New Posts For Thread: Effect of hiding the exchange, it's the wrong liqudity Gromit?https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29975875/effect-of-hiding-the-exchange-its-the-wrong-liqudity-gromit(and they've gone wrong)Will this not lead to much less smaller steady "normal punter" bets, and more just a vehicle for "large bookmaker/betfair themselves balancing their book" bets, coming in lumps and whacking the markets like a punch bag? Is itlol no i know they wouldnt lay off individual bets.i just doubt theyd bother laying off anything. it would make an absolute mess of all their accounts for a start. small independants may lay off if theyve got a potentially damaging accumulator goinghttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29975875/effect-of-hiding-the-exchange-its-the-wrong-liqudity-gromit?post_id=533402409#533402409lol no i know they wouldnt lay off individual bets.i just doubt theyd bother laying off anything. it would make an absolute mess of all their accounts for a start. small independants may lay off if theyve got a potentially damaging accumulator goingWed, 26 Jun 2013 11:52:08 -0500You're making assumption that they'd balance off every bet as they come on here which would be a bit mad. I'd see them take their piles of bets periodically, analysing their total position, then pitching some money into here as a lump if they don't lhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29975875/effect-of-hiding-the-exchange-its-the-wrong-liqudity-gromit?post_id=533400981#533400981You're making assumption that they'd balance off every bet as they come on here which would be a bit mad. I'd see them take their piles of bets periodically, analysing their total position, then pitching some money into here as a lump if they don't lWed, 26 Jun 2013 11:15:34 -0500the exchange is more or less just traders and wannabe traders competing with each other anyway. i seriously doubt bookmakers use betfair much at all, they dont take big enough bets to need to trade out of them. i take bigger bets every day than any ohttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29975875/effect-of-hiding-the-exchange-its-the-wrong-liqudity-gromit?post_id=533399149#533399149the exchange is more or less just traders and wannabe traders competing with each other anyway. i seriously doubt bookmakers use betfair much at all, they dont take big enough bets to need to trade out of them. i take bigger bets every day than any oWed, 26 Jun 2013 10:20:39 -0500(and they've gone wrong)Will this not lead to much less smaller steady "normal punter" bets, and more just a vehicle for "large bookmaker/betfair themselves balancing their book" bets, coming in lumps and whacking the markets like a punch bag? Is ithttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29975875/effect-of-hiding-the-exchange-its-the-wrong-liqudity-gromit?post_id=533244129#533244129(and they've gone wrong)Will this not lead to much less smaller steady "normal punter" bets, and more just a vehicle for "large bookmaker/betfair themselves balancing their book" bets, coming in lumps and whacking the markets like a punch bag? Is itThu, 20 Jun 2013 12:52:24 -0500