Great site crashed

yep, crashed.

They had BETTER cancel these bets before they bring it up as if they bring it up and suddenly all these bets are taken, that's against their own rules.

For Gods Sake. I remembver now why I never leave a positino open near 3pm on a saturday, this sort of rubbish.

always used to crash at 3pm for football , thought they had sorted it , good omen with Cheltenham coming

Russians back to DOS attacks now they have got Trump elected.

whenever it crashes, its always around this time on a Saturday afternoon

**** is still UP

B E T D A Q

Another saturday Shambles....Rancid

Mar 4, 2017 -- 9:09AM, ColdTurkey wrote:

B E T D A Q

How the liquidity there recently?  Any better than it was?

THey really had better cancel them all. Iv'e got large exposure here and can't do anything with the bets, they are still listing as there but I can't cancel any of them.

free speech me .ar s e ------B E T D A Q

And for the record I was tryign to cancel for minutes before 3pm

all sport should be suspended also.

what a sack of f*cking sh*t Betfair is.

Mar 4, 2017 -- 9:11AM, ColdTurkey wrote:

all sport should be suspended also.

Th internet should be suspended and all planes grounded as well IMO

The

Always a saturday aft,,hushed up after,were all working hard to resolve,bla bla bla......Spend your profits on the ****g systems.

What a fecking joke! Come on Bet. Fair.

Bet UN Fair

All trading bets will be refunded

How can you define a " trading bet" as many bets are placed pre kick off with a view to trade

I notice there are nearly 400 people viewing the football forum, It's usually less than 100, even on a Saturday, they are out there, they just don't post, unless the site goes down that is.

He's just talking out his **** and it's not helpful.

I've got a lump on Swansea want to trade out now 1 - 1 don't give a **** about their customers.

Is this going to be resolved or is that it until 5.30pm?

FGS this is an interesting error trying to cancel
"Bets on Starting Price markets cannot be cancelled until the Starting Price has been determined."

I didn't even place a bet anything like that.

It sounds like it's corrupt not just not working which is very worrying

I currently have a "this page is trying to load scripts from unauthenticated sources" warning on chrome when I load the site

There will be no refunds as people will say they bet on a result and it should be honoured etc but for people trading its curtains

Has there actually been ANY official announcment on this yet?

Site is either hacked, crashed due to traffic overload or programming error, all of which are worrying when our money is on the line. Gonna log out until it blows over.

they need to pull the plug and re-boot imo!

gawdalmight correct

Mar 4, 2017 -- 9:25AM, wolf3011 wrote:

There will be no refunds as people will say they bet on a result and it should be honoured etc but for people trading its curtains

traders nightmare really

the balance has gone from any bets I tried to place,  but nothing in unmatched bets , so no clue if anything matched or not , superb stuff , whats this company valued at ?

I have 4 out of 5 games in a winning position and I can't trade out - thanks Betfair

DOS attack just in time for Chelters (nap)
Flaws of the new site shown up on the first busy day (nb)

SITE WILL BE BACK UP AT 3.45.HALF TIME IN THE FOOTBALL

They wont cancel, it the bets were matched they were matched, win or lose. we all know the risks

On over 2.5 in the Watford game :-)

Mar 4, 2017 -- 9:34AM, super spurs wrote:

SITE WILL BE BACK UP AT 3.45.HALF TIME IN THE FOOTBALL

have you made that up?!

I think I'm seeing unmatched bets disappearing so as long as they are being cancelled that's good news.

Years ago as I remember they brought the site up with bets still there on inplay games which is a total disaster, or let SOME people match bets when the rest of us couldn't do anything, another total disaster. I hope the correct procedure is followed to avoid such things, that's what emergency procedures are for..

Yes unmatched bets gone.

decent overs  bet on  millwal mk don didnt take bet sick 1.1

The betfair IT guys are busy playing World of Warcraft.

I've still a pile opf unmatched bets (not put to go in play so they should be cancelled if Betfair do the right thing) but at least nothing new that's matched either..

come on! Bf ffs

Impressive display of contemptuously oblivious nonchalance from BF across all their platforms ... It's like it never happened !

