"Betfair turns to gamification to increase customer value"

do BetFAIR take 60% of your virtual goods and reward of cashh?

is it for ages 5-6 or can anybody play?

Betfair once again showing their determination to turn the site into a stupid plaything for idiots.  Problem is most people here are serious enough about their betting to have sought out better prices and learned a new way of gambling, and so probably aren't as stupid as Betfair assume they are.  Treating people like idiots doesn't necessarily make them so.

Interesting

Betfair hopes to drive users to areas of the site that increase customer value such as the help and learning section and forums and editorial content, which tend to result in visitors placing higher value deposits and completing their registration, according to Betfair’s recent user testing data.

I always felt that those who use forums bet more than those that don't. Before i used the forums i would rarely bet on tennis / snooker / greyhounds but the forums tend to make me bet more if bored.
So in reality the reason for forum is to create a community of sheep following sheep and betfair making money. Thats why so many free money threads are tolerated and there is limited moderation

am i right?

The mistake bf are making here is in thinking they can cross-sell to gamblers b/c cross-selling is a strategy in other sectors and was promised by the board to City investors.

Instead it is likely that the marketing strategy will only alienate their serious users, who understand that to be profitable you have to specialise in certain sports (and maybe only one).

Rather than silly badge-type schemes, they need to attract the recreational punter, which imv they can only do by guaranteeing market-efficient prices and best prices at the off.

"Virtual goods" - what the feck use are they?

Rotating bow ties and squirting flowers signed by the betfair think tank?