#BettingPeople: DIETER VANLERBERGHE

#BettingPeople: Dieter Vanlerberghe has been a racecourse bookmaker in Belgium for over 20 years, he also started the first on-line bookmaking firm in the country, eventually selling to Unibet. In this series of interviews he talks about his history in the game, his business interests, racing in Belgium and how the industry differs to that in the UK.

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A trip to Belgium! (with Simon Nott and Andrew Lowrie)

Join our own Simon Nott and pro-punter Andrew Lowrie for a visit to Hippodrome Wellington, a racecourse in the Flemish Region of Belgium which has on-course layers – including this week’s Betting People interviewee Dieter Vanlerberghe!

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DIETER VANLERBERGHE (part 1 of 3)

Dieter talks about how he became an on-course bookmaker in Belgium, how it all works, the state of racing in the country, how bookmakers operate on course, following in his father’s footsteps on course and the exposure racing gets in the mainstream press.

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DIETER VANLERBERGHE (part 2 of 3)

Dieter talks about his off-course business and how they expanded into Holland and why the betting focuses mostly on French and Belgian racing and why the UK doesn’t feature much. He explains how much time goes into studying the racing the night before and how markets are formed with no exchanges.

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DIETER VANLERBERGHE (part 3 of 3)

Dieter talks about telephone bets, how credit bets are not allowed, bookmakers hedging, professional punters in the country, restrictions, having to take the first, groups of young people forming syndicates to win, how gambling is perceived by the wider public in Belgium and the restrictions placed on bookmakers by law.

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DIETER VANLERBERGHE #BettingPeople PODCAST