About this episode

Kit Chellel discusses the true story of three gamblers who outsmarted casinos in his book Lucky Devils.

Imagine you're smart enough to go to Wall Street, but instead you move into a Vegas apartment with six other guys and spend the next decade quietly robbing casinos blind — that's the wild true story Kit Chellel lays out in Lucky Devils, and I promise you it reads like the HBO series nobody's made yet. Kit joins me on Open Book to break down how science, obsession, and a little bit of beautiful arrogance changed the game forever. Kit Chellel is a reporter at Bloomberg and Businessweek Magazine, covering sports gambling, financial scandals, state-sponsored espionage, and more. He has received a Gerald Loeb Award, an Overseas Press Club Award, and a feature reporting prize from the New York Press Club. He is coauthor, with Matthew Campbell, of Dead in the Water, which was shortlisted for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award. Read his brilliant new book Lucky Devils: The True Story of Three Rebel Gamblers Who Beat the Odds and Changed the Game here: https://amzn.to/4vWooFP Anthony Scaramucci is the founder and managing partner of SkyBridge, a global alternative investment firm, and founder and chairman of SALT, a global thought leadership forum and venture studio…

People in this episode

Host: Anthony Scaramucci

Guest: Kit Chellel

Topics covered

• gambling
• casinos
• financial scandals
• sports
• entrepreneurship

Keywords

• gamblers
• casinos
• Wall Street
• sports gambling
• financial scandals
• Lucky Devils

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Bloomberg, Businessweek Magazine, SALT

Books & works: Lucky Devils, Dead in the Water

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