New Posts For Thread: Premium Charge Questionhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23960842/premium-charge-questionIf I just back horses to win, and hypothetically make 25POT% per week long term average. Will I be eventually be charged the Premium Charge?A betfair lady on the phone said it won't apply to me but I am not sure if she is telling furphy's just to getNo worries for me then maybe the extra collected will go to the punters who are losers. Good idea wonder Betfair have not thought of it before.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23960842/premium-charge-question?post_id=432078549#432078549No worries for me then maybe the extra collected will go to the punters who are losers. Good idea wonder Betfair have not thought of it before.Thu, 06 May 2010 06:18:07 -0500Hawkeye, you could easily get hit by the Premium Charge. It is easily possible to make more than 20% POT despite what Loper and a few other betfair apologists claim. I get hit by the Premium Charge most weeks (every week apart from 3 this year). Apprhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23960842/premium-charge-question?post_id=432072702#432072702Hawkeye, you could easily get hit by the Premium Charge. It is easily possible to make more than 20% POT despite what Loper and a few other betfair apologists claim. I get hit by the Premium Charge most weeks (every week apart from 3 this year). ApprTue, 04 May 2010 03:54:46 -0500Simple as you will pay the PC charge if you are achieving what you say in fact you should already but they won't warn you just take the funds on Wednesday I think! despite what others who don't qualify for PC say it will effect you I no longer bet whttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23960842/premium-charge-question?post_id=432072698#432072698Simple as you will pay the PC charge if you are achieving what you say in fact you should already but they won't warn you just take the funds on Wednesday I think! despite what others who don't qualify for PC say it will effect you I no longer bet wTue, 04 May 2010 03:20:43 -0500It is not possible to make 25%POT long term by backing horses.Hope this helps.It is also a myth that the more you win the more PC you pay.Most PC payers are not the big playing 2% comm payers, they are people who make a small profit on each market byhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23960842/premium-charge-question?post_id=432072694#432072694It is not possible to make 25%POT long term by backing horses.Hope this helps.It is also a myth that the more you win the more PC you pay.Most PC payers are not the big playing 2% comm payers, they are people who make a small profit on each market byTue, 04 May 2010 03:17:17 -0500An example - if you just back even money shots, to win, and have a strike rate approaching 60%, you will pay premium charge.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23960842/premium-charge-question?post_id=432072690#432072690An example - if you just back even money shots, to win, and have a strike rate approaching 60%, you will pay premium charge.Tue, 04 May 2010 03:07:41 -0500Matey it matters not how much you win, if you dont back losers as sure as night follows day or vice versa you will pay PC.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23960842/premium-charge-question?post_id=432072686#432072686Matey it matters not how much you win, if you dont back losers as sure as night follows day or vice versa you will pay PC.Tue, 04 May 2010 02:16:53 -0500You will need to be making a nice few thousand regularly to pay the PC so if you get to that stage I wouldn't think you would worry about it. If you are only placing win bets then that's highly unlikely to happen unless you are one of the 2% who makehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23960842/premium-charge-question?post_id=432072682#432072682You will need to be making a nice few thousand regularly to pay the PC so if you get to that stage I wouldn't think you would worry about it. If you are only placing win bets then that's highly unlikely to happen unless you are one of the 2% who makeMon, 03 May 2010 20:43:57 -0500If I just back horses to win, and hypothetically make 25POT% per week long term average. Will I be eventually be charged the Premium Charge?A betfair lady on the phone said it won't apply to me but I am not sure if she is telling furphy's just to gethttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/23960842/premium-charge-question?post_id=432072678#432072678If I just back horses to win, and hypothetically make 25POT% per week long term average. Will I be eventually be charged the Premium Charge?A betfair lady on the phone said it won't apply to me but I am not sure if she is telling furphy's just to getMon, 03 May 2010 20:24:45 -0500