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E287 - Jonathan Gruber from Loserball
On this episode of the Business of Betting Podcast, Jeff Edelstein sits down with Jonathan Gruber, Founder of Loserball, to discuss a unique twist on fantasy sports where success comes from predicting failure.
Hear them discuss:
00:00 – Introduction to Jonathan's background and the concept behind Loserball
01:00 – The “contrarian” fantasy sports model: rooting for everything to go wrong
02:00 – How the game works: categories of futility, weighted questions, and strategy
04:00 – Early product experimentation and why pure chaos didn’t work for most players
06:00 – Finding the right balance…
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