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Published · transcript-backedJohn Collison: belief
17 Mar 2026 Cheeky Pint Creating prediction markets (and suing the CFTC) with Tarek Mansour and Luana Lopes Lara
“Where, I think people don't think so much about this dynamic, but for a sports bookie, the best possible punter is someone who is kind of unsophisticated, bets on, like, their home soccer team's game.”
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- John Collison
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- Claim type
- belief
- Recorded
- 17 Mar 2026
- Publisher
- Cheeky Pint
Transcript context
…Right. Ok. Another market-making question. So sports bookies have this need to crack down on what in their industry is called sharps, you know, people who are too good. Where, I think people don't think so much about this dynamic, but for a sports bookie, the best possible punter is someone who is kind of unsophisticated, bets on, like, their home soccer team's game. Irrespective of the odds.…
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