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jjjjj
06 Nov 12 14:41
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as i was missing "booking index", "corner index" and "total goals index" on the new site, while those markets are available on the old site, i have written an email. answer:

"Dear *****,

I'm afraid the ""New"" site wont be offering this type of market, I'm not aware of the specific reason however I'm told the site will not be able to support them.

Kind regards
*****


i love spreadbetting and hate this new site. Cry

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By:
Ghetto Joe
When: 07 Nov 12 13:10
Probably done you a favour, the range markets on here were useless, rarely any money on them and no ability to trade out in running made them pointless.
By:
jjjjj
When: 07 Nov 12 13:19
here on betfair im probably the biggest liquidityprovider for those markets. inplay i will not bother to post any bets, as noone will bet with me. Laugh
where are you spreadbetting joe? i have one account with sporting1ndex, but would like to have more alternatives.
By:
JLivermore
When: 07 Nov 12 13:26
That's crap for you then, if you've lost a venue you like.  They're really small volume markets for betfair though. 

I used to work at IG Index (ages ago) and was going to recommend them, but I just realised (a year after the fact) they had shut down the sports business because it didn't make any money.
By:
jjjjj
When: 07 Nov 12 13:41
So you are not spreadbetting yourself Livermore? I think its so much more fun to have a rangebet when watching sports, than a normal bet.
By:
JLivermore
When: 07 Nov 12 13:59
I only ever put a range bet on here (never a spread bet with a company), and that was also a very long time ago.    I can see the appeal of them, but I tend to go for more liquid markets.

I wonder if they appealed a lot to city types (who like to buy/sell), and since the city has been shrinking the spread betting market has too.
By:
jjjjj
When: 07 Nov 12 14:37
a lot of my friends tell me they wont understand how it works. they are to lazy to have a look imo. its hardly rocket science.
By:
Ghetto Joe
When: 07 Nov 12 18:57
Not many sports spreadbetting firms around these days, city index went to sportingindex,  cantor and IGsports gave up on sports, hills and corals tried their hand and failed. Only other ones I can think of are maybe try out www.sportsspread.com/ and www.spreadex.com.
By:
berti
When: 08 Nov 12 21:05
I posted a while back on the football forum about this situation and did not get a single reply, I really like spreadbetting and will be very disappointed if these markets disappear.
By:
jjjjj
When: 09 Nov 12 12:15
well its very sad, but i will move my spreadbetting to another place then. As soon as the old site will be dismissed, there will be no spreadbettingmarket anymore.
By:
hologon
When: 09 Nov 12 18:20
Agree  it will be missed when is the old  site closing?
By:
kenilworth
When: 09 Nov 12 19:33
Sporting Index aren't closing down.
By:
berti
When: 09 Nov 12 19:41
Why can't these markets be accomodated on the new site or simply leave the old site as it is ?
By:
jjjjj
When: 09 Nov 12 19:51
hologon: old site will close they wrote in an email. they dont have a date for that obviously yet.
berti: they wrote me an email, that the new site cant handle spreadbettingmarkets. imo they created a site for mugs and spreadbetting is obviously to hard to understand for mugs. they are happy with "cash out"-function, multiples and casino. all things a person with half a brain would never use.

its too bad, but betfair thinks they will make more money with that. obviously the exchange isnt too profitable anymore.
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hologon
When: 09 Nov 12 20:12
thanks for that info
By:
FINE AS FROG HAIR
When: 09 Nov 12 20:48
I honestly never knew that there ever was any spread betting on BF.
Shows how well I know the site.
Was there ever any substantial volume in it on here ?
By:
jjjjj
When: 09 Nov 12 21:07
i do booking index and total goals index. those markets are available for matches, which are shown on british tv.
liquidity has decreased massively this year. main problem will be, that its nowhere advertised and nowhere explained. i have no idea, why betfair did never get deeper involved with spreadbetting. if there was one rangemarket for every betting event, people would have understand it and started to bet a lot on those markets imo.
By:
TheInvestor2
When: 10 Nov 12 13:49
FINE AS FROG HAIR 09 Nov 12 20:48 Joined: 12 Mar 07 | Topic/replies: 5,276 | Blogger: FINE AS FROG HAIR's blog
I honestly never knew that there ever was any spread betting on BF.
Shows how well I know the site.
Was there ever any substantial volume in it on here ?


No, I only ever bothered with it during the world cup.
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