USA Today · Jul 8, 2015
Mickelson dismisses gambling scheme report
Late last month an ESPN Outside the Lines report linked Phil Mickelson with an illegal $3 million overseas sports betting operation. Mickelson has not been charged and is not under federal investigation, though the man who allegedly handled his money is.
A 56-year-old former sports gambling handicapper, acting as a conduit for an offshore gambling operation, pleaded guilty last week to laundering approximately $2.75 million of money that two sources told Outside the Lines belonged to Mickelson.