Something that gambling scammers rely on, specifically sports tout scammers is winning the first time they gambler for someone. This is primarily because the type of people that get suckered into these things don’t understand variance. They believe the scammer if they win the first game/session. The scammer says, “see, I told you I am legit”. In Mike V’s situation it appears Mikki won the first 2 sessions. Mike probably had total faith in him at that point and that is when Mikki “lost” his 150k or ran with it.