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curlywurly
14 Oct 12 16:10
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Are you absolutely insane.
You have 20 plus markets that never get a penny matched, but your handicaps (a major fkin part of NFL betting) are beyond belief.
Your handicaps for the 49ers/giants match are -3.5,-4.5,-5.5 and -6.5. This just makes no sense to anyone with half a brain.
The handicaps should be something like +4.5,-6.5 and -12.5. thus ensuring that anyone playing the handicaps will move to the most relevant one depending on the score.
Should the 49ers go 14-0 up all your handicaps are useless.
Even worse the poor liquidity in he hcaps anyway will be diluted even further by putting 4 hcaps right on top of each other.
This really should not have be said - it's absolute basics
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Report inner city sumo October 14, 2012 4:48 PM BST
Laugh
Report HowieTheRookie. October 14, 2012 4:52 PM BST
Hear Hear.

We've been complaining about this since the start of the season. Can someone from Betfair please reply to this thread with an explanation.
The NFL market situation is plain balmy, a myriad of crazy markets.  (eg. The Odds or Evens points market is just utterly stupid). Surely to entice new and existing customers the market list needs simplifying.
Report Nilsson Schmilsson October 14, 2012 5:11 PM BST
it is basic stuff

but betfair dont do basic anymore, just bullshit
Report jjjjj October 14, 2012 5:49 PM BST
had a bet in the -5.5points market, when 49ers destroyed the jets 2 weeks ago. my win was voided, because the guy who put up that market had "kansas city" instead of "ny jets" written in the market. big title of the market had everything right and everyone betting in this market was of course aware, which teams were playing - still, they voided according to their rules.

i totally agree with the OP, that HC-markets -5.5, -6.5, -7.5 are silly. reduce the markets, so that those markets have good liquidity and include some INDEX BETTING MARKETS! at least there should be the basic market for the number of points one team will beat the other by.
Report Off the toe October 14, 2012 10:37 PM BST
Can see why they have 2.5 and 3.5 or 6.5 and 7.5 as it allows you to play either side of the FG and TD juice...but having 4 marks so close is daft...
Report jjjjj October 18, 2012 8:03 AM BST
check the sanfran-seattle markets!
3 reasonable handicap markets, 3 reasonable total points markets!
Report jjjjj October 18, 2012 8:05 AM BST
lol, just discovered, 1 handicap market is +7 (not +7.5).
Report db1974 October 18, 2012 1:15 PM BST
Someone in Betfair towers is in for a rollicking if the 49ers win by 7 tonight
Report HowieTheRookie. October 18, 2012 6:23 PM BST
Anyone fancy the game to finish with an odd number of points? it's 1-99 on Betfair but I'll lay at 1-3 if anyone wants someGrin
Report jjjjj October 18, 2012 6:46 PM BST
gotta take that offer howie Laugh
Report curlywurly October 18, 2012 7:27 PM BST
sorry but all my money is tied up in the 3rd Quarter Point Spread
Report HowieTheRookie. October 18, 2012 9:59 PM BST
Laugh
Report sideshowbob October 18, 2012 11:43 PM BST
£66 matched on the odd/even points so far. and you people say its not worth having. shame on you.
Report cpfc4me October 19, 2012 12:23 AM BST
Someone in Betfair towers is in for a rollicking if the 49ers win by 7 tonight

Strangely, the baseball today (Yankees @ Tigers) had the Under / Over at 7 - i.e. not their usual 0.5 tie-buster
Report leftitbehind October 19, 2012 3:04 AM BST
I wish I'd have made this post.

I like having a few lines when a key number is involved and I don't mind the whole numbers.

It's when the line is 5 and they have 3.5, 4.5 and 5.5 that they are just splitting liquidity.

£133 matched on odd or even now.

They seem to have given up on having "Will overtime be played?" and "will the game be tied?" but maybe I missed it.

Personally I don't think you have to be a massive expert to have a line by Wednesday or Thursday that will still be relevant by Sunday.

Maybe if nobody in market ops knows anything about the sport they could employ someone who does (when they are allowed to start employing people again).
Report colonelll October 19, 2012 3:08 AM BST

Oct 18, 2012 -- 8:05AM, jjjjj wrote:


lol, just discovered, 1 handicap market is +7 (not +7.5).


cant understand it as well there is +7.5 as well

Report HARRY22 October 19, 2012 3:59 AM BST
Shocked
Report HowieTheRookie. October 19, 2012 4:29 AM BST
Well done ODD backers, never in doubt even with/without the safety
Report curlywurly October 21, 2012 2:24 PM BST
Finally - we seem to be getting somewhere
Report HowieTheRookie. October 21, 2012 6:48 PM BST
A small victory, well done CW
Report cpfc4me October 21, 2012 8:09 PM BST
Jacksonville +6.5 @ Oakland - two identical markets!
Report LcfcUCIAN October 21, 2012 9:25 PM BST
can they hurry up and settle the multiple bets!!
Report Nilsson Schmilsson October 21, 2012 10:33 PM BST
NEED TO GET RID OF THE STUPID 1/4 MARKETS NOW
Report Lix October 21, 2012 11:05 PM BST
whats happened to the Anytime Touchdown scorer markets too?  I used to like losing money on those.Sad
Report sideshowbob October 22, 2012 1:12 AM BST
what happened to the yards over under thingies? not noticed if theyve been there before this season, but theres none on tonights game.
Report Nilsson Schmilsson October 22, 2012 1:54 AM BST
they've gone too this year, the whole things been a shambles

no need for anything more than , moneyline, 3 totals, 3 h/caps, and 1 of each of these for each half
Report HowieTheRookie. October 25, 2012 7:35 PM BST
43 different markets for tonights game Laugh
Report Lix October 25, 2012 10:02 PM BST
about 30 of which will see about a fivers worth of business.. CryCrazy
Report leftitbehind October 28, 2012 1:20 AM BST
Was thinking about having an undr/over bet on the Eagles/Falcons game.

Sadly there is only a market on 41.5, 42.5, 43.5, 45.5, 46.5 and 47.5 to choose from.

I'd been hoping to play under 44.

Never mind.

On a second topic, thanks for listening to your customers Betfair. In a lot of big monopoly businesses you see the dominant company becoming complacent and ignoring their customers.
Report jjjjj October 28, 2012 8:24 AM GMT
Laugh
Report jjjjj October 28, 2012 8:31 AM GMT
what are they thinking putting up markets for o/u 41.5, 42.5, 43.5, 45.5, 46.5 and 47.5?!?
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