Gambling For Life: The Man Who Won Millions And Spent Every Penny

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Nowadays, some casinos even have two zeroes on the roulette wheel. Anyone playing them should be certified. But gambling on a Champions League match, a Premier League match, you can win." This, he explains, is because modern betting exchanges take a far lower proportion of their punters' stakes in profit. "There is no margin, it's about 2 per cent.

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Criminals stole customer card data from Betfair just months before float". The Daily Telegraph. 30 September 2011. Archived from the original on 10 January 2015 . Retrieved 23 March 2015. He has always had a love for British greyhound racing and worked with greyhounds for a while after leaving school. Then aged just 20 Findlay spent 11 months in prison convicted of credit card fraud.

His most well-known business is StarLizard—a betting consultancy and predictor based in Camden, tailored to attract high-rolling gamblers—and even that’s shrouded in mystery, with employees made to sign strict nondisclosure agreements when joining the company. Betfair has sponsored many sporting events, teams and organisations, including Barcelona F.C. [37] and Conmebol – South American football's governing body. [38] It is currently the main shirt sponsor of Cruzeiro Esporte Clube. [39] Controversies [ edit ] Illegal dividends [ edit ] In February 2014, Betfair were granted two online gambling licenses by the State Gambling Commission of Bulgaria. [25] Racing: ATR dismisses the time delay with SIS as a 'non-issue'. – Free Online Library". Thefreelibrary.com. 6 March 2006. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013 . Retrieved 28 December 2011.

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Playing their cards right, Director magazine". Archived from the original on 21 September 2010 . Retrieved 1 June 2008. Wood, Greg (9 September 2008). "Betfair: where winners have just become losers". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 9 January 2015 . Retrieved 8 April 2009.

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Paddy Power and Betfair merger agreed". The Guardian. Press Association. 8 September 2015. Archived from the original on 17 August 2016 . Retrieved 10 September 2015. Terry Ramsden originally made his fortune from investment company Glen International in the 80s. He was worth millions and, amongst other things, owned a string of race horses. I ask Findlay about corruption in sport, often driven by gambling syndicates. “A lot goes on. They bet on Futures [tennis] matches and lower leagues. No tennis reporter says: ‘You were 75% favourite and it was 25% the other guy an hour before the game. Then, just before you started, the odds go the other way. Did it change because you stood on glass and shouldn’t have played or someone heard you had a terrible headache? Tell us the reasons because the maths don’t lie.’”

Banned owner Harry Findlay quits having horses with Paul Banned owner Harry Findlay quits having horses with Paul

In the 2012 High Court case of Betfair Pty Limited v Racing New South Wales, Betfair's appeal, against a newly enacted fee to access New South Welsh vital race field information, was rejected. [32] The Court held that the relevant law would have no discriminatory or protectionist effect on interstate trade, thereby complying with section 92 of the Constitution of Australia, and that Betfair had not proven that the fee would cause significant economic damage (not to the extent of the appellants in Castlemaine Tooheys Ltd v South Australia [33]). In a unanimous verdict by the High Court of Australia on 27 March 2008, the two provisions of the legislation, purporting to ban Western Australians from using a betting exchange and prohibiting an unauthorised business from using Western Australian race lists, were declared invalid as they applied to Betfair. The provisions were characterised as imposing a burden on interstate trade that was protectionist in nature and therefore contravened section 92 of the constitution. The Court decision suggests, but leaves open, that a more narrowly drafted ban may have been allowed (e.g., banning people in Western Australia from laying "lose bets" on events held in Western Australia). [31] In the early part of 1975 Clive decided he was ready to quit his job working for the Electricity Board and take up gambling on a full time basis. The gambler who bet on himself". The Telegraph. 29 May 2005. Archived from the original on 16 December 2017 . Retrieved 5 April 2019.

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Born in 1962 and often described as being “larger than life”, Harry Findlay is from High Wycombe in Berkshire. Leaving school at the earliest possible moment aged 16 his first job was at the local greyhound kennels. For a short time, he worked for a bookmaker, but it was clear he wasn’t cut out for the job; he preferred it when the punters won. The Rabbitohs had not won the NRL since 1971 but Findlay put everything he owned on them becoming champions. “We had over 70 grand on one match. It felt like seven million. So it wasn’t just the fact the Rabbitohs won and gave me 70 grand when we had nothing. It made me feel like a young sports fan again – even though it was life and death.” Bialik, Carl (29 May 2014). "Inside the Shadowy World of High-Speed Tennis Betting". FiveThirtyEight Sports. ESPN. Archived from the original on 9 February 2015 . Retrieved 6 February 2015.

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Still a big player and maybe he should be at the top of this list as he is still very active. If there is a book to read about JP let me know in the comments, I’d love to read it. Alex Bird He said: The sport should do all it can to still try and hold the Greyhound Derby at Nottingham this year. It may now need the Irish Derby coming forward by a couple of weeks and running it after that as a 48 dog invite competition; like it used to be many years ago. Harry appealed against the ban, but lost. Subsequently he sold most of his horses at auction and ended his association with Paul Nicholls. But it wasn’t the end of his horse racing career; although he left jump racing behind, he turned his attention to flat racing. Bankruptcy Terry Ramsden is a quintessential example of the rags-to-riches means gambling can provide those who are successful. Net Entertainment signs agreement with Betfair". Archived from the original on 3 February 2016 . Retrieved 24 January 2016.

Findlay’s major associations have long been greyhounds and horse racing, collecting a payout of a different sort in 2008 when Denman, a horse he part-owned, won the Cheltenham Gold Cup. Whether you're interested in the old days when Phil Bull was king of the hill or more modern pros like Dave Nevison and Alan Potts.