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Fundraising deck for Series A (1999)TRANSCRIPT
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WannaBet.com Summary
i Large growing market
i Unique and valuable approach to capture share
i Tremendous value creation opportunity
i Right core team
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Traditional Gambling Market
Worldwide
Lottery
EventWagering
Casino
MarketsLegal ViaInternet
Turnover Revenue byGambling Type
Event Wagering
$1.4T $160B $15B
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
The traditional gambling business is an enormous global industry.
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Internet Gambling - Revenue Projections
1998 OnlineGaming
2002 OnlineGaming
$0.7B
$9.0B
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Explosive growth in online gambling and a shift to event wagering will drive a $2.3B legal market by 2002.
Casino&
Lottery
EventWagering
Casino&
Lottery
EventWagering
NotLegal
(orGrayArea)
LegalEvent
Wagering($2.3B)
TraditionalGambling
2002 OnlineGaming
2002 OnlineEvent
Wagering
$160B $9B $4.5B
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WB will merge internet & person-to-person betting —providing a community-based betting marketplace.
wannaBet Approach
wannaBet• Feed data for
games, players, stats into system
• Build list of “one-click” bets
1• Validate acct.
balance -
• Post bet to inventory
2• Validate acct
balance
• Match bet and drop from inventory (Take 2.5% Fee)
3• Enable chat
and other community tools before & during event
4• Enter results
data, decide winner, update accounts
5
wannaBet?
Review options, initiate bet
(1A) Bet Creators
Sure!!!!
Review options, take bet
(2A) Bet Takers
Cybertrash talk— have fun
(4A) All Bettors
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Inventory
Bettors will have the widest inventory of options at wannaBet.com.
SportsMovies, Music,
& Other EntertainmentOther
Bets Available Today:
i Professional sportsi College sports i Horse Racing
i Almost nothing i Almost nothing
New Potential Betting Communities & Options:
i National Sports- draft picks
- individual performances
- pool bettingi Local Sportsi Niche Sports
- X Games
- Quokka- Strongest Man
i Movies- Cannes, Oscars,
Sundance, MTV, VH1 awards
- box office recordsi Music
- Billboard top 10- Grammy Awards
i Television
- Game Shows- Soap Operas
i Politics- elections
- invasions- public opinon polls
i Legal
- trials / hearingsi Financial
- market closingi Other
- Royal family- Shark attacks
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Viral marketing will reduce barriers and create incentives for trial.
Viral Marketing
i I get $20 free bet! i I can offer free bet
to my friend (or group of friends)
i This will be fun!!
i I get free $20 beti Must be legit—
endorsed by friendi This will be fun!!
Bet Creator Bet Taker
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Free PresswannaBet will generate tremendous customer awareness through free press.
So, you think Blair doesn’t have a shot in next week’s elections? Wanna bet?
A new Internet site that just came on-line this month will allow you to do just that. Wannabet.com aims to turn wagering on its head by providing a marketplace for punters to place wagers with each other -- not the house -- on just about anything.
What are people looking to bet on today? There’s all the regular football bets, of course. But do you think Fergie’s child will be a boy? Here’s your chance to put £10 on it.
Wannabet is not an offshoot of Britain’s betting shops, but instead comes from San Francisco. A team of young Internet entrepreneurs have teamed up with the same VCs who brought us other well-regarded net institutions.
The founders even have a patent in the U.S. on the
i Pick the winners in elections
i Predict court rulings
i Royal family shenanigans
Audacious bets become a perpetual sidebar for the mainstream and tabloid press
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Communities
Through person-to-person wagering, bettors become part of a community and can interact and compete with other members.
Fullback
i Marketplace is a natural gathering place
i Trash talking in chat rooms taken one step further
- “Put your money where your mouth is!”
Communities Will Develop
i Sticky traffic (like eBay - advertising $ potential)
i Barriers to switchingi Increased share of
gambling spend
wannaBet Will Benefit
wannaBet
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The wannaBet model powerfully combines commerce, community and content.
Business Model Summary
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Competition
Traditional Gambling Players Moving Online
Internet Communities
i Low innovationi Low technology
and internet competence
i Portals highly conflicted
i Sports sites are content focused but a potential threat
Numerous competitors exist, but none has adopted our approach.
i First-mover advantage will give 12-18 month head starti Network effects will create enormous barriers to
competition
Examples: i Ladbrokes, William Hill, Kerry Packer, Harrah’s
i eBay, Yahoo , FreeServe
i Sportsline, Football 365
Issues: i Low innovationi Limited technology
and internet competence
i Low-road approach
Start-up Internet Gambling Sites
i YouBet!, Galaxyworld, BlueSq, (150+ companies)
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Revenue Potential
Year 1 Year 3 Year 5
$2M
$21M
$101M
$0M
$25M
$50M
$75M
$100M
$125M
Three major revenue sources will drive wannaBet’s top-line growth.
Low Case
High Case $42M
Sources of Revenue Expected Case Revenues
i Commission on bets
i Interest income on balances
i Advertising/partnership revenue
$5M $200M
$9M$1M $49M
Assumptions: 3.5% internet penetration; 2.5% commission; $33 wagered per month; account balance ($50); advertising revenue $7.50 / year
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wannaBet Core TeamEducationBackground
Vince Monical
Bain & Companyi Led pioneering JV between Bain and venture capital firm—assessed potential of 800+ ecommerce
companiesi Led 8 due diligence efforts and 2 strategic plans for Internet companies
Andersen Consulting - successful IT implementation efforts across 8 industries
i MBA, Whartoni BS, University of Illinois
Mark Peters Bain & Company i BS - Engineering, Stanford
VP Engineering
Andersen Consultingi 8 years experience managing mission critical applications developmenti Founding member of Andersen’s internet/ecommerce practice area in 1996
i BS in CS from CSU
Josh Hannah
Bain & Company
i Led deal generation initiatives for Bain & Co. in e-commerce and buyouts i Implemented turnaround strategy for $800M enterprise software company
Globex International (International start-up) i Founding employee of an international investment and trading company startup
i MBA, Stanfordi BA, Berkeley
Director Web Development
Trilogy Software i BS - Engineering, CS - Stanford
Business Development
DoubleClick UKi Regional Vice President for leading UK web advertising companyi Responsible for initiating and negotiating partnerships with numerous leading UK web companies
i MBA, Harvard
CTO Sapienti Founder, Vice President of eBusiness Group. Extensive startup, web project management experience.
i Founded West Coast office and grew to 70 people
i MA in CS from MITi BA in CS from MIT
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wannaBet Advisors
Ron Zeghibe CEO, Maiden Outdoor (UK)
investor
Jesse Rogers Director, Bain & Company (San Francisco)
Geoffrey Cullinan Vice President, Bain & Company (London); ex-CEO, Hamleys
Nigel Drummond CEO, Virtual Internet (UK)
WannaBet is in the process of assembling a team of top-tier advisors with internet, media, betting and UK market experience.
Mike Odell Acting COO and VP Sports, Sapient
Tony Coles Partner - Gaming Law; Jeffrey, Green, Russell (UK)