E191 - Chris Bevilacqua from SimpleBet
Business of Betting with Jason Trost
English - May 24, 2023 13:56 - 42 minutes - 58.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 48 ratingsSports Business investing betting business gambling sports sports betting Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
On this edition of the Business of Betting Podcast, Jason is joined by Chris Bevilacqua, Founder & CEO of SimpleBet.
With a passion for sport held from an early age, Chris started his career as part of the video production team at NBC, making promos for NBA & NFL games.
After a successful period in the TV industry in which Chris won awards, he decided to launch SimpleBet in 2018. SimpleBet is a B2B product development company using machine learning and automation to make every moment of every sporting event a betting opportunity.
Timecodes:
00:30 - Introduction to SimpleBet
01:13 - Chris' passion for wrestling and the lessons it has taught him
07:53 - Chris's background story
16:18 - The future of live sports broadcasting
23:50 - Why did Chris co-found SimpleBet?
26:38 - The SimpleBet product and how it generates money
28:35 - Does SimpleBet have competitors? How does it stand out?
30:09 - Example of a SimpleBet market which can't be found elsewhere
31:16 - How do SimpleBet get their data?
35:25 - Will the likes of Draft Kings start to do this themselves?
36:55 - The makeup of the business & what's next for SimpleBet
41:42 - What does Chris want to do when he grows up
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