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Longtime professional sports bettor Mike Craig will be rejoining the Right Angle Sports team. You all know RAS from this past week's where they caused the Raiders line to move from a PICK'EM to -3 in a matter of seconds.....and at least a thousand sports bettors were on the right side.
In the podcast below, Mike discusses
- How he translated his Penn State degrees in math and chemical engineering into sports betting (2:20)
- Analytics vs subjective analysis, and how this depends on sport (9:45)
- How Mike approached college basketball totals in 2020-21 (25:15)
- Closing line value (28:25)
- Bottom up vs top down approach to betting, and some creative ways to do the latter (36:33)
- The toughest and easiest markets to beat (43:45)
Good stuff. Check it out.
PointsBet Looks to Expand Their Operations Across the U.S. by Studying....Dublin, Ireland?
PointsBet recently launched the opening of its Dublin, Ireland tech hub, helped along by its acquisition of Banach Technologies.
PointsBet's Director of Operations, Europe, Graham Ross, explains why Ireland is so critical.
"Having a European HQ in Dublin allows the company access to a significant pool of available talent, particularly prospective employees with deep experience in the online gambling space in Europe and further afield," he tells SBC.
"With Ireland having a very strong position in both foreign direct investment and the technology space within the EU and Europe as a whole, it’s very clear that there are notable advantages to be gained by basing our operations here."
The Banach Technologies acquisition is going to help in the development and delivery of cutting edge, best-in-class, in-play betting experiences across the key US Sports markets, Ross reveals.
"Our European HQ already plays a significant role in our US operations and that is only expected to increase as we scale up and add further talent to further reinforce our position as the home of in-play for US Sports."
PointsBet was actually one of the first entries into the U.S. regulated sports betting market. It's interesting to note that PointsBet is an Australian firm.
Despite the presence in Ireland, PointBet is solely focused on the U.S. market for the time being.
"There are no plans to apply for licences in Ireland or any of the major European markets as it stands but we will continue to monitor market opportunities and regulatory developments on a wider international basis."
- Aaron Goldstein, Gambling911.com
