Poker genius, visionary football chairman and pioneering data-led punter - the many (profitable) faces of Tony Bloom

In a five-part series, we have profiled the people who strike fear in bookmakers; the ones who all punters aspire to be. They are the Masters of Betting – Don Johnson, Steve Lewis Hamilton, Phil Bull, Alan Potts and Tony Bloom – and they are about to be put under the spotlight by the Racing Post like never before. 

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Gambling's a mug's game, they'll tell you, although Tony Bloom might disagree. Bloom is a gambler and, as a direct consequence, reputedly a billionaire. At least he doesn't deny it when people call him one – although he doesn't engage much with the media at all, unless it's to talk to TV interviewers after one of his many top-class racehorses has won a big race.