New Posts For Thread: BF is not the biggest European online bet exchangehttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23535194/bf-is-not-the-biggest-european-online-bet-exchangeaccording to Mark Davies speaking on The bbc news channel programme The Bottom Line. Did he make a mistake and mean online bookie or is he correct ?Feck by my "jioke " what i meant to highlight was the interviewers almost total lack of knowledge about online betting and Betfair in particular. What would have been interesting is if when being told b w in is Betfairs biggest competitor the intehttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23535194/bf-is-not-the-biggest-european-online-bet-exchange?post_id=420924226#420924226Feck by my "jioke " what i meant to highlight was the interviewers almost total lack of knowledge about online betting and Betfair in particular. What would have been interesting is if when being told b w in is Betfairs biggest competitor the inteTue, 23 Mar 2010 03:41:13 -0500They hoover money from people's accounts after every winning bet howard. Why would the interviewer highlight the 'plight' of those people who pay the lowest percentage of their winnings out of all of betfair's winners?https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23535194/bf-is-not-the-biggest-european-online-bet-exchange?post_id=420924198#420924198They hoover money from people's accounts after every winning bet howard. Why would the interviewer highlight the 'plight' of those people who pay the lowest percentage of their winnings out of all of betfair's winners?Mon, 22 Mar 2010 13:12:59 -0500It would have been nice to hear the reply to the comparison with Dyson " Yes but they dont hoover extra money from your account every Wednesday Mr. Davies "https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23535194/bf-is-not-the-biggest-european-online-bet-exchange?post_id=420924190#420924190It would have been nice to hear the reply to the comparison with Dyson " Yes but they dont hoover extra money from your account every Wednesday Mr. Davies "Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:12:13 -0500Numbers can be deceptive -- Bwin has almost one million account holders but 900,000 of them belong to racingguru's mate, the pro squash punter.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23535194/bf-is-not-the-biggest-european-online-bet-exchange?post_id=420924186#420924186Numbers can be deceptive -- Bwin has almost one million account holders but 900,000 of them belong to racingguru's mate, the pro squash punter.Mon, 22 Mar 2010 10:48:03 -0500Lori says on 2nd post that he ignores anything he says as he could be trying to help us. Its a complex mix but you have to wonder whether Betfairs monopoly combined with the lack of knowledge even in the racing world about the financial realities ohttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23535194/bf-is-not-the-biggest-european-online-bet-exchange?post_id=420924182#420924182Lori says on 2nd post that he ignores anything he says as he could be trying to help us. Its a complex mix but you have to wonder whether Betfairs monopoly combined with the lack of knowledge even in the racing world about the financial realities oMon, 22 Mar 2010 10:39:36 -0500Of course the correct answer to who is your biggest competitor is " as a betting exchange we havent got one " which would have raised eyebrows.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23535194/bf-is-not-the-biggest-european-online-bet-exchange?post_id=420924178#420924178Of course the correct answer to who is your biggest competitor is " as a betting exchange we havent got one " which would have raised eyebrows.Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:57:21 -0500Betfair don't have a serious competitor as far as betting exchanges go (betfair do their very best to de-emphasize this)Bwin is Europe's biggest online betting site, so they see them as their main competitor, as a lot of the (mostly older) people thahttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23535194/bf-is-not-the-biggest-european-online-bet-exchange?post_id=420924174#420924174Betfair don't have a serious competitor as far as betting exchanges go (betfair do their very best to de-emphasize this)Bwin is Europe's biggest online betting site, so they see them as their main competitor, as a lot of the (mostly older) people thaMon, 22 Mar 2010 09:53:46 -0500He admits he made a mistake calling them an exchange which is just getting a word wrong. But how can he be asked who is your biggest competitor and have b w in in his mind ? He might as well have said Cadburys because they are into exchange betthttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23535194/bf-is-not-the-biggest-european-online-bet-exchange?post_id=420924170#420924170He admits he made a mistake calling them an exchange which is just getting a word wrong. But how can he be asked who is your biggest competitor and have b w in in his mind ? He might as well have said Cadburys because they are into exchange bettMon, 22 Mar 2010 09:43:46 -0500http://markxdavies.blogspot.com/The Bottom Line went out over the weekend. I ended up recording it for Betfair because David Yu was ill and couldn't make it. The programme covered regulation and competition, and had the Chief Executive of Wimpey andhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23535194/bf-is-not-the-biggest-european-online-bet-exchange?post_id=420924166#420924166http://markxdavies.blogspot.com/The Bottom Line went out over the weekend. I ended up recording it for Betfair because David Yu was ill and couldn't make it. The programme covered regulation and competition, and had the Chief Executive of Wimpey andMon, 22 Mar 2010 04:00:02 -0500When Mark Davies stated Betfair was a bookmaker the interviewer commented "but you're a bookmaker with a difference". "Yes" said Mark "we're a stock exchange for bets". Why do betfair think this is a selling point? Almost everything negative about thhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/23535194/bf-is-not-the-biggest-european-online-bet-exchange?post_id=420924162#420924162When Mark Davies stated Betfair was a bookmaker the interviewer commented "but you're a bookmaker with a difference". "Yes" said Mark "we're a stock exchange for bets". Why do betfair think this is a selling point? Almost everything negative about thMon, 22 Mar 2010 03:48:23 -0500