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May 29, 2026 -- 11:29AM, TameTheTiger wrote:
thats called spooking the market angela, see it regularly
Surely it's against the rules to have fake prices up.
May 29, 2026 -- 11:41AM, TameTheTiger wrote:
if a horse is trading at say 5.0/5.1 its not against the rules to put a back bet in for 5k at 5.3, spooking the market and forcing the price down, but with no intention of letting any of the 5k to be matched. Or even a big lay at 4.8 to force the price up
I wasn't describing this
In my scenario there's over £1k sitting at 5.0 but the split second you back at this price nothing is matched and it shoots in to 4.6
This has happened plenty of times sadly

