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Wayne Allyn Root

Wayne Allyn RootBorn: 1963
Birthplace: Mount Vernon, NY

Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Author
Party Affiliation: Libertarian

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Zen of Gambling

Sports handicapper, chairman and CEO of GWIN Inc. ("the world's only publicly traded sports handicapping and information firm") and host of The Winning Edge on Fox Sports. He has recently devolved into the lowbrow yet lucrative area of self help books. Resides in Henderson, Nevada.

"The Republican Party is supposed to be the party of anti-government. And by going into people's bedrooms and checking up on what they're doing, by telling you whether you can be gay or straight, I think they've become the party of big government." [Politically Incorrect, 9th March 1999.]

Founder of the Nevada chapter of the Republican Jewish Coalition.

Father: (butcher)
Wife: Debra (one daughter, one son)
Daughter: Dakota
Son: Hudson

Author of books:
Root on Risk: Betting to Win on Sports (1989, with Wilbur Cross)
The Joy of Failure! How to Turn Failure, Rejection, and Pain into Extraordinary Success (1997)
The Zen of Gambling: The Ultimate Guide to Risking It All and Winning at Life (2004, with Paul Pease)
Millionaire Republican: The Republican Secrets to Mega-wealth And Unlimited Success! (2005)



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