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While gambling in Las Vegas in 2007, Nebraska businessman Terrance Watanabe lost $127 million, believed to be one the biggest gambling losses ever. Pete Rose came close. The former Major League Baseball icon, now 83, claims that gambling cost him $100 million, though in a different way.<\/p>\n

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Pete Rose answers questions following a screening of a new HBO<\/em> documentary about his sports betting scandal. (Image: Getty for HBO<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what I\u2019d have made in baseball if I hadn\u2019t got suspended,\u201d Rose told an LA screening audience Wednesday for Episode 1 of \u201cCharlie Hustle & The Matter of Pete Rose,\u201d HBO\u2019s<\/em> new documentary series about the scandal that indelibly tarnished his legacy in 1989.<\/p>\n

Besides holding the major league record with 4,256 hits — more than 3,300 of which he got while wearing a Cincinnati Reds uniform — Rose is best known for being banned from the game for life in 1989 for betting on the Reds while managing them.<\/p>\n

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Pete Rose, shown in the mid-70s, was caught betting on baseball after he left several betting slips at an Ohio restaurant. Rose agreed with the baseball commissioner to accept a permanent ban from the sport in 1986. (Image: Associated Press<\/em>.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“I\u2019m the one that got hurt the most,” the disgraced legend told sports broadcaster Al Michaels, who called Reds games while Rose was the team\u2019s star player in the early \u201970s.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Me gambling on baseball, I didn\u2019t hurt you,” Rose said, referring to the audience. “I hurt myself and my family, and I was stupid. But I\u2019ve overcome it. I’ve overcome it.”<\/p>\n

Not Smelling Like a Rose<\/h2>\n

Rose seemed defensive and conflicted about his past at the Q&A session, insisting that a ban of over 30 years was long enough because he only bet on his team to win.<\/p>\n

I never bet against<\/em>\u00a0my team,\u201d he said. \u201cI bet on my team every fricking night. That\u2019s the kind of faith I had in my players \u2026 I won a hell of a lot more games than I lost. So in that respect, I was a respected gambler when I was betting on baseball. But I shouldn\u2019t have did it. But it was fun doing it.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

MLB rules don’t discern between betting on your team to win or lose. Betting on a game in which your team plays merits a lifetime suspension.<\/p>\n

When Michaels asked Rose whether he ever sought counseling for his addiction, he replied: “I went a couple times. I didn\u2019t understand what they were saying. Really, I didn\u2019t. I really didn\u2019t. I mean, maybe I didn\u2019t want to. But they shouldn\u2019t have been up on a soapbox.”<\/p>\n

Although MLB has granted waivers for Rose to appear at some Reds and league events, all of his requests to lift his ban have so far been denied.<\/strong><\/p>\n

After the scandal, the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York instituted a policy that anyone banned from the sport wouldn’t be eligible for enshrinement there.<\/p>\n

The first two episodes of the four-part HBO<\/em> series premiere on Wednesday night, July 25. The final two premiere the following night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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