New Posts For Thread: Purple takeover talks confirmedhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29617273/purple-takeover-talks-confirmedhttp://www.thesocialgambler.com/2013/01/07/breaking-news-ladbrokes-confirm-****-acquisition-talks/Did anyone read Saturday's Times article it refers to?There are loads of punters on here that never do any business with Ladbrokes. Do you really think it's that hard to get them to switch ?https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29617273/purple-takeover-talks-confirmed?post_id=528557121#528557121There are loads of punters on here that never do any business with Ladbrokes. Do you really think it's that hard to get them to switch ?Mon, 28 Jan 2013 08:17:15 -0600My feeling is that they want an exchange 1) to manage their SP liabilities, creating a market if necessary that suits their own book; and 2) to put pressure on the existing mechanism that returns a starting price.Otherwise for the horses there doesn'https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29617273/purple-takeover-talks-confirmed?post_id=528513333#528513333My feeling is that they want an exchange 1) to manage their SP liabilities, creating a market if necessary that suits their own book; and 2) to put pressure on the existing mechanism that returns a starting price.Otherwise for the horses there doesn'Sat, 26 Jan 2013 14:21:48 -0600you last logged in on 09 sep 2012....https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29617273/purple-takeover-talks-confirmed?post_id=528504013#528504013you last logged in on 09 sep 2012....Sat, 26 Jan 2013 08:40:23 -0600Yep, they'll use it to hedge their bets. I think they'll significantly increase liquidity through this method. They'll also probably be a little more keen to ban/limit punters on their fixed odds site (I'm already limited and I'm sure many of you arehttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29617273/purple-takeover-talks-confirmed?post_id=528474803#528474803Yep, they'll use it to hedge their bets. I think they'll significantly increase liquidity through this method. They'll also probably be a little more keen to ban/limit punters on their fixed odds site (I'm already limited and I'm sure many of you areFri, 25 Jan 2013 09:39:16 -0600They tried spread betting when it was at its most popular but soon pulled out. Their best chance of success is to seed every market including in-running with their own prices, the markets may then take off with layers beating their prices. If they hahttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29617273/purple-takeover-talks-confirmed?post_id=528473451#528473451They tried spread betting when it was at its most popular but soon pulled out. Their best chance of success is to seed every market including in-running with their own prices, the markets may then take off with layers beating their prices. If they haFri, 25 Jan 2013 08:50:05 -0600I suppose Lbrokes have a chain of shops they could use to encourage people to use the exchange who otherwise wouldn't. But what incentive do they have to do that? "Well sir our price for Man U is even money and on average we'll pocket 10% of your £1https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29617273/purple-takeover-talks-confirmed?post_id=528471915#528471915I suppose Lbrokes have a chain of shops they could use to encourage people to use the exchange who otherwise wouldn't. But what incentive do they have to do that? "Well sir our price for Man U is even money and on average we'll pocket 10% of your £1Fri, 25 Jan 2013 07:57:51 -0600I suppose Lbrokes have a chain of shops they could use to encourage people to use the exchange who otherwise wouldn't. But what incentive do they have to do that? "Well sir our price for Man U is even money and on average we'll pocket 10% of your £1https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29617273/purple-takeover-talks-confirmed?post_id=528471913#528471913I suppose Lbrokes have a chain of shops they could use to encourage people to use the exchange who otherwise wouldn't. But what incentive do they have to do that? "Well sir our price for Man U is even money and on average we'll pocket 10% of your £1Fri, 25 Jan 2013 07:57:49 -0600got that email too. nice of them to remember me, seeing as i haven't had a bet there for 6 years.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29617273/purple-takeover-talks-confirmed?post_id=528451931#528451931got that email too. nice of them to remember me, seeing as i haven't had a bet there for 6 years.Thu, 24 Jan 2013 13:52:15 -0600Yeah I agree sub, it probably can't make things worse for the average punter, unless of course they blow it up completely through mismanagement, and prove once and for all the BF is the only " exchange" game in town.Then BF's feeling of monopoly willhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29617273/purple-takeover-talks-confirmed?post_id=528451923#528451923Yeah I agree sub, it probably can't make things worse for the average punter, unless of course they blow it up completely through mismanagement, and prove once and for all the BF is the only " exchange" game in town.Then BF's feeling of monopoly willThu, 24 Jan 2013 13:51:53 -0600of course, its all a matter of implementation isn't itbut they have more chance of succeeding than anyone else who has tried so far, due to their funds and their existing industry knowledge and presence... and anything that gives betfair a bit of a bhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29617273/purple-takeover-talks-confirmed?post_id=528451527#528451527of course, its all a matter of implementation isn't itbut they have more chance of succeeding than anyone else who has tried so far, due to their funds and their existing industry knowledge and presence... and anything that gives betfair a bit of a bThu, 24 Jan 2013 13:40:25 -0600