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Gambler who won $1.2 million on Tiger Woods to win the Masters has lengthy criminal past

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James Adducci became a viral star after winning $1.2 million from an $85k wager on Tiger Woods to win last week’s Masters, but the 39-year-old’s story is a little murkier than first thought.

Following Adducci’s quick rise to fame, USA Today Sports decided to investigate the day trader’s past and found a lengthy criminal record with multiple cases of domestic violence. The 39-year-old has pled guilty 12 times since 2006 and has spent a total of 30 days in prison.

Per the USA Today Sports report, when pressed to answer questions regarding his past, Adducci stated

“Everyone and their brother can go online and look up anything they want, and I don’t give a (expletive). Obviously, I had $85,000 to place toward a bet. I have the ability to make $1.2 million. When was the last time you did that? If you want to get personal, who the hell are you to call me and think you have anything to ask me about anything?”

Adducci previously told GolfDigest that he had a mortgage and was $25,000 in debt and raised the money for the bet on Woods using the money from a “business account comprised of some failed stock money.”

After winning $1.2 million, will Adducci take another shot on Woods somewhere down the line? Well, if the 15-time major champion bags the next two majors, Adducci is ready to ride the wave to Augusta in 2020, telling GolfDigest

“If he wins both of those, which I think he’ll do, he’ll go to Portrush, and I think there’s no doubt he’ll win the Grand Slam, then go to Augusta next year and take the all-time majors title. That’s really the same feeling I had that led me to bet on Tiger in the first place. He can just do amazing, superhuman things that you can’t even imagine are true. But he has this aura that makes him different than anybody else.”

For now, however, Adducci told the same publication that he would pay off some of his debts and look for garage doors with his wife. According to USA Today Sports, they were unable to find any record that Adducci is married.

 

 

Gianni is the Managing Editor at GolfWRX. He can be contacted at gianni@golfwrx.com

9 Comments

9 Comments

  1. JP

    Apr 21, 2019 at 2:45 am

    I seem to remember Tiger getting arrested recently. And he was involved in a pretty nasty scandal. But he wins the masters and is put on a pedestal and given awards. Yet nobody brings up his past when he’s on the winning end of a tournament. Leave this guy alone. Stop hating on him. Good for him on his big win.

  2. Richard H.

    Apr 18, 2019 at 7:55 am

    I don’t understand the point in reporting his criminal history unless you simply want to provide evidence that karma isn’t a real thing. He’s obviously a d-bag that will probably blow through his winnings in record setting fashion.

  3. Jose Pinatas

    Apr 17, 2019 at 6:23 pm

    This is all a conspiracy.

  4. karl

    Apr 17, 2019 at 4:34 pm

    a fool and his money are soon parted….

    predicting the bookies will get this money back within couple years as he gambles his way back into debt

  5. Paulie Gualtieri

    Apr 17, 2019 at 1:43 pm

    So what?! Leave the guy be, we all got problems.

  6. E

    Apr 17, 2019 at 12:09 pm

    Yeah, an evil aura, with which he is very familiar, clearly

  7. Bobby Jeremy

    Apr 17, 2019 at 11:08 am

    This guy has to be a gambling addict. There is no way this was his first bet. He said he was going to pay of his debts with the winnings.

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