{"id":124077,"date":"2022-09-29T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-29T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/?p=124077"},"modified":"2022-09-29T08:27:25","modified_gmt":"2022-09-29T15:27:25","slug":"podcast-jim-dan-pasko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lasvegasadvisor.com\/gambling-with-an-edge\/podcast-jim-dan-pasko\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast &#8211; Jim &#038; Dan Pasko"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our guests this week are Jim Pasko, and his son Dan.\u00a0 Jim has been one of the best backgammon players in the world for 40 years, and together with his son Dan they have been very successful as sports bettors, primarily focused on prop bets.<\/p>\n<div>We welcome your questions &#8211; send them to us at gamblingwithanedge@gmail.com, or you can find me at @RWM21 on Twitter or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GamblingWithAnEdge\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GamblingWithAnEdge<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>Podcast &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/user\/7418966\/paskos\">https:\/\/www.spreaker.com\/user\/7418966\/paskos<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Show Notes<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>[00:00]\u00a0 Introduction of gamblers, Jim and Dan Pasko<\/p>\n<p>[00:35]\u00a0 Does Jim still play backgammon?<\/p>\n<p>[03:17]\u00a0 Studying backgammon before bots, taking risk<\/p>\n<p>[09:33]\u00a0 Cheating stories from The Cavendish, scams, magnetic dice<\/p>\n<p>[17:06]\u00a0 Sport betting<\/p>\n<p>[19:36]\u00a0 Jim and Dan&#8217;s background in math<\/p>\n<p>[23:29]\u00a0 Betting football and nba props, increasing market efficiency<\/p>\n<p>[26:37]\u00a0 Solving problems for other bettors, combinatorics<\/p>\n<p>[29:12]\u00a0 Erosion of edges as markets change and evolve<\/p>\n<p>[32:42]\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/SouthPointCasino.com\">SouthPointCasino.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[33:36]\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/BlackjackApprenticeship.com\">BlackjackApprenticeship.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[34:20]\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/VideoPoker.com\/gwae\">VideoPoker.com\/gwae<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[35:22]\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/Unabated.com\">Unabated.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>[35:58]\u00a0 How to\u00a0 contact Jim and Dan<\/p>\n<p>[37:15]\u00a0 Backgammon, learning curves, Stu Ungar<\/p>\n<p>[41:51]\u00a0 Bomb pots<\/p>\n<p>[49:06]\u00a0 Recommended;\u00a0 The Great on Hulu, The Duke, Good Will Hunting, Tombstone<\/p>\n<p><b>Sponsored Links:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/SouthPointCasino.com\">http:\/\/SouthPointCasino.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/BlackjackApprenticeship.com\">http:\/\/BlackjackApprenticeship.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/VideoPoker.com\/gwae\">http:\/\/VideoPoker.com\/gwae<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/Unabated.com\">http:\/\/Unabated.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Recommended<\/b>:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Great&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/Hulu.com\/series\/the-great\">http:\/\/Hulu.com\/series\/the-great<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Duke&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/Mubi.com\/films\/the-duke-2020\">http:\/\/Mubi.com\/films\/the-duke-2020<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Good Will Hunting&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/Miramax.com\/movie\/good-will-hunting\">http:\/\/Miramax.com\/movie\/good-will-hunting<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tombstone&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/Imdb.com\/title\/tt0108358\/\">http:\/\/Imdb.com\/title\/tt0108358\/<\/a><\/p>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Follow us on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/lasvegasadvisor\" style=\"font-size: 0px; width:48px;height:48px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px;\"><img alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Follow us on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" style=\"display: inline; 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