New Posts For Thread: With Breon Corcoran's resignation can Betfair go back to focusing on the Exchange?https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30919635/with-breon-corcorans-resignation-can-betfair-go-back-to-focusing-on-the-exchangeIt just shows how far this forum has gone from back in the early 2000s that the Chief Executive of Paddy Power Betfair can resign 3 days ago and yet there is no mention of it.When he came to power in 2012 the exchange was in free fall with the second*on ov/un games.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30919635/with-breon-corcorans-resignation-can-betfair-go-back-to-focusing-on-the-exchange?post_id=552737177#552737177*on ov/un games.Sat, 02 Sep 2017 14:06:09 -0500Don't know how about you guys, but I think that xmatching is more user friendyly because it benefits most of the users apart from sophisticated machines. I practicaly stoped trading tennis becuase of it. Boring, not many opportunities. Same Basketbalhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30919635/with-breon-corcorans-resignation-can-betfair-go-back-to-focusing-on-the-exchange?post_id=552737167#552737167Don't know how about you guys, but I think that xmatching is more user friendyly because it benefits most of the users apart from sophisticated machines. I practicaly stoped trading tennis becuase of it. Boring, not many opportunities. Same BasketbalSat, 02 Sep 2017 14:05:21 -0500wronghttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30919635/with-breon-corcorans-resignation-can-betfair-go-back-to-focusing-on-the-exchange?post_id=552708087#552708087wrongWed, 30 Aug 2017 10:41:37 -0500To work on small margins cms need volumes. If there were smaller volumes but bigger margin, than traders would have more money anyway. So that attract new traders to be "active" on market, when you are "active" you're making mistakes. The whole procchttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30919635/with-breon-corcorans-resignation-can-betfair-go-back-to-focusing-on-the-exchange?post_id=552707411#552707411To work on small margins cms need volumes. If there were smaller volumes but bigger margin, than traders would have more money anyway. So that attract new traders to be "active" on market, when you are "active" you're making mistakes. The whole proccWed, 30 Aug 2017 09:06:25 -0500Customer funds are held in a trust, which the bank can't access. Bank failure would have no effect.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30919635/with-breon-corcorans-resignation-can-betfair-go-back-to-focusing-on-the-exchange?post_id=552705483#552705483Customer funds are held in a trust, which the bank can't access. Bank failure would have no effect.Tue, 29 Aug 2017 18:52:45 -0500Fake money created by x matching spoils the markets. That is also bringing less margins. These days markets on Tennis are absolutely nothing to markets on tennis without x matching. Traders mistakes were grabed by other traders. Now they are taken byhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30919635/with-breon-corcorans-resignation-can-betfair-go-back-to-focusing-on-the-exchange?post_id=552705035#552705035Fake money created by x matching spoils the markets. That is also bringing less margins. These days markets on Tennis are absolutely nothing to markets on tennis without x matching. Traders mistakes were grabed by other traders. Now they are taken byTue, 29 Aug 2017 17:46:01 -0500There wasn't any fraud at Lehmans or Northern Rock or the Cyprus Banks*. The point is anyway that they probably have to insure against bank failure and interest rates are negligible, so they aren't making any money from deposits.*ok that one is probhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30919635/with-breon-corcorans-resignation-can-betfair-go-back-to-focusing-on-the-exchange?post_id=552704653#552704653There wasn't any fraud at Lehmans or Northern Rock or the Cyprus Banks*. The point is anyway that they probably have to insure against bank failure and interest rates are negligible, so they aren't making any money from deposits.*ok that one is probTue, 29 Aug 2017 16:53:00 -0500rofl Betfair's number one operations risk is that the bank holding their customers money goes busto and takes Betfair down with them.Without serious fraud that can't happen. There are other risks, but discussing them previously got me banned.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30919635/with-breon-corcorans-resignation-can-betfair-go-back-to-focusing-on-the-exchange?post_id=552699145#552699145rofl Betfair's number one operations risk is that the bank holding their customers money goes busto and takes Betfair down with them.Without serious fraud that can't happen. There are other risks, but discussing them previously got me banned.Mon, 28 Aug 2017 23:48:54 -0500rofl Betfair's number one operations risk is that the bank holding their customers money goes busto and takes Betfair down with them.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30919635/with-breon-corcorans-resignation-can-betfair-go-back-to-focusing-on-the-exchange?post_id=552693899#552693899rofl Betfair's number one operations risk is that the bank holding their customers money goes busto and takes Betfair down with them.Mon, 28 Aug 2017 11:27:59 -0500Nothing wrong with the principle of cross-matching, and I wonder about the motives of those complaining.However betfair have no business taking the difference in cross matching. There is nothing technically challenging about offering people the truehttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/30919635/with-breon-corcorans-resignation-can-betfair-go-back-to-focusing-on-the-exchange?post_id=552692563#552692563Nothing wrong with the principle of cross-matching, and I wonder about the motives of those complaining.However betfair have no business taking the difference in cross matching. There is nothing technically challenging about offering people the trueMon, 28 Aug 2017 09:47:46 -0500