

Business of Betting Podcast
Business of Betting Podcast
A podcast covering the sports betting industry from the perspective of bettors, operators, and industry insiders. Hosted by Jeff Edelstein, Senior Analyst at InGame.com. Presented by Optimove.
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Jul 15, 2022 • 29min
E177 - News roundup with Brad Allen
In this episode of the Business of Betting podcast, Brad Allen from Legal Sports Report (LSR) joins Jason Trost to cover and share opinions about the latest industry news.
00:53 Amy Howe talks offshore betting: Making a better product, taxes, offshores books and limits of the market
10:10 Matchbook brokerage service
20:00 Openbet retraded price: stocks down 33%, B2B suppliers, change of control clauses
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Jul 8, 2022 • 44min
E176 - Scott Kaufman-Ross, SVP Gaming & New Business at the NBA
In this episode of the Business of Betting podcast, Scott Kaufman-Ross joins the show. Scott is SVP Gaming & New business at the NBA and talks about how he got his job, how the NBA is very pro betting and monetizes betting, what it sees in the future and how teams can decide who to work with.
02:14 How Scott got into the NBA: Starting in Finance, being a fantasy player
07:54 The evolution of the industry: The league’s position on sports betting, what the approach should be
14:38 The NBA’s economic system: Revenue, teams
20:26 The League and revenue share with sportsbooks
25:22 Sponsorship inventory, activation, level of deals (team vs league), licensing framework, legal and offshore operators
31:05 Betting activity and attention: data attribution, large markets
34:25 Consumption of media: Digital vs linear, customisation, NBA telecast
39:00 Injury reports and Transparency
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Jun 24, 2022 • 36min
E175 - News roundup with Brad Allen
EP 175: Doesn’t every sports betting company in the US lose money?
In this episode of the Business of Betting podcast, Jason Trost welcomes journalist Brad Allen from Legal Sports Report (LSR) to cover and share opinions about the industry news.
01:42 Wynn is closing down UK social Betting app BetBull: Wynn losing money on sports betting; Wynn getting out of sports betting?; casinos
11:28 The place of social in sports betting: Draftkings / bet groups; SBK; Skybet; Stock trading and Sports betting
19:08 Susquehanna SIG’s $65.5m investment in PointsBet: Nelly vs Banach; Jeff Yass’s statement; Fundamental model; best odds
29:20 Rumours around Fanatics acquisition of the German sportsbook Tipico (CNBC): Valuation; Fanatics’s Market access; GLI 33
33:04 Colorado’s regulator and the State audit
Mentioned in the episode:
https://www.legalsportsreport.com/71850/wynn-betbull-closure-uk-sports-betting-app/
https://www.legalsportsreport.com/71735/pointsbet-stock-susquehanna-sig-deal/
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/23/fanatics-is-in-talks-to-buy-sports-betting-company-tipico-sources-say.html
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Jun 17, 2022 • 1h 10min
E174 - Paul Beattie of Soko Advisors
Have a listen to long time industry insider Paul Beattie pontificate on sports betting tech, regulation, and the best way to build technology in the industry
https://www.sokoadvisors.com/
paul@sokoadvisors.com
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Jun 10, 2022 • 57min
E173 - Quinton Singleton - founder of bet.works (Part 2)
Quinton rejoins for Part II to talk about house edges, buying vs building, Fanatics getting into the business
Long time betting industry exec and founder joins BoB to talk about bet.works, Cantor Gaming and innovation
https://www.linkedin.com/in/qrsingleton/
https://twitter.com/QRSingleton
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Jun 3, 2022 • 53min
E172 - Quinton Singleton - founder of bet.works (Part 1)
Long time betting industry exec and founder joins BoB to talk about bet.works, Cantor Gaming and innovation
https://www.linkedin.com/in/qrsingleton/
https://twitter.com/QRSingleton
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May 27, 2022 • 43min
E171 - Jake Williams - Founder of Business of Betting Podcast
Jake joins us to talk about why he got into the industry, his time at Sportsradar, PointsBet and his thoughts of being such a prolific podcast host. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Apr 20, 2021 • 45min
E170 - FanDuel to Barstool to Bettor Capital
Episode 170 - David VanEgmond
David discusses his time at FanDuel and the Barstool/Penn acquisition as well as all his current efforts with Bettor Capital. We cover growth, branding, unit economics and the development of the betting space.
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Apr 15, 2021 • 53min
E169 - Bettor, Attorney and Podcaster
Episode 169 - Mike Roselli
Mike is an attorney, bettor and podcaster who joins the podcast to discuss the US betting market, his development and learning curve in the betting space and the current makeup of US betting.
Presented by Dimers.com
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Apr 7, 2021 • 41min
E168 - Don Best
Episode 168 - Benjie Cherniak
Benjie was the MD of Don Best which is a well known odds screen for gamblers, traders and within the betting industry. Benjie shares his experience and thoughts, as well as discussing Avenue H Capital which is a new venture that invests in and advises businesses.
This episode is brought to you by Dimers.com.
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