Sep 10, 2012 -- 12:42PM, Tuddur wrote:
funny thing here is, after a bit back and forth, Betfair send me the details of my bets. This shows that one of the two bets were taken 1 second AFTER what they claim to be the time of the goal. Since I pointed this out, it's gone all quiet!
I had some bets taken during one of the women's Olympic matches when the market was suspended for a penalty. I don't know if it was before or after the market was suspended or even after it was reopened since the penalty was missed. There have been other occasions when I've thought that I've had money matched after suspends, though I've also had bets voided because of such matching - not that that always helps when you're trying to get an all-green book only for the goalposts to have been moved after the game has finished.
Sep 10, 2012 -- 12:52PM, gnashersblackpool wrote:
it takes longer in the bigger games, because it takes longer for the system to cancel the unmatched bets. the more unmatched bets in the market, longer it takes for them to sweep.in the quieter matches, i always have a bookie inplay module open to assit watching for goals, because it does only seem to take a few secs for betfair to reopen these markets.
That seems a reasonable response, but the markets have an uncanny knack of reopening just as the teams kick off. That's the bit I particularly don't understand since other markets - as you say - do open very quickly again. I've seen one market had all bets cancelled though I'm not sure if it was even ever suspended.
Sep 10, 2012 -- 5:13PM, maas wrote:
^agree with that, especially now that we have fixed odds product for punters who want to bet on obscure leagues with no liquidity
betfair can even judge if a market is worth opening up in-play (if possible) by interest in the fixed odds market. large enough betting and the markets open up in-play.
But it is falling on deaf ears, i think one of their selling points is having more in-play markets that bookmakers and better odds.
Sep 10, 2012 -- 5:07PM, AKPunter wrote:
why not just reduce the number of inplay markets to improve quality in control and liquidity in those matches. too much of something is not always good.
Too many youth matches in play etc. I agree.