 Hi, how's everybody doing today? I am your host Rich here on behalf of RichTV Live with our very special guest, Mike Matisseau, a poker champion. How you doing today, Mike? Good, man. How are you doing? I'm doing really well. Thank you for joining us on the show. You've had a ton of success as a poker star, essentially, and you've been on television and I've seen you in millions of fans have watched you and seen you. So let's get into that a little bit. You won four World Series of Poker Bracelets. Congratulations. Thank you. Thank you. And you're known as the Moth and I interviewed the brat and now I'm getting a chance to interview the Moth. So what led you to be called the Moth? Why the Moth? Well, I mean, I used to talk a lot of shit back in the days when I was like way better than everybody and I would just like make fun of everybody and I was really loud. I talked a lot and then I just kind of used my image and basically like when something controversial comes up, I just run my mouth and don't give a shit. I have a lot of fun with it, actually. Well, that's a big part of poker and that's a big part of playing cards, though, isn't it? Isn't it? Yeah. A lot of the mental game and trying to get into someone else's head. You see everyone's wearing glasses so you can't read their eyes and kind of poker face. It's a big part of it. So is that just because you like to have fun or is that part of your strategy? Well, I mean, back in the day, it was part of my strategy a lot more now because most people play pretty good. So it's tough to get into their heads, but I mean, there's people I know or people I played with that I could that I know I could get under their heads. I'll I'll definitely talk a lot shit. Well, you've had a lot of success. Congratulations on the four bracelets. That's very impressive. Now, switching gears in 2014, you suffered a spinal contusion, which left you unable to walk in severe pain. And instead of falling off, you fought hard and you did everything you could to rehabilitate and you're currently making a tremendous comeback, which is very impressive. And can you please tell us what motivates you and what inspiration and what motivational message you may want to be able to deliver to your fans or anyone that's watching that's had some of the similar problems? That's a really good question. So after my injury in 2014, which really came out of nowhere, for probably about the first three years, I felt sorry for myself. I yes, I worked hard to be able to walk again, but I was in debilitating pain and I blamed everybody. And that's when I kind of really realized you can't play the victim in life. You know, you have to work hard at things. You can't let something like this take you down. And so I was able to work really hard, started showing up at World Series events. Even though I was in a scooter and it was hard for me to walk, many a days I grinded through 12 hour days of excruciating pain. Pain like nobody could even ever imagine. And the last three years, even though I haven't won another brace that I've got 26 caches out of 54 events with six final tables. And that's been in a lot of pain. So I tell people that don't really know what I go through, except for my girlfriend or my mom. Even Phil knows a little bit. But I challenge anybody to be able to compete at that high level when you're just dealing it with debilitating pain. But you know, you can't play the victim in life. I think one of the biggest problems is victimization of people in the world that tell you you're not good enough or you can't do this. And the bottom line is whatever you want to do in life, you can do. I agree with you. And I think that's a great message. Congratulations on your success and your ongoing rehabilitation. Now, a recent study of the online gaming industry projects the market to bring in over 66 billion USD by the end of 2020. So this industry is blowing up now because of COVID-19, more people are staying at home, people are trying to find ways to make money from home. This is becoming an industry that is really growing. And you're a big part of that. And for this number to grow further to 160 billion US in six years time, which means it could potentially grow by 150% in the next six years. It will. It will. There's no could, you know what I'm saying? And during like even during my life, I wasn't very, very good sports better. I was not very good at it. But there were times where, you know, I was always friends with Wayne. And he, you know, I would when things weren't going well, I would call him on the phone who you like this weekend. And Wayne is a very, very, so word for Wayne, he's a good, he's a good man. And he's really good at, he's, you know, sports is his passion. And, you know, he he didn't sugar coat, he's like, you don't sit there and say, Oh, nine for nine winners, eight for eight winner, we're gonna know, like Mike, here's three games, you know, let's hope we get two out of three, they will do better. And he always, you know, he always picked me winners, you know, like he's the only one, well, one of very few people that picked me winners. So I know he's good at what he does. So that's why I got them all. And what is it that makes Vegas winners unique and different? You've been in the industry for a long time. There's got to be tons of companies out there. Wayne Allen root, obviously is leading the charge. And he's very unique and very