Rumors began circulating on Saturday throughout the online sports betting community that Ken Weitzer, AKA The Shrink, has passed away along with his wife Jackie. Weitzner was the founder of sports betting forum TheRX.com, which he sold off in 2003 and later opened another popular sports betting forum called EOG.com.
EOG.com forum moderators announced the death yesterday afternoon to the sports betting posting forum members, however news of the death was circulating the sports betting networks in Costa Rica all morning before the "official" announcement broke on the posting forum. Several members/posters were claiming that his house had been blown up or that Weitzner and his wife were killed in a car accident, however all of the theories were put to rest when Weitzner's son in law posted today using the handle Tony Montana that the pair had committed suicide on Wednesday night or early Thursday morning.
"I just want to come on EOG to confirm the lose. Ken and my mother have passed away. They took their own lives sometime late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning with sleeping pills carbon monoxide."
Several Point-Spreads.com sources have stated to us that Weitzner, a large sports bettor that was a former beard of professional bettor Billy Walters, was heavily in debt to bookies. Other theories being floated around state that Ken Weitzner and his wife entered the witness protection program after a large credit network was indicted recently.
Regardless of the circumstances, Weitzner was a online sports betting pioneer and a magnet of controversy during his entire career online. People either loved or hated him. We suspect that a certain percentage of the online sports betting forum community will never believe the official version of the story once all the details surface. No official police report has been made public as of the time of this article confirming the details of Ken Weitzner's death. We will continue to monitor this story as it develops.
