New Posts For Thread: Horse racing forum in meltdownhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28800975/horse-racing-forum-in-meltdownHuge amounts laid on winner in 14.00 at Leopardstown with liabilities of over £20million.Should be interesting to see the explanations for voiding these bets!!!!nohttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28800975/horse-racing-forum-in-meltdown?post_id=514314021#514314021noWed, 28 Dec 2011 18:57:13 -0600Out of interest, was cross matching turned off on the site at any stage yesterday after this incident?https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28800975/horse-racing-forum-in-meltdown?post_id=514311641#514311641Out of interest, was cross matching turned off on the site at any stage yesterday after this incident?Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:44:02 -0600Kinda strange they decide to void the place market too due to this 'technical failure' as the bet was placed on the win market only. Sort of suggests the bots playing the place market by reading the win market also came in with a loss , ummm maybe thhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28800975/horse-racing-forum-in-meltdown?post_id=514298301#514298301Kinda strange they decide to void the place market too due to this 'technical failure' as the bet was placed on the win market only. Sort of suggests the bots playing the place market by reading the win market also came in with a loss , ummm maybe thWed, 28 Dec 2011 12:18:56 -0600Maybe they should increase the bet placement delay for horse racing to 24 hours.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28800975/horse-racing-forum-in-meltdown?post_id=514297997#514297997Maybe they should increase the bet placement delay for horse racing to 24 hours.Wed, 28 Dec 2011 12:11:22 -0600Suggested this on HR for anyone taking them to courtBetfair the bookmaker laid 800K @ 28/1 ir. They also allowed someone credit to bet the horse to lose @ 1/28 for 23 million.Will all bookmakers be allowed to void bets when a customer's refusal to phttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28800975/horse-racing-forum-in-meltdown?post_id=514297983#514297983Suggested this on HR for anyone taking them to courtBetfair the bookmaker laid 800K @ 28/1 ir. They also allowed someone credit to bet the horse to lose @ 1/28 for 23 million.Will all bookmakers be allowed to void bets when a customer's refusal to pWed, 28 Dec 2011 12:11:03 -0600Of course they would. Betfair's announcement makes that perfectly clearhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28800975/horse-racing-forum-in-meltdown?post_id=514295123#514295123Of course they would. Betfair's announcement makes that perfectly clearWed, 28 Dec 2011 11:15:52 -0600Wonder if the bets would have been voided if the horse had stumbled and fell 20 yards from the winning post.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28800975/horse-racing-forum-in-meltdown?post_id=514294457#514294457Wonder if the bets would have been voided if the horse had stumbled and fell 20 yards from the winning post.Wed, 28 Dec 2011 11:05:51 -0600In a way it's not really any different to the flies-round-sh1te markets. You try to match an offer, if play goes your way you don't get matched, if play goes against you you're matched. Only difference is betfair have replaced "matched" with "settledhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28800975/horse-racing-forum-in-meltdown?post_id=514294019#514294019In a way it's not really any different to the flies-round-sh1te markets. You try to match an offer, if play goes your way you don't get matched, if play goes against you you're matched. Only difference is betfair have replaced "matched" with "settledWed, 28 Dec 2011 10:57:27 -0600Even if you believe betfair it's still shocking stuff. What about all those who placed bona-fide bets in the market. There were bets matched on the winner at greater than 29.0. Imagine being on the right? end of one of those.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28800975/horse-racing-forum-in-meltdown?post_id=514293235#514293235Even if you believe betfair it's still shocking stuff. What about all those who placed bona-fide bets in the market. There were bets matched on the winner at greater than 29.0. Imagine being on the right? end of one of those.Wed, 28 Dec 2011 10:47:06 -0600Betfair trending on twitter as share price tanks (again).hilarioushttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/28800975/horse-racing-forum-in-meltdown?post_id=514293121#514293121Betfair trending on twitter as share price tanks (again).hilariousWed, 28 Dec 2011 10:45:34 -0600