I can't see it being half time re-open tbh as I've still loads of bets still listed that should be cancelled.

best thing to do in a situation like this is to light up a doobie and check back in at five thirty.

the Liverpool v arsenal page is still working.

Just got an email inviting me to play the slots - priorities you muppets ... priorities!!!

liverpool v arsenal not updating placed a bet 20 minutes ago not showing in matched bets but my balance has reduced

my balance just restored itself so maybe some progress

my balance still wrong

yes my balance restored also

yes just restored

MASSIVE HOOVERING ON KEEP BETS

Maybe betfair are trying to force people over to Sportsbook?

More like trying to lower the cash race payout

Still can't cancel. Interesting and wierd how cancelling different bets give various different errors.

No offers on Betfair Pools. ****g mugs.

as usual the sportsbook , casino and arcade not affected

I would like to cash in a few bets which are winning.

It seemed to go wrong when Sheffield united scored against Rochdale.

Amateurs. Amateurs.

I am tempted to start hedging on sportsbook, but that would be horribly inefficient

The betfair sportsbook, is just a normal bookmaker.

you can lay off inefficiently through a bookmaker but not ideal at all

if you can get more than buttons on with the sportsbook

Mar 4, 2017 -- 10:03AM, whatdifference wrote:

if you can get more than buttons on with the sportsbook

do they have limits?

trader that's precisely they can't "refund" trading bets or such. Say you had exposure of 100 quid lay on arsenal to win and they went 0-1 down, and you then went and backed that off on betduck or something for a locked in profit, and then there was an equaliser and betfair THEN cancelled the lay .. you'd be done in. And they can't tell if you were wanting to let it run anyway as they just see a bet not a "trading bet". Thats why they need to honour the pre-matched bets but they should NOT let things that happen after it goes wrong that do people in, like suddenly let all the 0-0 or losing side bets be matched that were set pre kick off etc.

we're back

It does seem to go down quite a bit at vital times. Definately one of the poorest betting sites.

Ah - thanks - and with what you say in mind: what a mess!!

Came back for about 2 secs.

Sheff United just conceded so maybe it will come back on

Mar 4, 2017 -- 10:06AM, poddo wrote:

It does seem to go down quite a bit at vital times. Definately one of the poorest betting sites.

sorry to be a conspiracy theorist but it does make you wonder if somebody somewhere is laughing all the way to the bank

Some games are back

EY UP! signs of life

There are signs of life but it's goign to suspended - not totally dead.

usually when this happens they cancel all unmatched bets on the markets specially keep bets , now they unsuspend the markets without clearing the unmatched bets

Good they seem to have cancelled all the bets, well done.

The software/hardware crashing isn't in their opreating staff's control but the cleaning up of the mess seems to have been done properly, so credit there.

Smarkets and **** are loving this

*Betdack

I stopped using the site for trading (apart from a few small, fun bets) a few weeks ago, when they started farting about with the layout and made the site virtually unusable. I feel sorry for anyone with large positions to trade, but the warning signs have been there for a long time.

There is one annoyance. Keep bets couldn't be modified or cancelled and aren't auto cancelled. So they come back up and can be taken.

They should allow cancellign of bets even if market locked, that's a no brainer

I really just use the API now, after the last rehash (complete with obvious bugs) to make it far worse than it was, I just stopped using it.

The site I mean. When they brought the new one in a couple of years ago most people hated it (for obvious reasons) and many used the old one as long as possible.

They should hold their heads in shame utter contempt they have for their customers is unbelieveable.

what a farce this is

Amateur hour



can't trade out of winning positions

useless ****

what a farce this is

Amateur hour



can't trade out of winning positions

useless ****

"Apologies for any inconvenience caused"..........that's all you get, folks, because we hold you in utter contempt. ANY inconvenience? During the busiest two hours of football in the week! Says it all, really. Please don't bother us with your complaints, we don't care and we don't listen. We rammed through the new site, in spite of all your warnings. And, yes, maybe we ARE squeezing you out of the exchange and onto Sportsbook, aka Paddy Power.
Less fancy-Dan marketing and more attention to your systems, please, Betfair. How can it take a company of your size so long to correct a problem like this. God knows, it's not the first time. But not to worry, sending out that pathetic apology "for any inconvenience caused" is plenty good enough for us customers.