Live-Action Japanese Manga Gambling at School Series ‘Bet’ Trailer
by Alex Billington
April 21, 2025
Source: YouTube
“My name is Yumeko. And I’ve been bad… But sometimes you have to do a bad thing… to make the world better. This should be fun.” Yes indeed it should. Netflix has revealed the official trailer for a new streaming series called Bet, adapted from a manga series. This English-language series is based on the hit Japanese manga called “Kakegurui” created by Homura Kawamoto & Toru Naomura. A transfer student from Japan disrupts a boarding school’s power structure with her gambling skills, challenging the Student Council while pursuing revenge that could overturn the entire system. This mysterious new student with a tragic past is shaking things up at St. Dominic’s Prep, and betting on revenge. Starring Miku Martineau, Ayo Solanke, Eve Edwards, Clara Alexandrova, Hunter Cardinal, Anwen O’Driscoll, Aviva Mongillo, Laura Afelskie, Dorian Giordano, Emma Elle Paterson, and Ryan Sutherland. This main girl as Yumeko has the exact same voice as Dakota Johnson, which might be what they want with her character anyway… Seductive yet deadly! Watch out! This looks totally bonkers, a seriously over-the-top fun manga adaptation.
Here’s the official trailer (+ poster) for Simon Barry’s series Bet, direct from Netflix’s YouTube:
Bet follows the students at a boarding school for the global elite, where underground gambling determines the school’s hierarchy. When Yumeko, a mysterious transfer student arrives, her gambling prowess puts her in the crosshairs of the powerful Student Council, while her secret quest for revenge threatens to upend the school’s status quo entirely. Bet is a series created and showrun by Irish-Canadian filmmaker Simon Barry, also a writer / director on other TV series “Continuum”, “Van Helsing”, “Ghost Wars”, “Bad Blood”, and “Warrior Nun” previously. Based on the original manga “Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler” created by Homura Kawamoto & Tôru Naomura. Developed for TV by Simon Barry. With additional writing by Tabia Lau, Amanda Fahey, Laura Good, Kurt Mungal, Ashley Park, Chris Roberts. And with episodes directed by Simon Barry, Jacquie Gould, Craig Wallace, and Joyce Wong. Made by Boat Rocker. Executive produced by Simon Barry, Jeff F. King, David Fortier, Ivan Schneeberg, Jon Rutherford, Nick Nantell. Netflix will debut the Bet series streaming on Netflix worldwide starting May 15th, 2025 coming soon. Who wants to watch?
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