62 - Gambling and Lottery in Asian Culture // The $100M Dream
Why are games of luck like the lottery, or even casual gambling such a big part of Asian culture? In this episode we dive into the weird world of superstition, fate, our experiences with gambling growing up and what we'd actually do if we won the lottery.
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Guests: Matt & Nathan
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Items mentioned
- Behind Asia's AWFUL Gambling Obsession
- Gourd, crab, fish, tiger game
- Racist Pokie Joke Origin
- $43M Pokie Machine Malfunction
- Sex dice watch
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Music: aKu - Love Shine | aKu - The Final Blow
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Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:46 How much was gambling around you growing up?
4:02 Las Vegas vs Macau, culture
10:47 Old vs New gamblers
13:35 Sports betting, VR betting, Crypto casinos
19:09 Zombie apocalypse, bidet tangent
21:12 Betting on anything, following trades, powerball
26:43 What would we do if we won the lottery?
35:55 Is hiring an in-house chef cheating on your mum? Proxy incense
39:27 Aunty claiming she prayed for you to win hypothetical
42:29 Stealth wealth
47:19 Enjoying work? Lean FIRE? Jobs we'd work at still?
50:32 Would you still credit card churn?
53:15 A farm!
53:48 Outro
