Dr. Catalin Barboianu

Catalin is a mathematician and problem gambling professional, holding a PhD in philosophy of science.

A former teacher of mathematics and founder of PhilScience, he has dedicated most of his academic work to interdisciplinary projects that aimed to investigate the roles of mathematics in problem gambling and gambling-specific cognitive distortions. 

Catalin also loves to write for popular audiences as a science writer and is a consultant on the mathematical aspects of games of chance for the gambling industry and problem-gambling institutions. He has authored 14 books in school and applied mathematics (of which 10 books on mathematics of gambling), philosophy of science, and mathematics, as well as over 20 research articles in reputed journals.

He is the author of The Mathematics of Lottery: Odds, Combinations, Systems, which provides a detailed mathematical grounding for the lotto theory and was mentioned in The Washington Post.

He also conducts research-based programs that connect the gambling web space with the academic realm of gambling studies while advocating for the exposure of the mathematical facts of gambling and education-based responsible gambling.