Hear them discuss:

01:00 – Bernard’s background growing up in a family of bookmakers and how that shaped his career in data, biotech, and gambling

02:00 – The Texas Lottery caper: why a 2023 jackpot became +EV, how Bernard’s team bought 25M+ tickets, and the massive logistical hurdles they overcame

05:00 – The math behind beating a state lottery, from permutations to public participation to splitting risk across millions of tickets

10:30 – What it actually looks like to print, store, and organize millions of physical lottery slips (including hiring an Uber driver on the spot)

15:00 – Introducing iBankroll: why crypto casinos have a liquidity and credibility problem and how his company underwrites VIP risk

17:00 – Understanding “Black Swan” risk for high-stakes casino action and why decentralized bankrolls reduce catastrophic exposure

22:00 – Why crypto casinos are growing fast globally as regulated markets tighten KYC, RG, and deposit limits

24:30 – Bernard’s candid take on prediction markets, their regulatory uncertainty, and why the economics, not politics, may determine who survives

30:00 – Lessons from a lifetime in gambling: building edge, information, diversification, and the constant search for expected value

38:00 – Why opportunities are cyclical, why secrecy isn’t always the winning strategy, and why the next “Texas moment” is unlikely under modern rules

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