Writer: Andrew Tottenham — Managing Director--Tottenham & Co
Tottenham Report: A New Beginning
This is the week that many casinos and other gambling venues in Europe are emerging from lockdown and permitted to reopen their doors,... more
Tottenham Report: Lotteries Need to Be More Competitive
The Irish bookmakers have been lobbying their government to be allowed to continue to accept bets on the outcome of the Irish Lottery, this... more
Tottenham Report: If It Looks Like a Duck …
If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck … The fallout from the collapse of Football Index continues. Foot... more
Tottenham Report: The More Things Change …
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose (the more that changes, the more it’s the same thing) Today, we are experiencing waves... more
Tottenham Report: Caveat Emptor
Last week, Football Index, the fantasy sports share-trading business, called in the administrators, a process similar to the United States’... more
Tottenham Report: Taming Risk
This week, we are back to the development of probability theory, which we approach through the graveyards of plague-infected 17th century... more
Tottenham Report: Careful What You Wish For
The terms of reference for, and the scope of, the review of the Gambling Act 2005 have been agreed on and we are off to the races. All... more
Tottenham Report: How Do We Decide?
The Behavioural Insights Team (BIT), which used to be part of the UK’s Cabinet Office when David Cameron was the Prime Minister, has... more
Tottenham Report: Taking Life for Granted – the Development of Probability Theory, Part III
In my last two articles, I discussed the origins of probability theory and how humans took life for granted, believing that the future was... more
Tottenham Report: Taking Life for Granted – the Development of Probability Theory, Part II
This post is the second of three looking into the development of probability theory, an important concept for the development of our... more
