Matt Duea, Co-Founder of Roobet, on Web3 Casinos and Sports Betting, Crypto Gambling, and The Future of Crypto Gambling Regulations | Ep. 323

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Cryptonews Podcast host Matt Zahab recently sat down for a chat with Matt Duea, co-founder of the popular betting brand Roobet.

Duea talked about the natural connection blockchain and crypto have with the gaming and betting worlds, and how he came to co-found Roobet.

He explained the difference between Web2 and Web3 gambling, touched upon the partnerships with Snoop Dogg and UFC, and told us why influencer gambling streams are so entertaining.

In this interview, Duea discussed:

You can read what the two Matts talked about below or watch their discussion above.

Before Roobet became one of the behemoths in the space, Matt Duea was working a job that would prove indispensable to the creation of this betting brand.

He worked on a marketing team, a position that allowed him to meet and collaborate with various people.

“And when they had a new project kind of rolling up, that is how I got on board,” he said.

The position allowed him to educate himself about blockchain “full time,” and about its convergence with video games.

Speaking of which, Duea himslef was a gamer, so the concept of digital currencies was very familiar to him.

So in 2017, Duea became increasingly interested in blockchain, crypto, tokenization, and non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and he started “poking around that whole crazy world of people exchanging and trading these virtual items.”

From then on, he went “full steam” ahead, exploring this industry and its community.

Ultimately, the marketing company he worked for joined with a blockchain company. “And we were doing all kinds of cool stuff as a marketing team, introducing these concepts to the world. And I was just enamored by it,” Duea said.

Interestingly, in 2018, “nobody cared,” he said. Even their company was