#BettingPeople Interview GARY WOODGATE Betting Industry Entrepreneur 2/4
Gary Woodgate has been at the sharp end of Star Sports since jumping ship from an established career with Ladbrokes. In that time he has helped the firm to a meteoric rise from its humble beginnings taking credit bets on the telephone of a residential flat to one of UK’s largest independent firms renowned for taking huge bets. In this four part interview he tells his story.
In Part 2, Gary explains that jumping from Ladbrokes to Star wasn’t the leap of faith you might imagine it was, being thrown into the on-course deep end, working from the flat above Betfred, gathering clients, getting knocked as an occupational hazard and gathering a personal fortune.