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19 Jan 11
20:03
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I had several unmatched bets in the US golf win market which was inplay at the time of the outage. Can someone from Betfair please explain how I had roughly 5 k worth of bets matched during the outage ? I haven't had time to check all of them , but they were matched as many small bets and at several different times.
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Sounds like a big mistake by BF ?
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the bots were still playing?
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betfair's own bots playing when site offline?
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Maybe the outage was only in the UK ?
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I had a bet matched after the outage in the Iraq vs North Korea game. Seems very suspicious to me.
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What are you suggesting?
That Betfair randomly shut the site down and let a few chosen ones eat up all the stuck bets  I'd imagine the answer is that some countries were not affected or as the other thread shows, some people using the API could still place bets after the main site was down. |
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the site was accessible for a time through the iphone app apparently.
"wanna hoover up other people's money when there's nothing they can do about it? there's an app for that!" |
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Just love those iphones, don't we all.
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Rocket, don't you think Betfair should suspend all inplay markets if only a few of their customers can access those markets ?
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Don't they see they did that on their service announcement ?
Obviously not, it appears. |
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Did it work in your favour Eddie?
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Yeah I do but there's a lot Betfair should do that they don't, IMO.
I always wonder what happens to the market makers in this situation. I might email Betting Promotion and ask what their contingency plan consists of |
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They didn't suspend during the outage, I've the bets in front of me to prove it... [:(]
And I'm not talking a few minutes in either. |
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So what are they saying they did on their service announcement ?
Just a pack of fibs ? |
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jimmy, that's to early to say. I had lays taken on probably taken on 10 15 players and it is only the first day of a five day tournament.
Will know on Sunday evening. |
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FROG HAIR, I don't know about the other markets they mention in their announcement, but the golf market were certainly not suspended. I have had several bets matched on several different times during the outage.
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im in chile and it was down here
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I thought you were in Argentina ?
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its a 1 hour flight?
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On the run again Mansini ?
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It's pretty cold too here mate
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friend in santiago gave me her sweet apartment for a month while shes on vacation
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Will you be courtsiding in a couple of week's time?
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So what are they saying they did on their service announcement ?
Just a pack of fibs ? -- What they say, does NOT match reality, and that's a simple FACT. Make of that what you will. |
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jimmmy.. i know nothing about tennis but i wouldnt mind trying, theres a tournment here soon? Also chile has awesome mobile internet, those little mp3 player type things you just plug in, its faster than ones ive used even in europe
so courtsiding could work well here |
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What I make of that is that somebody must be telling porkies.
Can't both be in the right, that's for sure. |
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Yeah the Movistar Open starts on 31st Jan...get down there!
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Movistar can probably provide you with the tools
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movistar is my mobile internet company here !! must be a sign
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do you need to sit there looking a tool with a laptop open? or can you use like a blackberry
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Mansini
Do you need any help in understanding how the game of tennis works ? |
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i think i can handle it
but the only players i know are federer and hewitt |
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You will most certainly get ejected if you have a laptop...be a bit more subtle
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Those are the players...get doing your homework now
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Eddie,
When the site went down, Betfair Lite was stil working for a number of minutes, that's probably why. |
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No it's not. I had bets matched during the whole outage.
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Nope Investor, I've bets matched well over an hour in.
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yes, people said at various points during the outage that betfair lite, betfair rapid, iphone were all working intermitantly.
Bets were definately taken, lots of strange looking price graphs and strange prices being taken to. |