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The Greatest Punter Of All Time by Richdee1(m): 1:35am On May 10, 2020
The greatest sport punter in history is BILL WALTERS with networth of 200M USD.

Walters grew up poor in the rural town of
Munfordville, Kentucky . His father, an auto mechanic, died when Walters was 18 months old. He was raised by his grandmother in a home with no running water or indoor plumbing.

His mother, who was an alcoholic, walked out on her son and two daughters shortly after his father's death.
Walters started gambling when he was 9 years old, when he bet the money he earned from his paper route on the New York Yankees to beat the Brooklyn Dodgers in the 1955 World Series . The Dodgers won and Walters lost the bet, but it did not deter him from gambling. Walters was a losing gambler as late as 1982. He had lost $50,000 by the time he was 22.

Walters once lost his house during a game of pitching nickels. The winner did not take possession; Walters agreed to pay off the debt over the next 18 months.
Walters' success changed in his mid to late 30s. In June 1986, Walters requested a freeze-out with Caesars Atlantic City for $2 million at the roulette tables. Walters was known to have lost $1 million at least twice at the Las Vegas blackjack tables. Caesars, however, declined his request. Walters then took his proposition to the
Atlantic Club Casino Hotel , then known as the Golden Nugget, which was accepted.
Walters and his gambling partner delivered $2 million to the cage at the Atlantic Club Casino Hotel. The pair noticed a wheel bias and bet on the 7-10-20-27-36.
After 38 hours of play they won $3,800,000 beating the prior record of $1,280,000 held by Richard W. Jarecki at the San Remo Casino in Monte Carlo in 1971. Three years later his "Syndicate" had won $400,000 at a casino in Las Vegas and an additional $610,000 from Claridge Casino in Atlantic City.

In the 1980s, Walters joined the Computer Group which used computer analysis to analyze sports outcomes. Over a period of 39 years, Walters has suffered only one losing year with a 30-year winning streak. Though he has finished in the red for a few months, he was always in the black by the end of the year. Walters bet on basketball,
NFL , and college football. Walters won $3.5 million on Super Bowl XLIV after betting on the
New Orleans Saints. Due to his reputation, Walters often placed bets through "runners" so bookmakers would remain unaware of the person behind the bet.
In January 2007, Walters won a $2.2 million bet on University of Southern California defeating
University of Michigan which they did 32-18. In 2011, he claimed he could make between $50 to $60 million on a good year.

He made 40M USD from betting 2008-2015

Over a period of 39 years, Walters has suffered only 1 losing year with a 30-year winning streak.

He was so feared, bookies blocked all his betting accounts.

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