Phil Mickelson said he isn't wagering on football games this season as he continues to recover from a gambling addiction in a statement posted to social media Monday.
said he isn't wagering on football games this season as he continues to recover from a gambling addiction.on Monday comes about a month after professional gambler Billy Walters alleged in a book that Mickelson bet more than $1 billion on football, basketball and baseball over the past 30 years.
"The money wasn't ever the issue since our financial security has never been threatened, but I was so distracted I wasn't able to be present with the ones I love and caused a lot of harm. This lack of presence has been so hurtful."Mickelson, 53, said he was told,"You're here but you're not with us," throughout his gambling addiction.
In the book,"Gambler: Secrets from a Life of Risk," Walters alleged that Mickelson made 858 wagers of $220,000 and 1,115 bets of $110,000 from 2010 to 2014. Walters estimated that Mickelson lost about $100 million while betting more than $1 billion over the past three decades. According to Walters' book, he met Mickelson at the 2006 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. The two formed a betting partnership in 2008, which gave Walters access to offshore sportsbook accounts that Mickelson used to place big wagers.
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