New Posts For Thread: Placing a bet at odds worse than those on offerhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29073201/placing-a-bet-at-odds-worse-than-those-on-offerIs it possible to place a bet at odds worse than are on offer and NOT have betfair automatically match them at the current best?CheersBeen there, done that TV!If you asked Gruss to back in the win Markets when a price hits (for instance) 1.25 you could get a whole string matched if covering the field.If only on one position, as you say, it can still lose right down to 1.01.Backinghttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29073201/placing-a-bet-at-odds-worse-than-those-on-offer?post_id=519109187#519109187Been there, done that TV!If you asked Gruss to back in the win Markets when a price hits (for instance) 1.25 you could get a whole string matched if covering the field.If only on one position, as you say, it can still lose right down to 1.01.BackingSat, 28 Apr 2012 07:45:40 -0500Maybe OP wants to place multiple bets at something like 1.05, but only wants to be matched if they hit such a number. Perhaps there are stats (I doubt it) that show when horses hit 1.05, they go on to win more than the odds would suggest.This is thehttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29073201/placing-a-bet-at-odds-worse-than-those-on-offer?post_id=519109183#519109183Maybe OP wants to place multiple bets at something like 1.05, but only wants to be matched if they hit such a number. Perhaps there are stats (I doubt it) that show when horses hit 1.05, they go on to win more than the odds would suggest.This is theSat, 28 Apr 2012 07:45:18 -0500Actually, forget everything I said before, as the strategy is lunacy (unless the OP can better explain why he would want to do this)!https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29073201/placing-a-bet-at-odds-worse-than-those-on-offer?post_id=519108877#519108877Actually, forget everything I said before, as the strategy is lunacy (unless the OP can better explain why he would want to do this)!Sat, 28 Apr 2012 07:34:51 -0500That is one of the reasons I said it is not a great feature.The OP must have some kind of "if a horse reaches x in running then it will win so I will back it" kind of strategy which has to be flawed.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29073201/placing-a-bet-at-odds-worse-than-those-on-offer?post_id=519108847#519108847That is one of the reasons I said it is not a great feature.The OP must have some kind of "if a horse reaches x in running then it will win so I will back it" kind of strategy which has to be flawed.Sat, 28 Apr 2012 07:33:16 -0500TheVis, I am sure that Gruss can do it in Conditional Bets as you can ask it to place bets when a selection is at a certain price or between two prices.You can ask it to perform this function, on either side of the market, but in reality the market mhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29073201/placing-a-bet-at-odds-worse-than-those-on-offer?post_id=519108477#519108477TheVis, I am sure that Gruss can do it in Conditional Bets as you can ask it to place bets when a selection is at a certain price or between two prices.You can ask it to perform this function, on either side of the market, but in reality the market mSat, 28 Apr 2012 07:22:47 -0500Without knowing the motivation it is hard to answer this one.I have software that will do it but only on Horses and Greyhounds.If you are laying you ask the bot to lock onto the current price available, seconds before the off, but not to match untilhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29073201/placing-a-bet-at-odds-worse-than-those-on-offer?post_id=519107989#519107989Without knowing the motivation it is hard to answer this one.I have software that will do it but only on Horses and Greyhounds.If you are laying you ask the bot to lock onto the current price available, seconds before the off, but not to match untilSat, 28 Apr 2012 07:06:39 -0500gruss doesn't via conditional betting but it's not a great featurehttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29073201/placing-a-bet-at-odds-worse-than-those-on-offer?post_id=518855519#518855519gruss doesn't via conditional betting but it's not a great featureSat, 21 Apr 2012 03:05:50 -0500I think he wants a 'stop' order. There may be software which offers this feature.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29073201/placing-a-bet-at-odds-worse-than-those-on-offer?post_id=518854583#518854583I think he wants a 'stop' order. There may be software which offers this feature.Sat, 21 Apr 2012 01:32:04 -0500No. Why would you want to?Even if they didn't give you the best price, they would still be instantly matched by what is currently on offer.So betfair can either a) Instantly match them, giving you the bad price you entered and pocketing the differenchttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29073201/placing-a-bet-at-odds-worse-than-those-on-offer?post_id=518847875#518847875No. Why would you want to?Even if they didn't give you the best price, they would still be instantly matched by what is currently on offer.So betfair can either a) Instantly match them, giving you the bad price you entered and pocketing the differencFri, 20 Apr 2012 18:38:09 -0500Is it possible to place a bet at odds worse than are on offer and NOT have betfair automatically match them at the current best?Cheershttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29073201/placing-a-bet-at-odds-worse-than-those-on-offer?post_id=518847661#518847661Is it possible to place a bet at odds worse than are on offer and NOT have betfair automatically match them at the current best?CheersFri, 20 Apr 2012 18:30:05 -0500