#BettingPeople Interview DAVE O’REILLY Betting Industry Veteran 3/3
Dave O’Reilly has spent a lifetime in the betting industry, working with Mecca, Ladbrokes then rising through the ranks with Paddy Power. In that time he survived robberies and other hardships with the humour and big personality he’s become known for. Now a freelancer he spreads his time between opening betting shops, commentating live at the dogs and off tube for Ladbrokes, works on-course for AK Bets and in his spare time, marries people.
Part 3 Dave talks about his commentating, opening betting shops and broadcasting as well as his other career as an ethical celebrant and why he does weddings and not funerals, concluding with a tale of a shiner.