Clark Fredericks

And...

You know, when you got pain and shame, you look for a quick fix.

I always chased a quick fix to get rid of feeling anxious, feeling anxiety, feeling depressed.

And gambling was great at doing that.

I had a briefcase at home with hundreds of thousands of dollars in chips and cash.

And someone told me, you know, there's a $10,000 rule for depositing into your bank account.

As long as you go under that, it doesn't, they don't notify the IRS.

I'm like, ah, cool.

So dummy me just starts putting like 9,400, one week 9,700, 9,800, 9,200, 9,500, 9,800.

And that raises all the red flags for trying to skirt the law.

And the criminal division of the IRS came right to my house.

And the guy left a card in my mailbox and said, Mr. Fredericks, call me immediately.

And they were going to charge me with money laundering.

And I had to do this full audit and just show every penny, where it came from and how it came from.

And that was tough.

But it's only going to get tougher.

Gambling is like any other vice.

You need more and more and more of it.

And I couldn't wait for the weekends.

I'm feeling anxious and unease Monday through Friday.