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Betfair continues squeeze on users

Betfair continues squeeze on users

Full management statement here: –

https://corporate.betfair.com/media/press-releases/2012/06-03-2012.aspx

Having been an active investor for over 20 years, here is my take on the management statement. Management statements always focus on the positive and you have to read a bit deeper than the headlines.

Core revenues up 11%, but no mention of non core revenues, other than ‘they are in line with expectations’. The games products are no longer working and despite being pushed in-front of all users, which personally I find very …

06/03/2012 | By More
Football rich list

Football rich list

It is always interesting to read the Deloitte reports. They seem to highlight the significant, and growing, gap between footballs elite clubs and the rest.

Seven of the top ten clubs come from the English premiership. The top clubs even in this elite division are pulling away from the others.

https://www.deloitte.com/view/en_GB/uk/press-release/0966fd0057101210VgnVCM100000ba42f00aRCRD.htm

But there are still a large number of structural issues in the game.

https://www.deloitte.com/assets/Dcom-UnitedKingdom/Local%20Assets/Documents/Industries/UK_SBG_ARFF2009_Highlights.pdf

10/02/2011 | By More
Racing wants more cash

Racing wants more cash

Really very interesting piece on the racing industry yesterday on the BBC web site. You can view the article here: –

https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8280227.stm

You can download the entire Deloitte report by clicking this text, it’s a 7Mb file.

I won’t attempt to summarise or make an opinion on the report but I do think they are slightly off with their figures. Amounts wagered and the levy amount can’t really be compared across such different markets, but I do concede that …

30/09/2009 | By More
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