Risk of Ruin

A Seemingly Obvious Idea

Mar 2, 2024

45:25

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Episode notes

We've Always Played It Safe

04:14

The Internet and Betty's Web Site

01:40

What Is the Biggest Problem With Bet Fare?

03:09

Introduction

3min

How to Make a Long Bet on a Stock Market

4min

The Football Odds Model

3min

I'm a Programmer, and I Was a Program Engineer in the Nineties.

3min

The Art of Boredom

2min

The Difference Between Bet Fair and Flutter

3min

The Internet and Betty's Web Site

2min

What Is the Biggest Problem With Bet Fare?

3min

Betfair's Approach to Attracting Customers

3min

10.

Bet Fair - A History of the Business

2min

11.

We've Always Played It Safe

4min

12.

I've Made a Few Mistakes in the Past, and I'm Glad I Did

2min

13.

Betfair - What to Do With Winners?

4min

14.

The Life of Bert Batfair

2min

15.

Betfair Form Analysis - I'm Having a Good Time, You Know?

2min

16.

How to Make Money Breeding Horses

3min

Andrew "Bert" Black is a co-founder of Betfair, which is the world's largest betting exchange. He recounts his life in gambling, coming up with the idea for Betfair, and how they managed to win the P2P betting war in the early 2000s.

Bert's horse farm: https://www.chasemorefarm.co.uk/
Bert's Twitter: https://twitter.com/bertthebold

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