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At her peak, Molly Bloom earned over $4 million a year from running an underground poker game for celebrities.

The details of her story are so remarkable that Bloom was the subject of the 2017 film, “Molly’s Game.”

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In short, after an injury ended her Olympic skiing aspirations, Bloom found herself in Los Angeles, where she stumbled into the role of running a high-stakes poker game for celebrities and high-profile figures.

It’s a fun film if you’re looking to fill a slow afternoon. But what’s more interesting to us is Bloom’s business model — what’s called the “croupier” model — which resulted in that $4 million one-year haul.

You see, the croupier business model doesn’t get much mainstream press, but it’s one of the best on the planet. And it has a way of making its shareholders very rich.

Matt McCall’s Investment Opportunities subscribers are aware of this. That’s because it was nearly a year ago that Matt described the wealth-generating power of the croupier model to his readers.

From Matt:

Croupier is a French word — pronounced like “croo-pee-ay.” A croupier is someone at a gambling table that runs the game and helps gamblers place their bets. He also takes a small cut of the total bets placed.

A good croupier business is a wonderful, wonderful thing. The croupier is not one of the gamblers taking huge risks. He doesn’t bet at all, but makes a little bit of money from each and every bet. He is the guy skimming small amounts from huge volumes. Eventually, all the small amounts add up to a big pile of money.

Croupier businesses can include stock exchanges, commodity exchanges, brokerages, and of course, casinos. They are toll roads on the world’s financial highways. Trillions of dollars travel around the world every day. That travel is not free. The croupiers always get their cut.

***One of Matt’s croupier recommendations, Nasdaq, just hit a new 52-week high

You’re likely used to trading stocks on the Nasdaq, but did you know you can also invest in Nasdaq?

Approximately 10% of the world’s security transactions occur on Nasdaq systems. And the company makes its money from fees related to all these transactions.

Companies pay a listing fee for a home on the Nasdaq stock exchange, investors pay transaction fees to place trades on the exchange, and users pay service fees to access market data, products, and corporate services of various kinds.