Right To Win was born from a simple, provocative question: what if gambling wasn't a zero-sum game? Imagine a world where people bet first for fun and then for money, where addiction is an exception, and not the highlight of the industry. We soon realised that the industry's incentives were fundamentally misaligned with consumer wellbeing.
Our counterintuitive policy design is rooted in economic theory because we didn't want to chase ideologies. We wanted something that allowed the industry to remain profitable, but which changed where most of the profit was coming from, that is, addicted individuals. Today, we advocate for a taboo-free gambling industry where players, government, and firms all support each other in delivering this service for society.
Our Story
A solution of compromise generally imposes imaginary trade-offs. That means that a best of both worlds is still out there and it just hasn't been found yet. I believe we found it for the gambling industry, so what's left is to see it through implementation.
Andrei Linguraru
Founder Right to win
MASc Data, Economics, and Design of Policy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, USA
Economist by training and with in-depth experience in data analytics, Andrei combines pragmatism with visionary thinking. He has incubated the idea around Right To Win since 2024, while he was completing his Master's degree in Data, Economics, and Design of Policy.
The idea turned into a project after having brainstormed it with several experts at the MIT Economics Department and Harvard Kennedy School of Government. While the aspiration is ambitious, it also has a clear roadmap for evidence-based policy making.