Episode 80: Zeus O'Dea - Sports Trader & Politics Betting Expert

In the latest SBC Podcast I am joined by a guest who is perfectly placed to talk about the biggest betting market of all time: the US Election of 2024!


Zeus O'Dea is a professional bettor and trader at the crypto-book Shuffle, one of the newer entrants into the global betting markets (and a relatively big one at that!).


As a guest, Zeus brings plenty to the table as he specialises in several markets and we dig into two of them - politics and cricket.


With November 5th just a week away, it is the former that makes up the majority of our chat as Zeus talks us through some of the stranger market moves of recent times and how things like polling and commentators like Nate Silver can impact upon odds.


This chat was like no other as alongside our betting talk, crypto deals in Montenegro and evictions from the Oval both made it into our conversation too!

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Timestamps:
(00:00) Intro
(01:10) Zeus's Travels
(03:20) How Zeus got into the betting world
(04:09) Moving into employment with Shuffle
(06:00) Crypto & how it is different from traditional betting
(08:03) Controversial weather betting & pricing up obscure markets
(11:13) Political betting & BIG bets
(13:08) Taking risks as a bookmaker
(16:43) 2024 - different from previous elections?
(20:43) Polling and its impact on odds
(28:53) Submarkets providing betting opportunities and edges
(30:36) Nate Silver & his opinions on betting markets
(34:03) Useful resources to inform betting choices
(40:28) Cricket betting
(44:33) Zeus being forcibly removed from a Test Match
(50:31) Predictions for the US Election 2024
(53:53) How to find Zeus