admin What’s the most you ever made gambling?
Oh, man, a couple of hundred grand.
What was it on?
A couple of things: Basketball, Super Bowl, stuff like that.
When you win big like that, how does it happen? Is it a parlay? Moneyline?
Betting the spread, moneyline, parlays, all the above. But usually when I win big like that, I bet big and I usually take the moneyline or take the spread. I don’t usually play parlays for big money. I play small money on parlays and shit and hope to the gambling gods we win.
Is there one bet in particular that you can remember winning big?
One time I was in, I want to say Australia, and I made maybe 100 grand at a craps table. That was a good time. I was shaking them things all day. And the crazy thing— I had to do a TV interview, and I completely blew it off. You never leave the table on a heater.
How about losses?
I remember a time when me and (Irv) Gotti, we bet, like, a couple of hundred grand on a basketball game, and Gilbert Arenas killed us on the spread. We was fucking with him, heckling them. At the end of the game, he took this shot in hopes and desperation to backdoor cover the spread—because they couldn’t win the game—but he took a half court shot just to fucking destroy us, and we lost our money. I’ll never forget that ever in my life. He fucking punished us that day, man. Big shout out to the Hibachi.
That’s the up and down flow of gambling. You go through that shit time and time again. Gamblers, we got all kinds of ways to try to get it back. Once we lose it, it’s a slippery slope. That’s why I don’t gamble as much as I used to.
What are you into these days then?
I like fantasy football. I’m big on that. We play fantasy football for big money. I play with a really cool group of guys like CC Sabathia, Michael Rapaport, Joe Budden, Bun B. I won this fucking year, just to let you know.
What’s the buy in for the league?
I think we’re at maybe like 10, 15 grand? Something like that. We went up a few times.
