Discovering that your spouse secretly piled up $17,000 in sports betting debt is bad enough. Finding out the money was spread across multiple hidden credit cards makes things even worse.
That was the situation facing a 25-year-old Missouri woman named Shelby, who shared her story on “The Ramsey Show” recently.
Shelby said she discovered screenshots of sports betting activity on her husband’s phone before he finally admitted he had three credit cards tied to the gambling losses.
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Shelby said the situation wasn’t entirely new for their marriage. She added they had struggled with credit card debt before, though not related to gambling.
The recent discovery caused Shelby to temporarily leave…

