New Posts For Thread: Interview with former betfair head of education - Scott Fergusonhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28762145/interview-with-former-betfair-head-of-education---scott-fergusonhttp://centrecourttrading.blogspot.com/Interview with Scott FergusonAaaah, Betfair. They are the betting equivalent of Marmite - you either love them or hate them. Actually, I don't know anyone who currently loves them, so that analogy probably doesnone senior manager who wanted to back the tie in every cricket match to ensure no loss of commission I remember my local casino banning a big punter from roulette because he was messing up the drop percentage. I always thought that would be the stupihttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28762145/interview-with-former-betfair-head-of-education---scott-ferguson?post_id=514374655#514374655one senior manager who wanted to back the tie in every cricket match to ensure no loss of commission I remember my local casino banning a big punter from roulette because he was messing up the drop percentage. I always thought that would be the stupiFri, 30 Dec 2011 08:01:59 -0600Scott Fergusons blog on this messhttp://www.sportismadeforbetting.com/https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28762145/interview-with-former-betfair-head-of-education---scott-ferguson?post_id=514359799#514359799Scott Fergusons blog on this messhttp://www.sportismadeforbetting.com/Thu, 29 Dec 2011 18:51:54 -0600ttthttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28762145/interview-with-former-betfair-head-of-education---scott-ferguson?post_id=514354979#514354979tttThu, 29 Dec 2011 16:34:38 -0600frog, if pc were given back to losers in the form of ring-fenced seed money that bf just wrote off as an absolute loss a la sporting options , I wdn't hate the principle of pc so much, but I believe it's just used to boost the bottom line.I was descrhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28762145/interview-with-former-betfair-head-of-education---scott-ferguson?post_id=513902987#513902987frog, if pc were given back to losers in the form of ring-fenced seed money that bf just wrote off as an absolute loss a la sporting options , I wdn't hate the principle of pc so much, but I believe it's just used to boost the bottom line.I was descrFri, 16 Dec 2011 20:29:10 -0600'Bf did miss a trick, though, in not discriminating between price offers and price-takers in its calculation of implied comm. 'What is the difference? If someone pays a low commission to winning ratio who cares if they put up prices or take prices othttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28762145/interview-with-former-betfair-head-of-education---scott-ferguson?post_id=513894581#513894581'Bf did miss a trick, though, in not discriminating between price offers and price-takers in its calculation of implied comm. 'What is the difference? If someone pays a low commission to winning ratio who cares if they put up prices or take prices otFri, 16 Dec 2011 15:10:13 -0600Are you saying that the changes to the pricing structure were not well thought through?https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28762145/interview-with-former-betfair-head-of-education---scott-ferguson?post_id=513885237#513885237Are you saying that the changes to the pricing structure were not well thought through?Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:07:46 -0600They are surely just saying that. A winner is a winner is taking from the bookie.Bf did miss a trick, though, in not discriminating between price offers and price-takers in its calculation of implied comm.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28762145/interview-with-former-betfair-head-of-education---scott-ferguson?post_id=513885061#513885061They are surely just saying that. A winner is a winner is taking from the bookie.Bf did miss a trick, though, in not discriminating between price offers and price-takers in its calculation of implied comm.Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:02:26 -0600I read this on another forum - rather interesting view from BDQ Towers ,but surely if both BQ and BF lock horns for business there would be something akin to a price war ? What is the comhttp://centrecourttrading.blogspot.com/pany's attitude towardhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28762145/interview-with-former-betfair-head-of-education---scott-ferguson?post_id=513884239#513884239I read this on another forum - rather interesting view from BDQ Towers ,but surely if both BQ and BF lock horns for business there would be something akin to a price war ? What is the comhttp://centrecourttrading.blogspot.com/pany's attitude towardFri, 16 Dec 2011 10:40:37 -0600Where I don't agree w/ Scott Ferguson is in thinking that it was ever feasible that the most basic kind of 2 quid punters ever had any kind of aspiration to 'move up the food chain' by trading or spending more time on here applying more complex strathttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28762145/interview-with-former-betfair-head-of-education---scott-ferguson?post_id=513883787#513883787Where I don't agree w/ Scott Ferguson is in thinking that it was ever feasible that the most basic kind of 2 quid punters ever had any kind of aspiration to 'move up the food chain' by trading or spending more time on here applying more complex stratFri, 16 Dec 2011 10:27:45 -0600Brean Corcoran, who had the top job at a bigger, faster-growing bookie, is joining bf; and that can only be b/c he sees the exchange model, properly marketed, as having better growth prospects.The only reason for this in turn is that it can offer marhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28762145/interview-with-former-betfair-head-of-education---scott-ferguson?post_id=513883613#513883613Brean Corcoran, who had the top job at a bigger, faster-growing bookie, is joining bf; and that can only be b/c he sees the exchange model, properly marketed, as having better growth prospects.The only reason for this in turn is that it can offer marFri, 16 Dec 2011 10:22:49 -0600