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The Weekly Sports Roundup Podcast for May 2 2006

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NFL Draft and the foolish Texans
John Daly’s gambling problem which of course leads to our own gambling addictions
Reggie Evans’ testicle pull
NHL Playoffs – Detroit vs Edmonton
Planning events on important sports days

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In his new book, John Daly: My Life In and Out of the Rough, Daly claims he lost between $50M and $60M during 12 years of heavy gambling. That’s about $5M a year. And we thought Darren McCarty had a gambling problem.

It’s amazing that Daly with his alcoholism and his love of food is still alive. Now we wonder why he isn’t broke. He says that after taking home $750,000 for second place in a tournament, he drove to Vegas and lost $1.65M, mostly on $5,000 slot machines. We’ve never even seen a $5,000 slot machine.

Daly says that gambling replaced his alcohol addiction but he was able to pay off gambling debts with income from PGA winnings and appearance fees. Daily claims he has taken more control of his life in the past six years. He’s only going to play the $25 slot machines and if he does well, he’ll move up to $50 or $100 machines. Famous last words.

Links:
[CBS Sportsline]: Daly: Gambling is ‘going to flat-out ruin me’