New Posts For Thread: Curious api versus website problemhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30487457/curious-api-versus-website-problemWeirdly I am getting different results for the following tennis match when viewing it through the api to what is shown on the website. The market id is "1.118507927", a tennis match between "A Schmiedlova" and "Irigoyen" (http://sports.betfair.com/?On the UK exchange, Betfair pocket the difference between the real odds and the virtual ones. However over on the AUS exchange, Betfair are forced to return this free cash to customers, thanks to Australia having a more clued-up regulator. Every fewhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30487457/curious-api-versus-website-problem?post_id=544624635#544624635On the UK exchange, Betfair pocket the difference between the real odds and the virtual ones. However over on the AUS exchange, Betfair are forced to return this free cash to customers, thanks to Australia having a more clued-up regulator. Every fewThu, 07 May 2015 11:47:06 -0500Thanks, got it.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30487457/curious-api-versus-website-problem?post_id=544539843#544539843Thanks, got it.Fri, 01 May 2015 09:44:25 -0500As an example, if you place a waiting back at odds 5.9 in a tennis match, if cross matching is switched on then you will see 5.9 waiting on the "back" side and betfair will create and display the "virtual" bet on the other player i.e., an odds 1.20 ohttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30487457/curious-api-versus-website-problem?post_id=544528943#544528943As an example, if you place a waiting back at odds 5.9 in a tennis match, if cross matching is switched on then you will see 5.9 waiting on the "back" side and betfair will create and display the "virtual" bet on the other player i.e., an odds 1.20 oThu, 30 Apr 2015 13:12:58 -0500Sorry Getafix you've lost me - worse price than what? Not worse than the price you asked for?https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30487457/curious-api-versus-website-problem?post_id=544526101#544526101Sorry Getafix you've lost me - worse price than what? Not worse than the price you asked for?Thu, 30 Apr 2015 10:25:36 -0500I just ran a test and as expected, taking the 'virtual' odds means getting a worse price and bf pocketing the difference (free bet). So to conclude, if you're a price taker, always calculate the best return, trickier for say markets with 3 or more shttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30487457/curious-api-versus-website-problem?post_id=544522965#544522965I just ran a test and as expected, taking the 'virtual' odds means getting a worse price and bf pocketing the difference (free bet). So to conclude, if you're a price taker, always calculate the best return, trickier for say markets with 3 or more sThu, 30 Apr 2015 06:32:03 -0500Thanks longbridge, I didn't know about that option, that will be useful for debugging.Because of the rounding issue in displaying the 'virtual' bet (due to odds increments), I assume betfair pocket the difference if the 'virtual' bet is taken (like whttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30487457/curious-api-versus-website-problem?post_id=544511157#544511157Thanks longbridge, I didn't know about that option, that will be useful for debugging.Because of the rounding issue in displaying the 'virtual' bet (due to odds increments), I assume betfair pocket the difference if the 'virtual' bet is taken (like wWed, 29 Apr 2015 10:19:35 -0500I think you have it. Flip the setting of 'virtualise' in the PriceProjection you send to listMarketBook to confirm.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30487457/curious-api-versus-website-problem?post_id=544507657#544507657I think you have it. Flip the setting of 'virtualise' in the PriceProjection you send to listMarketBook to confirm.Wed, 29 Apr 2015 06:02:54 -0500Ah actually this is probably the effects of the cross matching... in which case this would make sense, I'll look into... please ignore this thread!https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30487457/curious-api-versus-website-problem?post_id=544504781#544504781Ah actually this is probably the effects of the cross matching... in which case this would make sense, I'll look into... please ignore this thread!Tue, 28 Apr 2015 18:34:23 -0500Weirdly I am getting different results for the following tennis match when viewing it through the api to what is shown on the website. The market id is "1.118507927", a tennis match between "A Schmiedlova" and "Irigoyen" (http://sports.betfair.com/?https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30487457/curious-api-versus-website-problem?post_id=544504759#544504759Weirdly I am getting different results for the following tennis match when viewing it through the api to what is shown on the website. The market id is "1.118507927", a tennis match between "A Schmiedlova" and "Irigoyen" (http://sports.betfair.com/?Tue, 28 Apr 2015 18:29:24 -0500