Michael Jordan was/is a complete degenerate gambler, MJ didn't want to just the the best athlete, he wanted to be the richest athlete of all time. I've heard people say that he was betting on the bulls every game during their heyday, and that Atlantic city was were he liked to gamble and the only way to make big bets on sports during that time and place was through the mafia. The conspiracy then goes that MJs dad was killed by the mafia because MJ was refusing to pay his debt and these events led to MJ getting kicked out of the NBA for a year.
Considering MJ is possibly the most influential athlete in north american sports history, I wonder how much of his gambling addiction was passed on to younger athletes.
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