Bleacher Report on football gambling/Tony Bloom

[Mtoto]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...murky-world-of-professional-football-gambling

For background, author Ed Hawkins is one of the finest and most knowledgeable writers about betting in the business, twice winner of the Sports Betting Journalist of the Year at Sports Journalists' Association awards.

 

[Danny-Boy]

Somehow somewhere there will be a clampdown on gambling over the net, and possibly generally. Mankind might just end up killing itself whilst betting how long it will have to live.

A Macau gambling den ordering 30 Rolls-Royces is just another symptom, the Chinese are likely to do more to indulge their gambling rather than stop their dreadful contribution to climate change.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Interesting stuff. Thanks

 

[Wrong-Direction]

I had 50p on a 9 game accumulator Tuesday night, 7 came in, stupidly put Blackpool and Millwall to win, would've won nearly £20,000 - betting is all about luck not stats, well to a mere plumber like me

 

[spring hall convert]

Blimey, great read.

 

[Gullflyinghigh]

Very interesting read, cheers for pointing it out.

 

[Moshe Gariani]

Fascinating. I had no idea that Tony Bloom was such a world expert in football betting (I thought he was mainly into poker and property).

Surely he and his team will get it right at The Amex in the long run...? I wouldn't bet against it.

 

[Iggle Piggle]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...murky-world-of-professional-football-gambling

For background, author Ed Hawkins is one of the finest and most knowledgeable writers about betting in the business, twice winner of the Sports Betting Journalist of the Year at Sports Journalists' Association awards.

That's a fine piece. I also enjoyed Ed's book on cricket and his regular column. You have to read between the lines sometimes but I took the hint on His thinly veiled 'Lump on England in the last one dayer, its probably bent as there is nothing on it' hint.

I'd love to know what he really knows on the underbelly of cricket. I suspect its fascinating.

 

[ElectricNaz]

Stunning article. Enjoyed reading every word of that.

 

[Stat Brother]

For me it does highlight a potential 'conflict of interest', or should that be 'lack of interest'.

That article, as good is it is, has no interview or even first hand accounts.
Confirming our Tony, once again, as a very private man who keeps himself to himself and expects his employees to do the same.

That goes totally against the Premier League, where (ridiculously) I can name the owners/chairmen and they are as much of the story as the players/fans/managers.

I just can't see Tony being comfortable in that environment with a 'secret story' to tell.
He'll be journalistic catnip, in the spot light, eventually having to defend himself if the press think there's a story.




Oh can someone add to this thread the pic of Tony from last season.
The one with him waiting for the train at token northern station with his Albion duffel bag

 

[Buckley's Mad Eye]

Thank you. That article crystalised a few thoughts I had on TB.

Explains some strange body language given in reaction to a question asked at the NWSS meeting as well.

I'm off to sort out a football algorithm of my own.

 

[Sleaford Seagull]

The same bloke who trudged past me wearing a wooly hat, long coat and backpack in the torrential rain at Doncaster away last year.
I don't care how much money he has, as when it comes to the club, he's proved he spends it well.

 

[TomandJerry]

Fantastic read

 

[Superphil]

Fascinating. I had no idea that Tony Bloom was such a world expert in football betting (I thought he was mainly into poker and property).

Surely he and his team will get it right at The Amex in the long run...? I wouldn't bet against it.

I think one of the main things that made him his money when he sold off his betting sites was his introduction/development of the Asian handicap concept

 

[Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews]

I did stop reading as soon as we were referred to us as 'premier league wannabes'

As someone with 25 years experience in many role within one of the major operators, I'll happily bore you to tears with the ins and out of a punters arse, if youre paying for the beer.

 

[Mowgli37]

Thanks for sharing, a very illuminating article for the uninitiated.

 

[ozzygull]

Did that flag of him as the god father ever get made. If it didn't it really should. Sorry I cant find the thread with the image it.

 

[Spun Cuppa]

A good read

Quants, the people who write the algorithms, usually hold Doctorates in maths, so are ultimo brainy

They are also employed in the financial sectors, including hedge funds, where their programmes might 'own' shares for split seconds, but when done at crazy speeds and millions of times a minute, vast profits acrue

There's a good novel by Robert Harris called 'The Fear Index', that gives a good insight into algorithmic manipulation of stock market dealings, which is probably close to how the football Asian Handicap market is dealt with also

 

[Dick Swiveller]

That Aussie works 7 or 8 hours and barely sees his family? I sit for 7 to 8 hours in front of a computer screen and see my family plenty!

 

[Vegas Seagull]

Superficial, lacking any anecdotes of interest and less informative than Mike Atherton was over 5 years ago.
Here's something they both missed, he didn't just 'Leave for Victor Chandler' he was Victors biggest winning punter so to save his own money and help him improve his business he recruited his foe
This thread does show one trait that is worth noting, how the 'pros' bet on single's and how a 'near miss' 9 fold was simply a losing bet