Gambling With an Edge

Gambling With an Edge

Learn to Gamble With an Edge from authors, and professional gamblers Bob Dancer and Richard Munchkin. We aim to make you a better gambler tomorrow than you were yesterday.

Episodes

September 22, 2025 54 mins
Jon Rogers was an old-school bookie.  He started booking baseball with his classmates in 6th grade, graduated to parlay cards in high school, and went pro after high school.  He lived, and booked through a seismic change in the bookmaking industry.  He went from the old days of taking bets over the phone, writing on slips of paper, to moving offshore, and the rise of internet betting.

Show Notes

[00:00]  Introduction of bookmaker Jon...
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Our guest this week is Anthony Curtis. We discuss the upcoming football contests, the big Vegas downturn, and upcoming books.

Show Notes

[00:00]  Introduction of Anthony Curtis, owner of The Las Vegas Advisor and Huntington Press
[01:12]  NCAAF and NFL football contests
[04:04]  Grandissimo
[06:03]  Did tax law changes affect participations in football contests?
[08:15]  Contest pricing and strategies for additional entries
[10:51]  The v...
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August 23, 2025 41 mins
Mac King has been performing his comedy magic in Las Vegas for 25 years.  His show is hilarious, and thoroughly entertaining.

[00:00]  Introduction of magician Mac King
[00:50]  What’s the first magic trick that Mac remembers?
[04:39]  When did Mac start doing magic?
[06:06]  Mac’s paid performance
[08:19]  Mac’s career plans after high school
[12:36]  Working with Lance Burton
[14:47]  “It’s Magic” in Los Angeles
[16:38]  Life after colle...
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July 16, 2025 43 mins
Our guest this week is tax expert Russell Fox.  We talk about the terrible new taxes on gamblers in the big beautiful bill.  What's a gambler to do?  Is Richard going to retire.... again?

[00:00]  Introduction of gambling tax expert Russell Fox 
[00:48]  How does the tax bill affect gamblers?
[02:25]  Session method logging
[03:56]  Sports betting logs and session definition
[09:14]  Advantage slot play and session definition
[13:08]  Wi...
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June 9, 2025 48 mins
 Bob and Richard are back to talk with Michael Kaplan about his new book, "Advantage Players."

Show Notes


[00:00]  Introduction of Michael Kaplan, author of Advantage Players
[00:43]  Michael’s background in gambling and writing
[04:18]  Finding people to write about
[06:46]  Definition of “advantage player”
[07:21]  David Philips, the pudding guy
[09:57]  Cheating, breaking the law, and advantage play
[12:23]  Identifying interesting APs ...
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May 11, 2025 39 mins
My guest on this episode is Nigel Eccles, co-founder of Fan Duel.

[00:00]  Introduction of Nigel Eccles, co-founder of FanDuel
[00:48]  Nigel’s background and first company 
[02:04]  Nigel’s educational background and interest in gambling, selling variance
[06:59]  Joining Flutter and prediction markets, exchange models
[10:04]  Founding FanDuel, fantasy sports, sports betting
[14:31]  Sports betting in Nevada, over-regulation and limite...
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January 1, 2025 60 mins
Bob and I are back with an interview with Buddy Frank to talk about how casinos are now using AI to evaluate players.

[00:00] Introduction of Buddy Frank
[01:10] The evolutions of AI in casinos, falling costs, data analysis
[03:52] Using data to assess how player ADT changes with hotel stay 
[08:58] Analyzing player performance
[11:55] ChatGPT, large language models being used to finetune offers 
[15:51] Video poker products that calcula...
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December 25, 2024 44 mins
Bob and I sit down at the end of 2024, and talk about what we have been doing gambling wise for the last year.  Both of us seem to be working harder than ever.

