Ideas often take root in odd places. This particular epiphany occurred during the middle of an accounting lecture at the University of British Columbia. Two business partners, Darius Eghdami and Duncan McIntyre, were sitting in the back of the class glued to their computer screens. While their peers focused on their lecture with varying levels of attentiveness, their eyes contentedly gazed at their monitors watching email notifications stream in from their payment provider.
Each email represented another bettor subscribing to receive their daily sports tips, and another $70 per week in their pocketbooks. This past month had been particularly kind and with their recent betting history dominated by a slew of wins, the pair stood to earn a fair amount of cash from the new subscribers flooding to them. Their luck could change at any given moment, but such is the life of a gambler.
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