“When you play for fun, you win,” says Yumeko Kawamoto as she goes all in on a high-stakes bet to avenge her parents’ tragic deaths. Netflix’s latest Japanese series, Bet, ends with an all-or-nothing ...

Welcome to Bet, Netflix's latest live-action show. Based on the manga Kakegurui and adapted by creator Simon Barry, the teen drama focuses on St. Dominic’s, an elite private school where ...

Bet is Netflix's latest live-action based on the manga Kakegurui. From creator Simon Barry, the teen drama focuses on St. Dominic’s, an elite private school where underground gambling rules the ...

“Bet” begins with a lot of promise. After getting expelled from a nondescript American high school, Yumeko eagerly transfers to St. Dominic’s mid-semester. Her presence at the institution ...

Opening Shot: In detention at a public high school, we see a teen named Yumeko (Miku Martineau). Her voice over says, “My name is Yumeko. And I’ve been bad.” The Gist: Yumeko is in detention ...

Netflix is also revisiting Death Note with a new series from the creators of Stranger Things. Bet follows Yumeko, played by Miku Martineau. She joins a boarding school for elite students. The school ...

This adaptation, notably, shifts Yumeko’s core motivation. The original manga and its various adaptations portray Yumeko Jabami as a “compulsive gambler who simply gambles for the thrill of it,” her ...

Two children have been diagnosed with polio in PNG. It's the first outbreak in the country since 2018, when an outbreak was eradicated the same year. The World Health Organization (WHO ...

Starring in the series is Miku Martineau as Yumeko, a student who enjoys gambling just a bit much. Hunter Cardinal portrays Michael, a student who surveys the underground gambling from the outside.

Papua New Guinea reached a historic milestone on Wednesday, May 14, by successfully completing its first kidney transplant operation. The procedure, carried out at Port Moresby General Hospital, was ...