New Posts For Thread: Betfair Going Downhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23469494/betfair-going-downJust went down for 25 minutes after i placed a 5k bet on the tennis. Called and asked is it matched / what is happening / are you voiding all bets?They said they have no way of knowing what was happening and would have to wait and see when they get iA good idea to have a software program running in the background, if using it or notI place the majority of my bets on the main Betfair site, but also run Betfair Rapid in the background on half second refresh. Usually Betfair Rapid will still continhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23469494/betfair-going-down?post_id=419157922#419157922A good idea to have a software program running in the background, if using it or notI place the majority of my bets on the main Betfair site, but also run Betfair Rapid in the background on half second refresh. Usually Betfair Rapid will still continFri, 27 Nov 2009 05:01:35 -0600But the suspicion is that BF IT people are constantly fiddling with the site as a means of job creation and self-preservation in a way that produces very little improvement for most punters but invariably results in site downtime and inconvenience fohttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23469494/betfair-going-down?post_id=419157910#419157910But the suspicion is that BF IT people are constantly fiddling with the site as a means of job creation and self-preservation in a way that produces very little improvement for most punters but invariably results in site downtime and inconvenience foFri, 27 Nov 2009 04:06:38 -0600Not if Betfair can't tell you whether or not you have a position. And the stock market is very different to a live and changing tennis match.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23469494/betfair-going-down?post_id=419157906#419157906Not if Betfair can't tell you whether or not you have a position. And the stock market is very different to a live and changing tennis match.Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:01:22 -0600LSE went down for nearly 4 hours yesterday. these events WILL happen from time to time, it is inevitable! all you can do is lay off your position elsewhere when it does happen.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23469494/betfair-going-down?post_id=419157898#419157898LSE went down for nearly 4 hours yesterday. these events WILL happen from time to time, it is inevitable! all you can do is lay off your position elsewhere when it does happen.Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:57:08 -0600I'm perfectly happy to accept some risk associated with lost connections and unavoidable server errors etc. But the suspicion is that BF IT people are constantly fiddling with the site as a means of job creation and self-preservation in a way that prhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23469494/betfair-going-down?post_id=419157894#419157894I'm perfectly happy to accept some risk associated with lost connections and unavoidable server errors etc. But the suspicion is that BF IT people are constantly fiddling with the site as a means of job creation and self-preservation in a way that prFri, 27 Nov 2009 02:32:30 -0600Hey. All those saying that the system not working happens etc. I accept that but surely it is not acceptable to go 25 minutes and not know if your bet has been matched or notThat's the point of it Eddie, i was matched and at a fair price, but it washttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23469494/betfair-going-down?post_id=419157882#419157882Hey. All those saying that the system not working happens etc. I accept that but surely it is not acceptable to go 25 minutes and not know if your bet has been matched or notThat's the point of it Eddie, i was matched and at a fair price, but it wasFri, 27 Nov 2009 02:10:38 -0600He said this in his opening post : They said they have no way of knowing what was happening and would have to wait and see when they get it back up as to whether i was matched (i was but luckily there were no service breaks during the downtime andhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23469494/betfair-going-down?post_id=419157842#419157842He said this in his opening post : They said they have no way of knowing what was happening and would have to wait and see when they get it back up as to whether i was matched (i was but luckily there were no service breaks during the downtime andThu, 26 Nov 2009 14:41:51 -0600The London Stock Exchange was also down for a couple of hours today. They're investigating, too. Good conspiracy material here, me thinks. Oh, the official response to not being able to trade is - TOUGH!https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23469494/betfair-going-down?post_id=419157838#419157838The London Stock Exchange was also down for a couple of hours today. They're investigating, too. Good conspiracy material here, me thinks. Oh, the official response to not being able to trade is - TOUGH!Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:41:26 -0600chris_rogers30What was the outcome of your bet?Did it get matched?Did you end up winning or losing as an result of the downtime?https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23469494/betfair-going-down?post_id=419157834#419157834chris_rogers30What was the outcome of your bet?Did it get matched?Did you end up winning or losing as an result of the downtime?Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:33:17 -0600YDNA , I don't know if the Malta server can operate fully for non UK customers if the UK one is down , but the UK server can certainly operate normally for UK customers when the Malta server has trouble and nobody outside UK can place or cancel bets.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23469494/betfair-going-down?post_id=419157830#419157830YDNA , I don't know if the Malta server can operate fully for non UK customers if the UK one is down , but the UK server can certainly operate normally for UK customers when the Malta server has trouble and nobody outside UK can place or cancel bets.Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:17:11 -0600