{"podcast":{"title":"The iGaming Leader","slug":"the-igaming-leader-7100266","podcast_index_feed_id":7100266,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/the-igaming-leader","website_url":"https://www.igamingleader.com/","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/p_66xt8SvQqZJ1aZxk8F1xFxVlpsh9f4siiOobOvnIY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lNTg1/MTBkYjJjNjA5MTU2/ZWFkZDc3OGI4MDgx/NDRmOC5wbmc.jpg","author":"Leo Judkins, Founder - iGaming Leader Mastermind","episode_count":58,"summary":"The iGaming Leader is hosted by Leo Judkins, founder of The iGaming Leader Mastermind. Every other week, Leo sits down with Founders, C-suite executives, and VPs from across the iGaming industry for conversations you won't hear on a conference panel. The real decisions. The hard calls. What leadership actually looks like from the inside. No keynote polish. No PR answers. Just honest conversations between people who know the industry. New episodes every other Wednesday.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T12:17:34.597807+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-igaming-leader-7100266"},"episode":{"title":"The Architect of US Sports Betting and iGaming","slug":"the-architect-of-us-sports-betting-and-igaming","published_at":"2025-12-03T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-igaming-leader-7100266/the-architect-of-us-sports-betting-and-igaming","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-igaming-leader-7100266","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/7d2362ba","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/7d2362ba/db3469f6.mp3","summary":"In this episode of iGaming Leader, Leo sits down with William J. Pascrell III, “BP3”. He is a partner at Princeton Public Affairs Group and a driving force behind the legalisation of sports betting and online gaming in the United States. BP3 shares the unseen cost of bold bets: losing every major client when he onboarded PokerStars to help bring iGaming to America, the two-year sprint that followed, and the resilience forged long before politics from a 45-day coma with spinal meningitis to the daily discipline learned from his father. This is a conversation about courage, people, and choosing to be a happy warrior rather than an angry gladiator. About BP3 Bill Pascrell III is a veteran strategist and lobbyist who helped lead New Jersey’s iGaming framework and the decade-long campaign that culminated in PASPA’s repeal in 2018. He advises governments and gaming companies across the US and internationally on policy, compliance and market access. Key Topics Discussed 00:00 – Scars, setbacks and the “small gladiator” mindset 03:30 – “Architect of American sports betting” and what it really means 08:00 – Growing up without privilege and learning to outwork everyone 14:00 – Spinal meningitis as a teenager 20:00 – Lessons from his father on example, integrity and service 23:30 – The King David Hotel story and resourcefulness under pressure 28:30 – Grief, legacy and the Pascrell Public Service Institute 34:00 – Onboarding PokerStars, losing every client and starting again 39:00 – NFL opposition, real-world pressure and personal risk 40:00 – Happy warrior versus angry gladiator 43:00 – People before everything Memorable Quotes “I have the scars and the bruises to show I was a small gladiator in this fight.” “Give me 10% of 40 million and I’ll get this done in two years. And we d…","meta_description":"In this episode of iGaming Leader, Leo sits down with William J. Pascrell III, “BP3”. He is a partner at Princeton Public Affairs Group and a driving forc…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2732,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-igaming-leader-7100266/episodes/the-architect-of-us-sports-betting-and-igaming/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-igaming-leader-7100266/the-architect-of-us-sports-betting-and-igaming.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}