different. But besides that, what makes this company unique and different? Why did you want to be an advisor to this company? Because, because of the fact, it's, I feel like, almost like I just said, you seek so many companies and tout services and tell everybody, Oh, join us, we're going to give you guaranteed winners, we're going to give you this, we're going to give you that. You know, Wayne doesn't talk like that. Wayne says, you go with us, we're going to fucking do it. We're going to, we're going to, we're going to show you how much we're going to put on the, how we're going to give you the information that's going to make up, make you guys money. Then we're going to do it without guaranteeing, we're going to go 80%, 70%. We're telling you, you know, to make money in sports betting, you got to pick 60%, 50, 50, what is it, break even 57.1%. We're going to pick 60%. You know what I'm saying? We're going to do it. Maybe we're going to have some good years. We're going to do even better. You know what I'm saying? But we're going to win in the long run. It's all about winning. And so, Wayne is a winner. He always stresses, it's about winning, winning, winning. You know, that's why he's such a big John Trump supporter because winning, winning, winning, you know, he always likes that he loves that message of winning, winning, winning. And so, you know, that's it, you know, it's about winning. Mike, you've been doing a lot of winning in your life. And Vegas winners, it's a great name. And it's all about winning. And you've got a winning team. You've got some big players that are being joining this advisory board. Why did you choose to join this advisory board? Why take a role as an advisor on this board? Well, I mean, I am very connected in the gambling industry. Me, Phil Hamuth, we're very well known in our industry. And if you don't know poker players, literally, 85% of all poker players bet sports, and 83% of them are losers. Okay. And they, and they don't just bet sports, they bet big on sports. Okay, so like, me, I have no problems telling you, I've lost $6 million of betting sports in my lifetime. Wow. And so that's very big. Yeah, I mean, that's nothing compared to some of the people I know. So you know, but the very few times I've won, you know, when I do win, it's always been, you know, when I've called Wayne on the phone, but you know, he's always a business man, he's tough for him to say, hey, Mike, you know, whenever he wanted to give me a game, you know, the number had already moved, you know, and the one thing I've learned over the last four or five years is, if you don't get the good, it's all about the number. If you don't get a good number, you're just not, you just can't make the bet. So it's not always about information, but it's about information about getting the number. And, you know, knowing Wayne, me and Wayne did a television show together about 15, yeah, about 15 years ago. We had great chemistry. And I just felt he's the right guy to lead the charge into this sports betting coming up. I think it's very exciting. I think this is a very exciting company. I think this is a company that's undervalued, underappreciated, underexposed. And I love being able to help you create exposure and get the story out and let people know. Now, what makes you believe that you can help Vegas winners grow and prosper? And if you could kind of do a little bit of forward thinking, where is this company can grow to one day? Well, I mean, I have my own podcast called Mouthpiece Podcast. I get anywhere to 100, 200,000 listeners. I have lots of people that bet sports on my thing. I think an exposure through my podcast, exposure through merchandise during poker tournament events, exposure through my social media where I have over 120,000 followers, that'll always, that'll help. And people know, almost everybody who knows me knows I'm like the biggest sports loser ever. So when they see me going behind somebody that I know is a winner, you know, they're going to say, well, Mike's never won at all. And he doesn't bet it. He hasn't bet sports in forever. It's been almost three years. And now he's going behind somebody. Maybe he knows somebody. Maybe he knows something. And I do. I have a lot of belief in Wayne Allen and the team that he's put together. That's great. Well, you know what? I wish you all the best of luck. Continue on your success, both with the business and with poker and with Vegas winners and with your health. And I wish you and the company a happy Merry Christmas and a happy new year. And I hope you achieve all of your goals in 2021 and beyond. Thank you. And you know what? The bad of years 2020 has been for most people. It's been one of the top three years of my life because it allowed me to re-evaluate so many things in my life. And it's I can't wait for 2021 and hopefully Vegas winners will will be a big part of it. That's great. Thank you so much. Thank you for your time, Mike Madiso and Rich from Rich TV Live. If you're not winning, you're not watching. We bring you the winners and we bring them to you first. Vegas winners, I think it has huge potential. Put on your watch. Let's put on your radar. If you like this video, smash the like button. Comment down below. Share the video everywhere. And thank you for watching. Thank you, Mike. Have a nice day. You're welcome. Have a great day. Thank you for watching, everybody. We'll see you soon.