F or almost four decades, Billy Walters has been widely regarded as the most successful sports better in history, using sophisticated algorithms to defy oddsmakers and earn millions of dollars. He was pursued by federal investigators, envious rivals, and avaricious criminals as his fortune spread to the stock market, seven golf courses and 22 car dealerships. It is an extraordinary rags-to-riches tale, charted in Walters' tell-all book, with a cast befitting a Scorsese film — Anthony Spilotro, the mobster who caused Walters to briefly flee Las Vegas, inspired Joe Pesci's character in Casino — but the key and unlikely villain in its unravelling is the golfer, Phil Mickelson.

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