A professional gambler dubbed “Enemy Number One” by bookies at racecourses after taking more than £10million off their hands has revealed why he ditched the playboy lifestyle.
Patrick Veitch became infamous around racecourses as his success funded a flash life as he splashed out on flash cars.
HIs career started at Cambridge where he devoted more time to horses than his studies, setting up a tipping line manned by his mates paid £5 an hour, which brought in £10,000 a month by his third year.