Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this lecture from the Las Vegas Society of Skeptics' 2025 SkeptiCamp, Kyle Polich, data scientist and skeptic, takes a close look at gambling through the lens of science, math, and history. From famous cases of fraud and clever cons to the mathematics that govern games of chance, Polich explains what strategies might give you an edge—and where the limits really lie.
About the speaker: Kyle Polich is the host of the Data Skeptic, a podcast about artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data science which explores these topics from a skeptical perspective.
In this lecture from the Las Vegas Society of Skeptics' 2025 SkeptiCamp, Kyle Polich, data scientist and skeptic, takes a close look at gambling through the lens of science, math, and history. From famous cases of fraud and clever cons to the mathematics that govern games of chance, Polich explains what strategies might give you an edge—and where the limits really lie.
About the speaker: Kyle Polich is the host of the Data Skeptic, a podcast about artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data science which explores these topics from a skeptical perspective.
