Betfair

Andrew Black and Edward Wray have built the world's largest on-line betting exchange betfair
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Big Time Racing
Betfair's healthy earnings — the company netted $39 million in 2007 — has led it to sponsor a wide variety of sporting events, like the Bowl Chase, a three-mile, one-furlong horse race run at the Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool.

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