Softbank sell out
BN 07/08 08:30 *BETFAIR BOOKBUILD: 11M SHARES BN 07/08 08:31 *DB REPORTS LAUNCH OF ACCELERATED BOOKBUILD IN BETFAIR SHARES BN 07/08 08:32 *DB: BETFAIR SHARES BEING SOLD BY SOFTBANK UNIT CHARLTON CORP...
View ArticleAll right, Grandpa!
Interesting to see that four of the five commercial deals announced this week by football clubs are with gambling companies, and the outstanding one is with a gaming company not a million miles...
View ArticleAm I Michael J Fox or Bill Murray?
I stirred from a deep slumber this morning, and I don’t know exactly what it was, but something wasn’t quite right. It was like a nagging fear was tugging at me that Paul Roy was back in charge of the...
View ArticleLessons from Cheltenham
At the Cheltenham Festival in 2005, I had one of the more surreal experiences of my working life – perhaps more surreal still, in light of what has happened since. It was Gold Cup Day – Friday 18th...
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Ladbrokes exchange
I know, it’s all change in management and things… And it was a long, long time ago… But I just can’t resist (hard though I have tried) putting this clip up alongside a link to this May 2004 report...
View ArticleRobert Nason, where are you now?
Just when I thought that the news of Ladbrokes’ new exchange was the final and complete vindication of what we were trying to do with the launch of Betfair 13 years ago, news reaches my ears of an...
View ArticleA bit more of Bobby N
Having looked through the archive for my last post, I just can’t resist posting the audio of this Robert Nason interview, from 8th September 2004, which will amuse those of you who like a bit of...
View ArticleIn, out! In, out? There’s more to it than that
Perhaps bizarrely for a blog whose mainstream readership comes in search of nonsense about gambling, the most-read post that I have ever written on A View from Barnes Village was this one following the...
View ArticlePriceless forum post: Devilfish, take a bow
I am just going over some old Betfair memorabilia, and I came across this post from the forum from October 2003 which I found so entertaining at the time that I kept it. Those were the days…! Posted...
View ArticleWhy Betfair shares are still a buy
Betfair’s share price is up more than 10% in three weeks and 5% in the last two days, following their announcement of Q2 figures on Monday morning that showed 22% year-on-year growth. This much is well...
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