It just got a whole lot easier to bet the farm on your favourite pro surfer!
You ever get the feeling ol Dirky Ziff, who leveraged his friendship with super-producer Harvey Weinstein to launch the new-look world tour over ‘hot summer cocktails’ in 2014, feels like the one-dollar he paid for the ASP in 2012 was a little too much?
In the company’s latest bid to raise cash, it’s turned to ALT Sports Data to “unlock new markets in the world of regulated sports betting” or as ATL calls it, “empowering their massive global audience to have a stake in the outcome of WSL events.”
I ain’t a huge fan of gambling, personally, worked the tables in casinos and saw the misery it brings. The excited kid who snatched five-hundred out of the five-dollar blackjack table at seven is wide-eyed and desperate at three am as he attempts to recoup his rent and savings.
Nobody gets out of a casino alive. Yeah, you hear stories. But they’re stories. Nobody wins.
Howevs. I get sports gambling and often wet the toes to make a grim day of low-tide Portugal closeouts interesting. And the WSL’s pivot into the world of online gambling will make it easier to throw the family house on, say, Jackson Baker scoring a nine-point right at three-foot Winki.
What are the odds! A thousand to one?
According to the WSL’s chief revenue officer Cherie Cohen, “Working with ALTLT (sic) Sports Data to advance our position in the global gaming marketplace is a great opportunity for the WSL. We know that legal sports betting drives fan engagement. We are excited to scale our offering by partnering with a company who knows our sport well and has deep relationships with global operators.”
What bets do you wanna see? Pip to catch a set at Teahupoo? A Brazilian or mainland American to reference the helping hand of God in a post-heat interview?
Blue skies ahead.
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That 9 Jacko got at Winki in 3 foot conditions was just a trial run for the scoring system that will become the norm in years to come as the wave pool world tour judging criteria hits the shore or moreso the inland surf arenas of the future.
“WSL pivots away from trans-inclusion debate…” implies that they were involved in a debate. Which clearly they were not.
It should read, “Below average conservative surf tabloid writer pivots away from daily anti trans-inclusion monologue to do more bland writing about shit that nobody fucking cares about.”
If you did some even remotely passable reporting you might not have to put click bait in every heading to get traffic. Try it out, if it hurts you can stop.
I know which makes it even worse.
sam george = clown
Used to work in Las Vegas, two weeks a year split apart by a month, springtime.
Gambling tables reminded me of the cocaine tables I saw as a kid at parties. Everyone’s turn is next, me me me, urgency and impatience, then despair as the party ends.
If you don’t like speed or don’t win your first time gambling, you’ll be good.
If you win or like being artificially “on”, you’re going to lose.
Yeah ,like were all 12 years old here
“WSL Chief Revenue Officer” sounds like the worst gig ever. Godspeed, Cherie Cohen, whoever you are.
They barely have the operational technology to post live scores during heats. And had to restart their system to be able to compute the data intensive task of averaging 3 numbers.
With keystone cop judging, the wozzle introduces gambling?
Anything to keep the dream alive
Good lord, where the hell is surfing going, Erik is a clueless out of touch billionaire looking for something he never was, never had and never understood, and he’s sinfle handedly killing the WSL, and surfing in general, and because he’s daddy warbucks, the rest just clammer about … allowing this travesty to continue, surfing never has been the mainsteam, it isn’t designed to be … mainstream can’t even grasp the concept, any kook (myself) can ride a board on a wave, but surfing is more than that, or was … I myself am certainly not the Atypical surfer type, but I have a storied past, and beloved history with the life that can be surfing.
The preposterousnous of modern sports betting is that active athletes are doing gambling commercials while Pete Rose is still persona non grata.
Ok to set records for the hall o fame by using steroids though
*…
Nope.
I would say cheating is cheating but we’re not talking about cheating to be better than the guy next to you.
Were talking about being the man in a pool full of women.
That’s way beyond steroids.
WSL should really get into arms sales. From USDOD: “Jan 25, 2023 — Total arms sales in fiscal year 2022, about $52 billion worth, exceeded FY21’s $34.81 billion in sales by nearly 50%.”
I’m sure Jonah Hill learned enough on the set of War Dogs that he can teach Elo.
I wanna see Strider get an intentional interference called against him.
Chaaaah Ching!!!
https://www.smh.com.au/busi…
I’m betting Elo is gone before Tahiti
Any evidence for that prediction?
Might as well find a cigarette company to sponsor the tour. Get those surf fans converted to the pleasures of crippling addiction puffing away during heats, waiting for scores – stay tuned is just begging to be a sponsored cigarette break.
A Vape store would have the coin!
or…maybe an app that could tell people where the nearest weed dispensary be at?
“Weed ‘Em Out”
Menthols only.
Grab a Gran at the Bondi bowlo when all else fails.
Hohohohoho – just wait til ALT and the noob punters run into the “Pritamo Factor”.
‘Let’s cross to Kaipo, who’s coming to us from the SportsBet Athlete Zone with an update on today’s markets. Kaipo, who’s in your SportsBet multi?’
‘Thanks Joe, well I’m here in the SportsBet Athlete Zone with da bois R-Calculator and Kale Robson, thanks for being here gents. We’re here racking up my SportsBet multi, where I’m backing in da goat, that’s right, DA GOAT to cover the +7.17 spread over Maximum Hooseenot. I’m then taking a Bailey Ladder overs on Pickles Red Bull Bonsoy combined score of 14 against Skid Marks. In the Coopers Sparkling head-to-head I’ve got Ritchie quickly knocking the top off Ronny while Rabs sits in the corner dribbling. Then, in the exotics, I’m taking Strider in tha backdoor with both Pupo’s out. What’s it paying I hear you ask? Well, we’re just waiting on the judges to drop the numbers. Hey, sign my jacket guys! Make it out to Kaipo, that’s Kyyyy-po-oh-oooh. Back to you bro I mean Joe, and as always, gamble responsibility and know when to walk the plank.’
‘Great work there from Kaipo. Just before you go Kaips, got any SportsBet futures for the kids watching today?’
*snoooooooooooortttttttt*
‘Kaipo?’
‘Wowee! Yeah Jam err Joe, well in fact I do! This week’s future lock of the day is on Pippy T scoring a perfect 0.00 anytime at this years Tea-ahhh-pohh-po-oh-oh Pro-ohhhhh. Back to you Jim. Hey, you guys know where I parked my Great Wall?’
“Gunderson well into the excellent range with that one!”
beat the 100 to one odds. spicy!
Kaipoo is all in on Sakura to sack off all the casinos cash.
Lets trust the process and be in the present, trust the WSL is being the best version they can be… Past, present and emerging.