Tony 10: The Astonishing Story of the Postman Who Gambled €10,000,000 ... And Lost It All

Tony 10 was the online betting username of Tony O'Reilly, the postman who became front-page news in 2011 after he stole €1.75 million from the Irish postal service while he was an An Post branch manager in Gorey, County Wexford, Ireland. O'Reilly used the money to fund a gambling addiction that began with a bet of one euro and whose debt eventually rose to ten million euro, leading to the loss of his job, his family, his home – and winning him a prison sentence. From the heart-stopping moments in a hotel room in Cyprus with his wedding money riding on the Epsom Derby, to the euphoria of winning half a million over a weekend, to the surreal three days on the run when the fraud was discovered, Tony 10 is the mesmerising story of the secret life of a pathological gambler – as well as the most compelling account yet of the damage wrought by the online gambling industry.

Genres

BiographyHealth

Language

English

Publisher

Bolinda/Gill audio

ISBN

9781038049377