{"id":1001,"date":"2009-07-06T06:30:40","date_gmt":"2009-07-06T06:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.betangel.com\/blog_wp\/?p=1001"},"modified":"2009-07-04T21:07:22","modified_gmt":"2009-07-04T21:07:22","slug":"opinion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betfairtradingblog.com\/blog_wp\/2009\/07\/06\/opinion\/","title":{"rendered":"Opinion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Thank you for reading this blog. I trust you get something out of reading it and based on the tons of emails I receive, a lot of you do. That&#8217;s pleasing to know.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You should always welcome opinion and whether you agree with it or not, its important if it provokes thought or debate. Asking &#8220;why?&#8221; is a great human gift. However, if opinion isn&#8217;t voiced for constructive debate, it serves nobody. Let me tell you where my opinions are sourced.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I draw next to nothing from the commercial side of my activity in the market. I prefer to re-invest that money into future projects. For me, actually using exchanges has always been central to everything I do, in fact, its a passion. If it wasn&#8217;t a passion I wouldn&#8217;t sit here playing with odds models shoveling millions a week through the markets. In fact, if I had no other interests and didn&#8217;t earn a penny from it, or anything else, I would probably still be sat here probing the market. That&#8217;s how Bet Angel came to life. Back when it was created there was nothing with the features I needed, nobody was convinced they were needed, so I had to design\u00a0 the concepts myself. A lot of features you see in the market, even some of those introduced by Betfair first appeared on Bet Angel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Having successfully navigated the markets since they were formed nearly ten years ago, I&#8217;m bound to voice what I think. My opinion comes from actually being here and doing it, and that is what drives my thought processes and comments, nothing else.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"pvc_stats_1001\" class=\"pvc_stats all  \" data-element-id=\"1001\" style=\"\"><i class=\"pvc-stats-icon medium\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-prefix=\"far\" data-icon=\"chart-bar\" role=\"img\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" class=\"svg-inline--fa fa-chart-bar fa-w-16 fa-2x\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M396.8 352h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V108.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v230.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm-192 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V140.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v198.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zm96 0h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8V204.8c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v134.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8zM496 400H48V80c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16H16C7.16 64 0 71.16 0 80v336c0 17.67 14.33 32 32 32h464c8.84 0 16-7.16 16-16v-16c0-8.84-7.16-16-16-16zm-387.2-48h22.4c6.4 0 12.8-6.4 12.8-12.8v-70.4c0-6.4-6.4-12.8-12.8-12.8h-22.4c-6.4 0-12.8 6.4-12.8 12.8v70.4c0 6.4 6.4 12.8 12.8 12.8z\" class=\"\"><\/path><\/svg><\/i> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading\" src=\"https:\/\/www.betfairtradingblog.com\/blog_wp\/wp-content\/plugins\/page-views-count\/ajax-loader-2x.gif\" border=0 \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"pvc_clear\"><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=betangel\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you for reading this blog. I trust you get something out of reading it and based on the tons of emails I receive, a lot of you do. That&#8217;s pleasing to know. You should always welcome opinion and whether you agree with it or not, its important if it provokes thought or debate. 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