New Posts For Thread: Views on Betfair's takeover of Blue Square?https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29815887/views-on-betfairs-takeover-of-blue-square.Welcome to the wonderful world of Viz. Try your luck on our Viz slot game for as little as 1p per line. You can multiply your winnings with 3 fantastic feature bonuses, including ‘Sid’s Progressive Sexpot’, the ‘Wheel of Fartune Bonus’, andhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29815887/views-on-betfairs-takeover-of-blue-square?post_id=529991567#529991567Welcome to the wonderful world of Viz. Try your luck on our Viz slot game for as little as 1p per line. You can multiply your winnings with 3 fantastic feature bonuses, including ‘Sid’s Progressive Sexpot’, the ‘Wheel of Fartune Bonus’, andWed, 20 Mar 2013 08:38:19 -0500maybe betfair video will show the irish lottery and or 49sand games ?http://games.bluesq.com/Games?sesscheck=1https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29815887/views-on-betfairs-takeover-of-blue-square?post_id=529991545#529991545maybe betfair video will show the irish lottery and or 49sand games ?http://games.bluesq.com/Games?sesscheck=1Wed, 20 Mar 2013 08:36:54 -0500Can I assume Betfair will take on their antepost liability?https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29815887/views-on-betfairs-takeover-of-blue-square?post_id=529939335#529939335Can I assume Betfair will take on their antepost liability?Mon, 18 Mar 2013 09:12:17 -0500Maybe it's for the exchange integration? BlueSq are always *very* quick at changing their odds if they happen to be better than what's on Betfair. Perhaps their sportsbook plugs into Betfair better than Betfair's own one?https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29815887/views-on-betfairs-takeover-of-blue-square?post_id=529938815#529938815Maybe it's for the exchange integration? BlueSq are always *very* quick at changing their odds if they happen to be better than what's on Betfair. Perhaps their sportsbook plugs into Betfair better than Betfair's own one?Mon, 18 Mar 2013 08:47:20 -0500It makes some sense for BF to buy another sportsbook, but as already said, why go the lengths of developing your own if this was the plan?Clydebank was on another thread early in the year makig very good points suggesting BlueSq of all the firms hadhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29815887/views-on-betfairs-takeover-of-blue-square?post_id=529937835#529937835It makes some sense for BF to buy another sportsbook, but as already said, why go the lengths of developing your own if this was the plan?Clydebank was on another thread early in the year makig very good points suggesting BlueSq of all the firms hadMon, 18 Mar 2013 07:51:41 -0500They're probably just paying for the customer base. Now Betfair run a sports book the synergies should be massive. Push betfair sports book prices onto blue square websiteMake 90 pct of blue square staff redundantThe deal might also suggest before arhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29815887/views-on-betfairs-takeover-of-blue-square?post_id=529934821#529934821They're probably just paying for the customer base. Now Betfair run a sports book the synergies should be massive. Push betfair sports book prices onto blue square websiteMake 90 pct of blue square staff redundantThe deal might also suggest before arMon, 18 Mar 2013 02:58:34 -0500I'd guess they want a ready made user-base and staff with some sportsbook experience, can't see too many of the current exchange users using Betfair's sportsbook atm. Been years since I'd used my BlueSQ account and can't remember if they heavily limihttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29815887/views-on-betfairs-takeover-of-blue-square?post_id=529923959#529923959I'd guess they want a ready made user-base and staff with some sportsbook experience, can't see too many of the current exchange users using Betfair's sportsbook atm. Been years since I'd used my BlueSQ account and can't remember if they heavily limiSun, 17 Mar 2013 15:10:54 -0500Betfair's transformation under new chief executive Breon Corcoran is set to continue if talk about the exchange buying internet gambling firm Blue Square is correct. Neither side would comment on the rumours at the end of last week but Blue Square'shttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29815887/views-on-betfairs-takeover-of-blue-square?post_id=529922447#529922447Betfair's transformation under new chief executive Breon Corcoran is set to continue if talk about the exchange buying internet gambling firm Blue Square is correct. Neither side would comment on the rumours at the end of last week but Blue Square'sSun, 17 Mar 2013 14:22:08 -0500"So the only thing I can think of is Betfair will buy BlueSQ for a small sum"Supposedly upto 35 million, not so small.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29815887/views-on-betfairs-takeover-of-blue-square?post_id=529922053#529922053"So the only thing I can think of is Betfair will buy BlueSQ for a small sum"Supposedly upto 35 million, not so small.Sun, 17 Mar 2013 14:06:04 -0500Yeah I don't get it either. It doesn't make sense to me to run BlueSQ and fixed odds as two separate businesses. Maybe BlueSq has some useful technology that can be used to improve BF fixed odds. As a standalone company it's losing money, and Betfairhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29815887/views-on-betfairs-takeover-of-blue-square?post_id=529921703#529921703Yeah I don't get it either. It doesn't make sense to me to run BlueSQ and fixed odds as two separate businesses. Maybe BlueSq has some useful technology that can be used to improve BF fixed odds. As a standalone company it's losing money, and BetfairSun, 17 Mar 2013 13:49:54 -0500