William Benter was born on 1957 and is an American professional gambler and philanthropist who focuses on horse betting.
15 Facts About Bill Benter
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Bill Benter has served as president of the Hong Kong Rotary Club, founded the Bill Benter Foundation, is chairman and International CEO of Acusis LLC in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and occasionally lectures university students on subjects like statistics and mathematical probability.
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Bill Benter is a philanthropist donating to charitable causes both in Hong Kong and the United States.
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Bill Benter came across the book Beat the Dealer by Edward O Thorp, which helped him improve his methods.
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Bill Benter then met with Alan Woods, a like-minded gambler whose expertise in horse racing complemented his own in computers.
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Bill Benter found that some came out as more important than others.
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Bill Benter is a visiting professor at the Southampton Management School as part of the Centre for Risk Research and a fellow of the Royal Statistical Society.
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The Bill Benter Foundation focuses on local education and the arts, and is housed in three floors of the Benedum Trees Building in downtown Pittsburgh.
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Bill Benter restored the original lobby of the original stock market building.
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In March 2010, Bill Benter married Hong Kong national Vivian Fung in a Tibetan Buddhist rite.
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Bill Benter is a big contributor to charity and political groups.
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The Atlantic reported in 2010 that Bill Benter had raised and given at least US$800,000 in support to J Street.
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In 2012, Bill Benter donated one million dollars to the University of Pittsburgh.
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In 2013, Fox News reported that Bill Benter donated thousands of dollars for pro-Hagel ads in Politico when he was nominated to be next Secretary of Defense by President Obama.
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In 2016, The Washington Post reported the Bill Benter raised US$100,000 for A New Voice for Maryland, a pro-Joel Rubin group for Democratic nomination in Maryland's 8th Congressional District.