Mickelson went by way of with the wager through the use of one other playing supply.

Walters was convicted in 2017 of insider buying and selling regarding Dean Meals inventory.

He has denied wrongdoing, and maintained within the e-book that if Mickelson advised the “easy reality” concerning the trades he would have been cleared.

Walters was granted clemency on the ultimate day of Donald Trump’s presidency.

This previous June, Mickelson claimed he has not gambled “in years” and his web value is approaching $1 billion.