The Bookie

I'm here with Matt Boyer, the bookie at the center of the Shohei and Ippei gambling scandal.

I would hit, like, a seven iron and just get it in the fairway.

You actually have a good lie up there.

[golf club swooshes] Oh, that's a good shot, dog.

Yeah, buddy.

Look at that.

Matt's brought along his friend Owen Hansen.

Get it in the hole, baby.

Owen is a former USC football player and was a prolific bookie himself before he spent nine years in prison.

Matt and Owen tell me golf courses like this are where they would target potential clients.

So I ask them to pretend I'm someone they want to recruit.

Okay.

All right, so Tisha.

We're pretending.

Okay.

Owen and I are gonna bet this hole if you wanna join in on the action.

Well, how much would it cost me?

Well, we're gonna bet 10,000 closest to the pin.

So I say, ooh, 10,000.

Uh ...

Okay, well if that's the-

Do people balk at 10?

Of course.

Almost everybody.

They usually go, "Let's do five."