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Business of Betting Podcast

E194 - Joey Levy from Betr

Season 1, Ep. 194

On this weeks edition of the Business of Betting Podcast, Jason is joined by Joey Levy from Betr.


With the backing of social media personality and boxer, Jake Paul, Joey is the Founder and CEO of Betr which is the first direct-to-consumer micro-betting focused sports betting company. Betr has also launched a new media venture for the next generation of sports fans. Betr is setting out to disrupt legacy gambling and legacy media, with a mission of making sports and betting Betr.


Timecodes:

00:46 - Who is Joey Levy and what is Betr?

07:46 - What type of product is Betr?

09:51 - What is the vision with Betr?

13:21 - Customer / revenue numbers

18:35 - What is it like working with somebody else's code?

21:43 - What is Joey's view on the Friedberg hypothesis?

31:48 - What is the goal with Betr?

35:23 - What does Joey want to be when he grows up?


#betting #business #exchange #podcast #smarkets #betr

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