When you sit across from Mikki Mase, you’re not meeting a man chasing luck—you’re meeting someone who is the game. No cap, no gimmicks. Just raw instinct, sharp strategy, and a lifetime of lessons won (and lost) at the table.
“I was born in a high-stakes gambling family,” Mikki says, leaning in with that calm-but-dangerous energy. “I learned how to play really young—it’s just what we did.” Raised by his grandparents, Mikki’s first memory of gambling wasn’t a Vegas trip or a smoke-filled backroom—it was playing gin rummy at age 7, betting pennies, nickels, and dimes in a family living room that doubled as his first casino.
Outside of gin rummy and baccarat, his game of choice? Pai Gow. “It’s how I uncross my wires without winning or losing. It’s about breaking even—it’s therapeutic, in a way.”
But don’t get it twisted—Mikki doesn’t gamble to relax. He plays to win. That edge? It comes from something darker.
“I’m always restless, irritable, discontented,” he says. “I have a gaping hole that always needs more."
I have a gaping hole that always needs more.” - Mikki Mase
It’s a mindset that forged itself under pressure—like the time he drained a bank account to cover business debts, gambled with money he withdrew from a business he had with a friend (without telling him), and hit just enough to make it out. “He didn’t notice— and he got paid on time. I told him years later on a podcast. We still work together and we're still really good friends”
Mikki’s biggest loss? A casual $8 million. “It taught me casinos don’t play by the same rules. We show up for a game of chance. They show up for guaranteed profit. They play dirty.”
That’s exactly why Mikki backs Kirgo.
“They were the only ones who let me peek behind the curtain,” he says. “I wanted to know if they were cheating. They gave me full access. That’s why I roll with them. No smoke. No mirrors.”
For Mikki, Kirgo is the first people’s casino. “You can talk to the team. You can learn. They’ll meet you in the middle. And they actually give players a fair shot.”
He sees right through influencers selling “luck” to wide-eyed fans. “If you think gambling is just luck and chaos, congrats—you’re a recreational player getting duped by clowns.”
So what’s Kirgo in casino form?
“Avia Masters,” Mikki grins. “It’s wild. It’s fun. And if you play it right? You can take ‘em for everything.”
That’s Mikki Mase. Always on. Always calculating. And always riding with the one casino that plays it real.
