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They sold the startup, then bought it back.. (footytips.com.au)

12 points by whatusername 18y ago

mattmaroon 18y ago
"AFL footy tipping business" "I wouldn't call myself a footy nutter, said Isterling." No habla Australiano
- davidw 18y ago
  Hablo - that guy habla just fine. In any case, Aussie rules football is way more entertaining than the American variety: much more running around and action. Plus the "goal" thing that the referees do with their arms pointed out from the waist is cool.
  - whatusername 18y ago
    I know that I'm biased (I grew up and live in Melbourne), but I have never seen a team sport I prefer watching to Aussie Rules. And my day job (big 3 letter IT company) uses this website to run our office footy tips competition.. And it works pretty well! (And my tipping skills are terrible). But as a user - I think the site is great - it's always worked well, solves it's problem nicely, and does something people want.
    - timcederman 18y ago
      Rugby Union > AFL. :)
      - froo 18y ago
        Double points in the bonus round for taking a cheap shot at a Victorian! Congratulations :)
  - mattmaroon 18y ago
    OOOOOOOOOOOOOOH. That's what footy is. Oh yeah, that sport is awesome.
- hugh 18y ago
  "AFL" --> Australian Football League "Footy" --> Football "Nutter" --> Crazy person "Isterling" --> OK, that's just a stupid name.
  - mattmaroon 18y ago
    Apparently tipping is some market based form of betting. I'm guessing the whole thing is similar to betfair.
    - whatusername 18y ago
      actually not really similar to betfair at all. As far as I know there was never any betting (although since the article states that tatts owned it - it might have been planned) For years coworkers / friends have run contests to pick the winners each week of the season.. (8 games a week x 22 rounds). I've seen various bits of specialised software / spreadsheets to track this over the years. The site manages all of that for you - so that the IBM comp that I was in a couple of years back had about 1500 people.. I think they mainly make money from advertising - on the site and occasional emails. Off memory there was a freemium option to pay extra money to remove the ads from your office comp (or something like that) Do you have similar kinds of sites (or offce competitions) in the US?
      - mattmaroon 18y ago
        Office competitions here are typically 1. Football (NFL) pools. You pick the winner of each game, usually using the spread, and get points for each correct. 2. NCAA brackets. 3. Fantasy Sports, usually football but sometimes baseball. Often played online. Other than that it's mostly just good old fashioned offline p2p wagering.

12 points by whatusername 18y ago

mattmaroon 18y ago

"AFL footy tipping business" "I wouldn't call myself a footy nutter, said Isterling." No habla Australiano

davidw 18y ago
Hablo - that guy habla just fine. In any case, Aussie rules football is way more entertaining than the American variety: much more running around and action. Plus the "goal" thing that the referees do with their arms pointed out from the waist is cool.
- whatusername 18y ago
  I know that I'm biased (I grew up and live in Melbourne), but I have never seen a team sport I prefer watching to Aussie Rules. And my day job (big 3 letter IT company) uses this website to run our office footy tips competition.. And it works pretty well! (And my tipping skills are terrible). But as a user - I think the site is great - it's always worked well, solves it's problem nicely, and does something people want.
  - timcederman 18y ago
    Rugby Union > AFL. :)
    - froo 18y ago
      Double points in the bonus round for taking a cheap shot at a Victorian! Congratulations :)
- mattmaroon 18y ago
  OOOOOOOOOOOOOOH. That's what footy is. Oh yeah, that sport is awesome.
hugh 18y ago
"AFL" --> Australian Football League "Footy" --> Football "Nutter" --> Crazy person "Isterling" --> OK, that's just a stupid name.
- mattmaroon 18y ago
  Apparently tipping is some market based form of betting. I'm guessing the whole thing is similar to betfair.
  - whatusername 18y ago
    actually not really similar to betfair at all. As far as I know there was never any betting (although since the article states that tatts owned it - it might have been planned) For years coworkers / friends have run contests to pick the winners each week of the season.. (8 games a week x 22 rounds). I've seen various bits of specialised software / spreadsheets to track this over the years. The site manages all of that for you - so that the IBM comp that I was in a couple of years back had about 1500 people.. I think they mainly make money from advertising - on the site and occasional emails. Off memory there was a freemium option to pay extra money to remove the ads from your office comp (or something like that) Do you have similar kinds of sites (or offce competitions) in the US?
    - mattmaroon 18y ago
      Office competitions here are typically 1. Football (NFL) pools. You pick the winner of each game, usually using the spread, and get points for each correct. 2. NCAA brackets. 3. Fantasy Sports, usually football but sometimes baseball. Often played online. Other than that it's mostly just good old fashioned offline p2p wagering.