Tag Archives: Flutter

Meet Nigel Eccles, a veteran of UK’s betting exchange industry, and an innovator.

Nigel Eccles (HudBud CEO – Previously with McKinsey, Betdaq, and BetFair-Flutter) HubDub is developing a web application which will change the way people discover, track and interact with news stories. His startup: HubDub – (What they are brewing: a news … Continue reading

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Person-to-person freeform betting

Some time ago on Midas Oracle there was reference to flutter.com as one of the first sites that allowed users to create their own markets. I was lucky enough to be a product manager with flutter from mid-2000 through to … Continue reading

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Guess where Flutter founder Vince Monical is working right now??

At Google, of course. As “Director of Commerce and Analytics”. – Flutter was bought out by BetFair in December 2001 —a “merger”, they said. – Justin Wolfers knows Vince Monical too well. PDF

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Two vivid British teens give you a tour of BetFair.

From Andrew Black’s blog (the co-founder of BetFair). George and Ned during their summer 2007 internship at BetFair (which lasted one week): — George and Ned: We met Kirsten Rawlings who is in charge of the [usability] project. She showed … Continue reading

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