Bet Bizarre (10) – Arizona Man Bets on a Cartel Kidnapping and Loses Anyway

Welcome back to Bet Bizarre, where terrible decisions meet unnecessary creativity. This week’s cautionary tale comes from Arizona, where a 33-year-old man allegedly decided that mounting gambling debt could best be solved not with budgeting, restraint, or basic common sense, but by staging his own cartel kidnapping. Mark Michael Ellis of Prescott was convicted after … Continue reading Bet Bizarre (10) – Arizona Man Bets on a Cartel Kidnapping and Loses Anyway