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Punters
- How Paddy Power Bet Billions and Changed Gambling Forever
- Narrated by: Aidan Kelly
- Length: 9 hrs and 15 mins
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Summary
The story of Paddy Power’s growth from a small chain of Irish bookies to the biggest gambling company in the world.
Flutter Entertainment, the parent company of Paddy Power, is the largest gambling business in the world. The evidence of that success is visible everywhere, from shop fronts and bus shelters to sporting arenas and smartphone screens.
The company’s rise to this point has been rapid, but like any gambler worth their salt, Paddy Power has always succeeded in finding an edge. At the outset those innovations were modest, like offering odds on television shows and giving punters money back on losing bets, but as the company’s ambition grew, so too did its determination to stay one step ahead of the competition, whatever the cost…
Impeccably researched and informed by dozens of insider interviews, Punters is the incredible story of how an unlikely band of misfits and visionaries bet on the future of the gambling industry and won big. But it’s also the story of how that victory may have come at an extraordinary cost – to their customers and society at large.
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- Amazon Customer
- 26-08-22
Great book
highly recommend, very interesting reading. Well written throughout. Well done to the author and publishers.
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- Eoin Coyne
- 18-10-21
Unrivalled Insight into the Gambling Industry
Gripping story of Paddy Power's corporate successes and societal failures.
A must read for anyone interested in gambling related harm prevention
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- CDaly
- 24-03-23
Further prove that Paddy Power really is scum
Outlines how bookies have changed from valued sports betting facilities to profit driven scumbags , online casino games should all be banned .
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- KingCharles
- 14-10-21
Addiction by design - Paddy Power Betfair
Great insight to how PP also exploited gambling addicts for profit and company growth.
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- Eoin McGirl
- 20-12-22
Very interesting and insightful
A really interesting story with heaps of insight into how Paddy Power operates. Well read by narrator.
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- Anonymous User
- 31-10-21
interesting listen
Good listen. Didn't know the half of what Paddy Power was / is up too.
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-06-22
Interesting insight in gambling industry
Worth listening to if you have an interest in how the gambling industry works and has evolved over the years.
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- Anonymous User
- 19-01-23
Great listening.
Great insight into the betting industry.
Well read and informative. Also scary when you're a punter like me.
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