Gambling + AI: Understanding "GambleFAI" in One Article
Original Article Title: GambleFAI: The Rise of Autonomous Betting Agents
Original Article Author: 0xJeff, AI Investor
Original Article Translation: ChatGPT
Editor's Note: The article discusses the evolution of GambleFi, its rise in 2023, marginalization in 2024 amidst market shifts and the trend of meme coins, and its emergence in 2025 as GambleFAI, combining the strengths of decentralized gambling and AI technology. With the advancement of AI in Large Language Models (LLMs) and machine learning, GambleFAI enables players to make more precise predictions, significantly improving their win rates. AI agents are driving innovation in the industry, enhancing not only prediction accuracy but also offering players higher potential returns, marking a technological leap forward in the gambling sector.
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TL;DR
GambleFi is a narrative that emerged in the latter half of 2023, providing a simple value proposition — through global crypto liquidity, enabling billions of users to access casino games and prediction markets democratically.
Casinos like Rollbit and Shufflecom, acting as the house for casino games and taking commissions on sports betting odds (the "vig"), generate hundreds of millions in revenue annually.
This narrative gained more attention in 2023 due to the impact of the bear market — in such a market environment, the risk-return ratio of betting on casinos or sports betting seemed more attractive than purchasing crypto tokens. However, this situation saw a sharp turnaround in 2024 as market sentiment turned extremely bullish, with events like the BTC halving and figures like Trump embracing crypto, shifting the market's focus.
The rise of Pump.fun and the arrival of the meme coin season sparked a frenzy, where celebrities, animals, startups, and anything imaginable were used to launch meme coins. Stories of ordinary anonymous individuals turning $500 into $6.9 million became commonplace. This shifted gamblers' mindset — why risk a 50:50 or 33:66 odds bet at a casino for a 2x or 3x return when they could get a 10x to 100x return through meme coin investments? Thus, the GambleFi narrative gradually waned as players turned to trading meme coins rather than betting at casinos.
By 2024, Polymarket had become a leading prediction market platform, especially in political events like the 2024 US Presidential Election. Known as the "source of truth," Polymarket provided real-time predictions, with more capital being bet on outcomes to reflect public sentiment. Its reputation continued to grow, becoming a cited source by global media in various markets—not limited to elections, but also covering sports, cryptocurrency, AI, celebrities, hacker events, geopolitics, and more.
The Birth of GambleFAI
Fast forward to 2025. Due to the meme coin craze and the fork of Pump.fun, the meme coin market was in chaos, with millions of tokens emerging, and anyone could launch a token within minutes. Compared to traditional gambling or prediction markets, the risk-reward of cryptocurrency seemed less attractive.
Meanwhile, AI and AI Agents progressed rapidly—Large Language Models (LLMs) became more sophisticated, gained reasoning capabilities, automated workflows, and provided cross-industry domain knowledge, including GambleFi. Without personally analyzing football teams, tactics, player performances, and historical data, gamblers could now rely on AI for strategic insights.
GambleFAI emerged.
GambleFAI is the fusion of GambleFi and AI, combining decentralized gambling with AI-driven data synthesis and predictive capabilities. With AI advancements, gamblers no longer faced sub-40% odds due to information scarcity. Instead, retail players could leverage AI-provided insights and machine learning models to increase their win rates to over 55% to 60%.
Key Players of GambleFAI
We have witnessed this phenomenon unfolding gradually among participants in various fields:
Billy Bets
@AskBillyBets is the first self-sovereign betting Agent powered by @sportstensor, running on Bittensor Subnet 41 (SN41).

Sportstensor is building the most accurate decentralized sports prediction algorithm. It aggregates intelligence from competing machine learning models, rewarding long-term discoveries of advantages over short-term victories.
Billy Bets started betting on Polymarket with a $100,000 liquidity pool. So far, it has generated $24,000 in profit, with $6,000 used for $BILLY buyback and burn.

DKING
@thedkingdao is the first autonomous sports betting DAO, running on the @webuildscore Subnet 44 (SN44).

Score integrates computer vision and prediction models, providing real-time match analysis, tracking micro-events, player patterns, and game insights to enhance betting intelligence.

VLLMs annotate content, marking player actions in soccer matches. This data is then used to further train models for accurate player assessment and prediction.
DKING's products include:
· Agentic Wagering Pool: Betting on $DKING to deposit USDC into a liquidity pool managed by an autonomous betting Agent.
· The Terminal: $DKING holders can access a personal soccer AI Agent driven by Score's models.
While these products are not yet live, and DKING is still in its early stages, the team reportedly is collaborating with the second-largest sports hedge fund to explore potential capital allocations.
AION5100
@aion5100 is an AI Agent powered by @Playinfgames, running on Subnet 6 (SN6).

AION consists of 256 Very Large Language Models (VLLMs) that compete internally, generating up to one trillion synthetic scenarios per month to improve predictions. Its goal is to achieve full autonomy - by 2027, to be able to self-manage its keys, code, and funds.
AION has made seven Polymarket predictions, with mixed results (loss of $665, treasury of $9.2k). It has explored various markets - Bitcoin, egg prices, Apple releases, Super Bowl, among others.
While it is still hard to assess, it will be very interesting if a general model can outperform the investment returns of a specialized model in the long run.
AION has surged by 53% in the past week, driven by the GambleFAI narrative sparked by BILLY. Soon, holders will have access to a trading terminal providing insights on AION surpassing Polymarket.

Pauly from Robonet
@RoboNetHQ is developing an autonomous Agent driven by @AlloraNetwork's machine learning model.

Pauly is a flagship political trading Agent that participated in Polymarket's 2024 U.S. election market, achieving around 14% return over three months (approximately 68% annualized).
Pauly identifies market inefficiencies by comparing Allora Network's predictions with market pricing, dynamically adjusting positions for optimal returns while minimizing risk.
Robonet recently announced Robonet 2.0, expanding its AI Agent ecosystem, providing different strategies and perspectives driven by @AlloraNetwork.

The Bigger Picture
Three major trends can be observed from these developments:
· Market consolidation around fundamentals: Profitable AI Agents are taking center stage, akin to real-world business models.
· Machine learning models offer much-needed practicality: AI enhances the predictive accuracy of Agents, increasing potential returns.
· Bittensor subnets and Allora ML models are driving innovation: These infrastructures provide predictive capabilities, supporting specialization and product-market fit. (We see @virtuals_io and @CreatorBid continue to integrate more subnets within their ecosystem)
Conclusion
In order to survive in this market, an AI Agent must generate real revenue. Merely dancing and making noise is no longer effective. The Agent must capture market insights and profit from them, providing tangible advantages and solving real-world problems.
GambleFAI is still in the early stages of the narrative, but autonomous gambling Agents are proving they can outperform ordinary gamblers, creating excess returns.
If the market continues to range-bound and the AI Agent landscape remains fragmented, GambleFAI could become an alternative for those seeking alpha, an opportunity these gamblers cannot find in meme coins.
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