[00:00]  Introduction
[00:42]  Is Richard still retired?
[05:19]  The U.S. sports betting market
[07:52]  Betting partnership dynamics
[10:39]  Successful bettors making fundamental gambling mistakes
[12:33]  Bob’s sports betting
[17:58]  Bob’s slot experience
[26:58]  Slot hustling...
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September 24, 2024 50 mins
My guest this week is Elihu Feustel.  He is on this week to talk about his new book, Beyond The Odds, which you can pick up here https://amzn.to/3Behcxf
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August 16, 2024 47 mins
Bob and I are back after a long hiatus to talk about this years blackjack ball. We are joined by John Chang, former head of the MIT team, Max Rubin, the host and creator of the blackjack ball, and Rick "Night Train" Blaine who was this year's inductee into the blackjack hall of fame.
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February 29, 2024 54 mins
Bob and I are back to talk to Dennis Rappaport. Dennis was a boxing manager, and promotor probably best known for managing Gerry Cooney. He also was a brilliant PR man, and has some crazy stories from his years in "The Sweet Science."
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February 19, 2024 48 mins
Lauri Thompson came to Las Vegas as a dancer in 1980. She went from Las Vegas strip entertainer to a top entertainment attorney, with a stop along the way as Susie Spirit on the original GLOW - Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling.

You can reach me at lifeisagamblepod@gmail.com, or find me on Twitter @RWM21. If you like the show please tell a friend you think might like it, or if you are really ambitious leave a review wherever you listen.

H...
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February 9, 2024 33 mins
Billy Baxter is a legend in the gambling world. Today we focus on his time as a boxing manager, and some very high stakes golf games.

You can reach me at lifeisagamblepod@gmail.com, or find me on Twitter @RWM21. If you like the show please tell a friend you think might like it, or if you are really ambitious leave a review wherever you listen.
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February 2, 2024 73 mins
Gambling With an Edge is back with Bob and I talking to Anthony Curtis, and Frank B. We talk about the Super Bowl coming here ot Las Vegas, and then talk about other things happening around town.
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January 20, 2024 19 mins
Nicholas Forte is the corporate pastry chef for Tao Group - west coast. What drew me to Nick's story is that straight out of pastry school he went to the only 3-Michelin-star restaurant in the state of Nevada, and said, "I want to work here." He got the job at Joel Robuchon. You can see examples of Nick's work on his Instagram account. https://www.instagram.com/fortenj/

You can reach me at lifeisagamblepod@gmail.com, or find me on T...
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December 22, 2023 41 mins
Bob Dancer and I are back doing a Gambling With an Edge episode. We interview attorney Bob Loeb about the recent trend of legal, regulated sportsbooks stealing people's money.
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December 7, 2023 55 mins
My guest this week is Joseph Merhi. In part 1 we covered Joseph moving to Florida from a small town in Syria when he was 18 years old. He spoke no English, but through grit and perseverance he went on to produce over 100 movies. This is part 2 of 2, in which we cover Joseph's move from Las Vegas to LA, and his pursuit of the movie business.

You can reach me at lifeisagamblepod@gmail.com, or find me on Twitter @RWM21. If you like the...
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November 15, 2023 52 mins
My guest this week is Joseph Merhi. Joseph moved to Florida from a small town in Syria when he was 18 years old. He spoke no English, but through grit and perseverance he went on to produce over 100 movies. This is part 1 of 2.

You can reach me at lifeisagamblepod@gmail.com, or find me on Twitter @RWM21. If you like the show please tell a friend you think might like it, or if you are really ambitious leave a review wherever you l...
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October 25, 2023 55 mins
My guest this week is Frank Frigo. Frank is one of the founders of Edj Analytics, and we talk about their football model named Zeus which they licensed to various NFL teams to make better playing decisions.

You can reach me at lifeisagamblepod@gmail.com, or find me on Twitter @RWM21. If you like the show please tell a friend you think might like it, or if you are really ambitious leave a review wherever you listen.

NY Times article m...
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October 17, 2023 57 mins
My guest this week is Ed Miller. Ed is on to talk about his new book, "Interception" which he co-authored with Matt Davidow.

You can reach me at lifeisagamblepod@gmail.com, or find me on Twitter @RWM21. If you like the show please tell a friend you think might like it, or if you are really ambitious leave a review wherever you listen.

Podcast - https://www.spreaker.com/user/7418966/edmillerepisode10

Books by Ed Miller & Matt David...
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