New Posts For Thread: The conflict of interests that is Betfairhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/27983625/the-conflict-of-interests-that-is-betfairBetfair's current problems stem from its innate double-edged interest in the gambling industry.#1 The Betting Exchange: A platform for trading bets, similar to the major financial exchanges around the world, and the original ethos of the company toOh maybe he means you can use a bot to bet automatically for you ?.Wow that's really high tech and googlish.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/27983625/the-conflict-of-interests-that-is-betfair?post_id=501979357#501979357Oh maybe he means you can use a bot to bet automatically for you ?.Wow that's really high tech and googlish.Fri, 08 Jul 2011 23:58:25 -0500What's the accepted P/E of a sports exchange ?.There is no other publicly listed sports exchange to my knowledge.I think he must mean the P/E of a Google maybe ?If so, where does that insight come from ?Just because you can bet online with BF ?.Hardlhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/27983625/the-conflict-of-interests-that-is-betfair?post_id=501979177#501979177What's the accepted P/E of a sports exchange ?.There is no other publicly listed sports exchange to my knowledge.I think he must mean the P/E of a Google maybe ?If so, where does that insight come from ?Just because you can bet online with BF ?.HardlFri, 08 Jul 2011 23:51:41 -0500As I said in an earlier thread,BF want the profit margins of a bookmaker with the P/E of a sports exchange.They will end up with the profit margins of an exchange with the P/E of a bookmaker.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/27983625/the-conflict-of-interests-that-is-betfair?post_id=501977433#501977433As I said in an earlier thread,BF want the profit margins of a bookmaker with the P/E of a sports exchange.They will end up with the profit margins of an exchange with the P/E of a bookmaker.Fri, 08 Jul 2011 22:55:16 -050010 years ago I thought that Betfair would eventually eradicate bookmaking as an industry of the face of the earth with its ethos of higher odds and an alround positive atitude towards successful gamblers.Isn't it the ultimate irony of this situationhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/27983625/the-conflict-of-interests-that-is-betfair?post_id=501965045#50196504510 years ago I thought that Betfair would eventually eradicate bookmaking as an industry of the face of the earth with its ethos of higher odds and an alround positive atitude towards successful gamblers.Isn't it the ultimate irony of this situationFri, 08 Jul 2011 18:27:25 -0500Once again Fine ... if you can't see why they are comparable ... you again show you haven't got a clue how financial markets work ... so let me kindly ask you to stop saying that they are not comparable ...https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/27983625/the-conflict-of-interests-that-is-betfair?post_id=501898673#501898673Once again Fine ... if you can't see why they are comparable ... you again show you haven't got a clue how financial markets work ... so let me kindly ask you to stop saying that they are not comparable ...Fri, 08 Jul 2011 04:47:37 -0500Oh and btw saint I give you permission to get up off your knees now. It's appreciated but it is a bit embarassing tbh.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/27983625/the-conflict-of-interests-that-is-betfair?post_id=501897253#501897253Oh and btw saint I give you permission to get up off your knees now. It's appreciated but it is a bit embarassing tbh.Fri, 08 Jul 2011 04:17:19 -0500SaintYou've got me/it wrong.I'm not putting the stock exchanges up as an example of how BF should be run.I'm just saying there is no comparison.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/27983625/the-conflict-of-interests-that-is-betfair?post_id=501896565#501896565SaintYou've got me/it wrong.I'm not putting the stock exchanges up as an example of how BF should be run.I'm just saying there is no comparison.Fri, 08 Jul 2011 04:05:09 -0500Mr. Fine,It is good to see that you keep on letting the world know that you haven't got a clue of how financial markets are run. There is no greater truth on earth that nobody has ever taken away a single penny from a financial market. Each and everyhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/27983625/the-conflict-of-interests-that-is-betfair?post_id=501893737#501893737Mr. Fine,It is good to see that you keep on letting the world know that you haven't got a clue of how financial markets are run. There is no greater truth on earth that nobody has ever taken away a single penny from a financial market. Each and everyFri, 08 Jul 2011 03:00:15 -0500My god - I agree with Lori again!https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/27983625/the-conflict-of-interests-that-is-betfair?post_id=501892913#501892913My god - I agree with Lori again!Fri, 08 Jul 2011 02:32:25 -0500They fell into the classic trap of modern thinking that if you make 35 million one year and 35 million plus inflation the next year that something is wrong.They captured the available market so rapidly that their lust to expand has deflected their athttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/27983625/the-conflict-of-interests-that-is-betfair?post_id=501892457#501892457They fell into the classic trap of modern thinking that if you make 35 million one year and 35 million plus inflation the next year that something is wrong.They captured the available market so rapidly that their lust to expand has deflected their atFri, 08 Jul 2011 02:17:58 -0500