In this week's episode of 90 Degrees, co-founder of Prophet Exchange, Jake Benzaquen joins Kevin Davis as they sit down and discuss variables and modelling, the importance of building your network and discussing the topic of limiting and ways you can avoid it.
To start the show Kevin introduces co-founder of Prophet Exchange Jake Benzaquen to the 90 degrees audience, Jake is a fellow Hoboken resident and also happens to be neighbours with Kevin. To start the show we get into Jake’s background as a sports bettor and how he got into the industry. From there Jake talks about the history of Prophet Exchange, about how it started, and growing it moving forward. Then Jake gets into the details and challenges of competing with other larger sportsbooks as well as the benefits of Prophet Exchange over your original sportsbook. Finally the roles get flipped and Jake puts on his host hat and ask’s Kevin Davis some questions.
Join host Kevin Davis on 90 Degrees as he brings on guests to discuss the right betting angles in sports every Friday morning.
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Show Index:
(00:00) Introduction and overview of prophet exchange
(04:50) Jake’s background in sports betting and getting Prophet Exchange started
(10:16) Growing Prophet Exchange player prop market, player base and moving into more legal markets
(16:30) Biggest challenge competing against the big sportsbooks
(21:46) Traditional advertising vs Prophet Exchanges outreach
(26:10) The benefit of Prophet Exchange vs other sports books
(33:59) What would Jake be doing if he wasn’t working at Prophet Exchange
(35:40) Jake ask’s host Kevin Davis some questions
