Justin Griffiths
Hawthorn East,Victoria
Summary
To whom it may concern,
I am a highly experienced Senior horse racing trader, who has been in the gambling industry, in some form for over 20 years.
Working with International All Sports / Sportsbet as a Senior trader gave me the experience and confidence to take a chance and gamble professionally and successfully, in a team environment and individually for the last 12 years.
I am currently looking for a more settle type of work, with young children starting school. Would love to remain in the gambling industry as I feel I have quite a lot of knowledge, skill set and experience to offer for the Head of Racing position.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Professional Gambler
Self Employed
08.2016 - 02.2024
- Superior understanding of modelling and in turn pricing an Australian horse race, to be able to wager against the market and make a consistent yearly profit of over 12%.
- Self-motivated, with strong sense of personal responsibility.
- Skilled at working independently and successfully over many of years.
- Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations, skills that became extremely useful in an ever changing betting landscape.
- Passionate about learning and committed to continual improvement.
- Worked well in team environment, providing financial support and guidance to people I employed.
- Demonstrated strong organizational and time management skills while managing multiple projects.
- Created and maintained Excel spreadsheet to provide Profit and Loss, for days, week of betting and settling every week. Never once was there an issue with settlement.
Trader
John Macleod's Macbet
03.2012 - 07.2016
- Assessed Australian horse racing markets to look for betting and arbitrage opportunities, which resulted in consistent profitable years, winning over 15% return on investment.
- Developed profitable trading strategies by conducting thorough ratings and statistical analysis.
- Built relationships with clients by providing insightful commentary and betting advice.
- Mentored junior traders for trading techniques, generating prices which improved overall team performance.
Senior Trader
SportsBet
02.2009 - 02.2012
- Assessed Australian Horse Racing markets to look for betting and arbitrage opportunities.
- Managed Australian Horse Racing markets - controlling clients and individual horse risks.
- Traded each horse race that I oversaw and 'bet back' against either my own price assessment or a particularly smart client.
- Collaborated with fellow traders about database improvement and varying ways to price a horse race.
- Mentored junior traders, providing guidance on best practices, risk management techniques, and overall professional development.
- Increased trading profits by implementing effective risk management strategies and optimizing trade executions.
- Trained new staff members in various aspects of bookmaking operations.
- From time to time, when management was away would organise rostering on the trading floor, for weeks ahead, also liaising with marketing and other departments when required.
Trader Clerk - Hong Kong and Australian Provincial
International All Sports
02.2005 - 02.2009
- Assessed Australian Provincial Horse racing markets, trading, bookmaking and assessing prices.
- Placing bets for Senior traders on Metropolitan races with various corporate bookmakers and on-track bookmakers.
- Clerked on Hong Kong Racing - various duties, including rprice assessing various races and alerting head traders of Win and Quinella bets, to ensure 'bet backing' was done without fault.
Bookmakers Clerk
Graham Sampieri
11.2000 - 11.2004
Education
Xavier College
Kew, VICSkills
- Friendly, Positive Attitude
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Problem-Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Calm Under Pressure
Timeline
Professional Gambler
Self Employed
08.2016 - 02.2024
Trader
John Macleod's Macbet
03.2012 - 07.2016
Senior Trader
SportsBet
02.2009 - 02.2012
Trader Clerk - Hong Kong and Australian Provincial
International All Sports
02.2005 - 02.2009
Bookmakers Clerk
Graham Sampieri
11.2000 - 11.2004
Xavier College
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