New Posts For Thread: It seems they were serious.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28096433/it-seems-they-were-seriousI thought the famous names making picks to help people lose more slowly was some sort of joke on the annual reports.Turns out it's true!.http://betting.betfair.com/football/betfair-signs-up-four-sporting-icons-as-new-ambassador-tea-1-040811.htmlweather, toss? when are you going to get the best price on england? the very fact that he suspects the game to be longer, for india to bat for longer, and guessing a five day finish, along with crazy draw backers means it's got all the legs to go shohttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28096433/it-seems-they-were-serious?post_id=505435575#505435575weather, toss? when are you going to get the best price on england? the very fact that he suspects the game to be longer, for india to bat for longer, and guessing a five day finish, along with crazy draw backers means it's got all the legs to go shoWed, 17 Aug 2011 20:21:43 -0500Looks ok to me. Vaughan knows his stuff. says back Eng and expects a longer game than Edge. What's wrong with that?https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28096433/it-seems-they-were-serious?post_id=505433699#505433699Looks ok to me. Vaughan knows his stuff. says back Eng and expects a longer game than Edge. What's wrong with that?Wed, 17 Aug 2011 19:36:51 -0500my god, i know it's only a bit of fun, but Vaughan's piece for the 4th test is terrible.you would have hoped someone who actually understood betting markets read it first and helped him out, or that he just plagiarised some of the better stuff on thehttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28096433/it-seems-they-were-serious?post_id=505431295#505431295my god, i know it's only a bit of fun, but Vaughan's piece for the 4th test is terrible.you would have hoped someone who actually understood betting markets read it first and helped him out, or that he just plagiarised some of the better stuff on theWed, 17 Aug 2011 18:42:19 -0500lol cpfc4me, that's woefulhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28096433/it-seems-they-were-serious?post_id=504320599#504320599lol cpfc4me, that's woefulMon, 08 Aug 2011 18:39:23 -0500There was a piece written a year ago on the betfair.betfair.com website on the Head to Head Leagues: Top London Club market. At the time, there was all of £40 matched, which was £20 on Chelsea @ 1.5, and the tip was Spurs at 3.1 "that look the mosthttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28096433/it-seems-they-were-serious?post_id=504284093#504284093There was a piece written a year ago on the betfair.betfair.com website on the Head to Head Leagues: Top London Club market. At the time, there was all of £40 matched, which was £20 on Chelsea @ 1.5, and the tip was Spurs at 3.1 "that look the mostMon, 08 Aug 2011 05:13:12 -0500I have another issue with the initial link (Which I got from another thread)Where is it?I've gone through most of the tabs on the page and I haven't seen anything that actually links into it. I realise that it obviously isn't that hard as someone elshttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28096433/it-seems-they-were-serious?post_id=504281613#504281613I have another issue with the initial link (Which I got from another thread)Where is it?I've gone through most of the tabs on the page and I haven't seen anything that actually links into it. I realise that it obviously isn't that hard as someone elsMon, 08 Aug 2011 03:10:13 -0500Lori, one of Greenwood's rugby selections was too bad to be true. It was in a market any sensible rugby punter would not touch on here as you just know you are getting cr*p odds in the side markets like that on a small betting sport. When I read hihttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28096433/it-seems-they-were-serious?post_id=504281245#504281245Lori, one of Greenwood's rugby selections was too bad to be true. It was in a market any sensible rugby punter would not touch on here as you just know you are getting cr*p odds in the side markets like that on a small betting sport. When I read hiMon, 08 Aug 2011 02:47:55 -0500this may or may not be..but one thing we know for sure, is that betfair only goal is to keep as much of the money as it can...anything new, betfair bring in is all about "to capture a greater share of wallet from existing customers"https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28096433/it-seems-they-were-serious?post_id=504271115#504271115this may or may not be..but one thing we know for sure, is that betfair only goal is to keep as much of the money as it can...anything new, betfair bring in is all about "to capture a greater share of wallet from existing customers"Sun, 07 Aug 2011 18:38:19 -0500"But it was disastrous. We grew too quickly. The growth was not controlled and there were too many people involved. In the end, the business went bankrupt."Sounds like Lee should be advising Betfair themselves rather than their customers.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28096433/it-seems-they-were-serious?post_id=504271079#504271079"But it was disastrous. We grew too quickly. The growth was not controlled and there were too many people involved. In the end, the business went bankrupt."Sounds like Lee should be advising Betfair themselves rather than their customers.Sun, 07 Aug 2011 18:36:52 -0500I'm still not sure nairda,Here's the thing, although Betfair encourages trading, losers shoudn't be encouraged to trade.The reason is obvious, if they trade instead of betting, a greater portion of the losses they generate goes to the winning traderhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28096433/it-seems-they-were-serious?post_id=504270407#504270407I'm still not sure nairda,Here's the thing, although Betfair encourages trading, losers shoudn't be encouraged to trade.The reason is obvious, if they trade instead of betting, a greater portion of the losses they generate goes to the winning traderSun, 07 Aug 2011 18:18:12 -0500