Tim Fraley @TimFraley75

BetBash 2027 planning has already begun. -We are again shooting for early August at Circa. -We already have commitments from @halfkelly to run his Risk Of Ruin Podcast and @RWM21 to run Gambling With An Edge Podcast. -If you have any ideas to share or want to be a presenter, please reach out on our website.

@SEC_Analytics if ya know you know

@chinamaniac Good God almighty, doesn’t get much better than that

@TimFraley75 @BetsandPicksMMA @Hitman428 Office lunch break request have been denied. Required viewing.

No way I’m missing this one! @BetsandPicksMMA @Hitman428 no better way to start the weekend

Hammer Betting Network 🔨 @TheHammerHQ

3 days ago

On today's Hammer Daily show, we've got you covered for all things NFL Week 2 and getting you ready for UFC 331! @TakesByJ 🔨 Joining the program today are @Hitman428 and @BetsandPicksMMA; the show goes live at 12 ET! Link below⬇️ @FanDuel x #FDPartner

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@jonlerner Right with u my friend

Dropped my son off at preschool heard on the radio that a plane had struck one of the towers, got home turned on the tv to see the 2nd. Something I’ll never forget and for those that lost their lives and families that suffered that tragedy I’ll never forget you either 🙏

@spanky Never Forget

@Rex_Beyers That’s awesome brother!! Will you still be here in So Indiana or are you gone again! Either way congratulations my friend. Tell the boss @astraffon hello as well. Was an honor meeting him at Bet Bash

I really haven’t spoken much on the landscape of the industry lately but thought it’d be a good time for a longer form post on my feelings. This is the kind of stuff that really pisses me off. I hate the virtue signaling from those at the top in the Prediction Market space especially when they act like they are the second coming of Christ. This “we don’t make money when people lose” line is the most nauseating piece of marketing in the whole space. It is not a moral high ground. It is a fee model with better lawyers and a prettier deck. You make money when people trade. Most people who trade lose. That is not a sportsbook talking point. That is their own data. They have said it out loud. 70% losers. Same as us. Same as day traders. Same as every other place where retail money meets an uncertain outcome. Call it betting. Call it trading. Call it predicting. Call it an event contract. The customer is still putting money on whether a team covers, whether a candidate wins, whether a number hits. The money is at risk. The outcome is uncertain. That is gambling. The rest is branding. Sportsbooks take the other side and bake a vig into the price. Prediction markets take a cut of the trade and live off the spread. Different plumbing. Same result. Both businesses scale on volume. Volume comes from people who keep coming back. Most of those people are not winning. They love to say the house is not on the other side. Then you look at who is actually filling the book. Market makers. Internal trading arms. Pros who never get limited. Retail is still the other side of a lot of that flow. The platform still gets paid either way. The virtue signaling is not about protecting customers. It is about jurisdiction. Federal wrapper instead of state gaming licenses. Operate in places that told sportsbooks no. Wrap a sports menu in CFTC language and act like you invented a new product. You did not. If 80% of the action is sports and the screen looks like a bet slip, stop pretending you are running the CME. You are running a sportsbook that figured out a different regulatory door. Fine. Compete. Just stop acting like you are above the rest of us. We have never needed customers to lose every ticket to make money. Balanced book + hold still pays the bills. We also do not need a TED Talk about how noble our incentives are. We take action. We post a number. People bet it. That is the job. The disingenuous part is acting like renaming the product changes the customer. It does not. A guy who cannot beat -110 is not going to suddenly beat fees, spreads, and better-informed flow just because you called it a contract instead of a wager. Sell the product. Fight for the regulation you want. But drop the sermon. You are in the same business we are. The sooner that gets said without the moral high ground, the more honest this whole conversation gets.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ I don’t hate that prediction markets are a part of the landscape now. I’m not going to cry over spilt milk or be a baby about it. But what you aren’t going to do is act like Mother f’ing Theresa with your product when you are doing the exact same thing as most everyone else in the G-A-M-B-L-I-N-G space. Ted talk over. Have a nice day.

Americans For Fair Markets @FairMarkets_US

3 weeks ago

.@luanalopeslara on one huge difference between prediction markets and sportsbooks: Sportsbooks profit when their customers lose. Prediction markets bring buyers and sellers together — and make money on the transaction, not the outcome.

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@VinnyG702 All day everyday brother 👊

Tunes account got hacked a while back. This is his new handle. Spread the word if you could. Back in action! Let’s goooo!! x.com/joeytunes20?s=…

@brandonhouserr Followed

@Tabbb47 Followed back

@Mook_Franchize @chinamaniac 10/10 brother

@spanky @CircaLasVegas @DerekJStevens Just an unbelievable week that somehow your entire team and the powers to be top the one before. Got to talk to your son for a bit as well. Tremendous young man, Go Irish. Until next time…..

@iowa_pete Always special Seeing u my friend and the rest of the guys. The final night cap at Legacy will always be a tradition unmatched.

What a week that flew by. The Partners & friends that time was had with was amazing. Truly blessed & grateful to work with & call u all family. The new friends, & potential partners look forward to connecting more & cementing those relations. Anyone that I missed please DM, 🙏❤️

@VinnyG702 Was great meeting you brother. Can’t wait until next time

@tohardtoocall @CGC_SI @Slick_Paper I have a 1969 Topps Mantle, believe his last year. Regardless of value, one of my favorite cards

@PromoCactus @spanky @JeffreyBenson12 Was great meeting you my friend