Antonino De Rosa
Antonino De Rosa  
Podcast: Gambling With an Edge
Published On: Fri Mar 20 2026
Description: Our guest today is Antonino De Rosa, also known as "Ant."  Ant went from professional Magic the Gathering player to working for Pinnacle sports book and from there became a professional sports bettor.Show Notes[00:00]  Introduction of sports bettor, Antonio De Rosa[00:42]  Playing Magic The Gathering professionally[04:56]  Comparing Magic variance and skills to gambling?[08:29]  Getting a job at Pinnacle[12:07]  NBA totals at Pinnacle[14:05]  Dealing with losses, risk management[17:57]  Bad beats[20:39]  Leaving Pinnacle for Plannatech[23:29]  Becoming a bettor[27:04]  Market efficiency, manipulation, limiting players, etc[32:34]  New female accounts[33:49]  Identifying sharp play[36:44]  BetBash story[39:37]  Life lessons from gambling[42:15]  Favorite non-casino restaurant in VegasBooks Referenced:Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Nicholas Taleb