He gained notability for his extravagant lifestyle and photo ops with scantily dressed female models on social media.

His business ventures include Ignite International Brands Ltd., which sells electronic cigarettes, CBD oils, water bottles and vodka, among other products.

He is the brother of fellow poker player Adam Bilzerian, and is of half Armenian descent through his father,[4] who was a corporate raider on Wall Street and provided both of his sons with trust funds.

[9] In November 2011, Bilzerian was one of those sued by the estate of Bradley Ruderman over winnings from poker games, which were alleged to have been paid with funds from an illegal Ponzi scheme.

Bilzerian runs the company Ignite International Brands Ltd., which sells electronic cigarettes, CBD oils, water bottles and vodka, among other products.

[13] Bilzerian has also explored other avenues; he appeared in such films as The Equalizer, Cat Run 2 (both 2014), and Extraction (2015), and authored the autobiography The Setup (2021), which recounts his controversial life and lifestyle.

[16] In 2014, Bilzerian split his time between homes in Hollywood Hills and Los Angeles (California)[17] and Las Vegas (Nevada).

[25][26] By December 2015, however, he had begun supporting Donald Trump, stating that he "is raw and unfiltered," eschewing political correctness and praising his pro-gun stance.

[27] In 2024, Bilzerian condemned Israel and expressed support for Hamas amidst the Israel–Hamas war, referring to it as a "resistance organization" and calling its former leader Yahya Sinwar "a hero.

He has gone on record to say that the Jewish people perpetrated the Holodomor in Soviet Ukraine, assassinated John F. Kennedy in 1963 and Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, created the "transgender nonsense," and orchestrated the September 11 attacks and the Iraq War, among other assertions and antisemitic conspiracy theories.

"[28] Bilzerian further claimed that Jews "control the media"[29] and promoted Holocaust denialism, saying that "I would bet my entire net worth that it was less than six million.

[36] In January 2015, Hustler's attorney claimed that the toss was an "act of God" and stated that it was not the publisher's fault that Griffith suffered injuries as a result.

"[39][40] He was released from LAPD custody on the day of his arrest after charges were dropped but was scheduled to be arraigned in January 2015 in Clark County, Nevada.