Wayne Allyn Root? I knew him in the 80's when he was a sports tout. He used to run a football pick line that asked for your credit card and promised if he didn't win you didn't have to pay. He honored that. Only thing was his pick line played both sides. Depending on when you called you might get the favorite to cover the 4 point spread, or the underdog to cover. The ones that called and got the losers never had to pay, fair enough. The ones who got the winners had to pay. The point is that he passed himself off as someone who was an insider that could earn you money, and in reality he played both sides and scooped the money up from those who won. As for the people who lost, they didn't owe him anything.....not so much true to the bookies they bet with. Wayne Allyn Root has been a scum bag for decades.