New Posts For Thread: Betfair plans "an integrated exchange and sportsbook combination".https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/27954165/betfair-plans-an-integrated-exchange-and-sportsbook-combination"......a statement from Betfair issued to the City, along with their latest results, suggested that any holes could in the future be plugged by the development of "an integrated exchange and sportsbook combination" – effectively an acknowledgementIt's on here page 34http://corporate.betfair.com/investor-relations/~/media/Files/B/Betfair/pdf/fy11_analyst_presentation.pdfThey wont get picked off on early horses or other stuff because they could ban winners from the sportsbook markets, they coulhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/27954165/betfair-plans-an-integrated-exchange-and-sportsbook-combination?post_id=501383001#501383001It's on here page 34http://corporate.betfair.com/investor-relations/~/media/Files/B/Betfair/pdf/fy11_analyst_presentation.pdfThey wont get picked off on early horses or other stuff because they could ban winners from the sportsbook markets, they coulSat, 02 Jul 2011 07:25:50 -0500Does he think backers won't notice the 40% deduction?https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/27954165/betfair-plans-an-integrated-exchange-and-sportsbook-combination?post_id=501336825#501336825Does he think backers won't notice the 40% deduction?Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:56:21 -0500Nevison said they would run out of layers. Is he right ?https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/27954165/betfair-plans-an-integrated-exchange-and-sportsbook-combination?post_id=501333829#501333829Nevison said they would run out of layers. Is he right ?Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:27:39 -0500perhaps they should change their name to b0d0g europe - no horses and **** percentage overrounds and loads of marketing bumph.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/27954165/betfair-plans-an-integrated-exchange-and-sportsbook-combination?post_id=501332961#501332961perhaps they should change their name to b0d0g europe - no horses and **** percentage overrounds and loads of marketing bumph.Fri, 01 Jul 2011 14:19:29 -0500where bookies offer lower overround than an illiquid exchange, no reason not to have there own sportbook offering, 110+% books is my guess. They should stay away from the horses though whateverhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/27954165/betfair-plans-an-integrated-exchange-and-sportsbook-combination?post_id=501331321#501331321where bookies offer lower overround than an illiquid exchange, no reason not to have there own sportbook offering, 110+% books is my guess. They should stay away from the horses though whateverFri, 01 Jul 2011 14:03:51 -0500Perhaps you're right - we'll see, but it's there in pretty clear terms in their proposals.I'm inclined to agree with them that there's money in these markets for a sophisticated operator but I don't have either the expertise or the funds to take it ohttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/27954165/betfair-plans-an-integrated-exchange-and-sportsbook-combination?post_id=501328701#501328701Perhaps you're right - we'll see, but it's there in pretty clear terms in their proposals.I'm inclined to agree with them that there's money in these markets for a sophisticated operator but I don't have either the expertise or the funds to take it oFri, 01 Jul 2011 13:37:59 -0500Early markets for horses?? They've said many times there is no liquidity because the big layers got killed so what makes them think they can do any better?? They won't touch it or offer 115 overround books for pennieshttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/27954165/betfair-plans-an-integrated-exchange-and-sportsbook-combination?post_id=501327977#501327977Early markets for horses?? They've said many times there is no liquidity because the big layers got killed so what makes them think they can do any better?? They won't touch it or offer 115 overround books for penniesFri, 01 Jul 2011 13:30:46 -0500I was worried when I first saw this mentioned but if you look at their presentation it shows that they're really just talking about early markets - which is fine by me. For the time being they seem to be standing by the exchange model for near-off anhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/27954165/betfair-plans-an-integrated-exchange-and-sportsbook-combination?post_id=501325561#501325561I was worried when I first saw this mentioned but if you look at their presentation it shows that they're really just talking about early markets - which is fine by me. For the time being they seem to be standing by the exchange model for near-off anFri, 01 Jul 2011 13:05:29 -0500For horses it will just be cr@p like 32Red and for the rest you don't need the exchanges anyhow.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/27954165/betfair-plans-an-integrated-exchange-and-sportsbook-combination?post_id=501324909#501324909For horses it will just be cr@p like 32Red and for the rest you don't need the exchanges anyhow.Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:59:51 -0500from what I understand it will done on a "risk free" basis.i.e. bets offered on the sportsbook will be arbed into the exchange.theres nothing new about this, purple have the same thing called chronicle plus a few white label type deals (32 red, pkr,https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/27954165/betfair-plans-an-integrated-exchange-and-sportsbook-combination?post_id=501323813#501323813from what I understand it will done on a "risk free" basis.i.e. bets offered on the sportsbook will be arbed into the exchange.theres nothing new about this, purple have the same thing called chronicle plus a few white label type deals (32 red, pkr,Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:49:36 -0500