any well known sports bettors getting rich?

michw · #1 09-09-2005, 05:54 AM

Based on what I've read and seen I believe there are some poker players out there that consistently win and are currently filthy rich. (Consistent as in the better part of a decade and filthy rich as in having won millions).

During MNF this evening there was a trailer for a movie "Two for the Money" that appeared to show a guy getting rich and making it bigtime through sportsbetting. This got me wondering if there were any wellknown sportsbettor equivalents to our current poker stars (ivey, brunson, greenstein), that have won consistently this past decade while betting huge sums of money.

Any if anyone wants to toot their own horn regarding what they've been earning feel free to do so.

charmy · #2 09-09-2005, 06:27 AM

Billy Baxter.

http://cardplayer.com/poker_magazine...php?a_id=14863

Martin De Kniff. $300,000 per year.

http://cardplayer.com/poker_magazine...amp;m_id=65536

lastsamurai · #3 09-09-2005, 08:31 AM

I read some place david sklansky at one point use to make a living betting on sports.

youtalkfunny · #4 09-11-2005, 12:44 AM

"Two for the Money" is about a tout, not a bettor.

charmy · #5 09-11-2005, 02:03 AM

Another well known sports gambler is Lem Banker.

lastsamurai · #6 09-11-2005, 02:10 AM

roxy roxbury....great story.