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Convince me about Betfair

mike65 · 2008-01-14 15:05:26

Go on! I decided to have a proper look this morning and play the demo. On the face it the ability to lay during an event means one would be mad to use anything else. Is this fair and is there any area of practical use where it falls down? Mike.

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#32 15-01-2008 6:51pm

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mike65 wrote: »

Trading as in "teh markets" ISEQ/NASDAQ/FTSE etc? or something else?

Mike.

Nope. Trading as in backing and then laying. Can be done on any markets, I normally don't trade on Horses but Soccer and Golf are normally good markets for trades. You should try and get into stats aswell, for example, a half time/Full time bet on Manu on Draw/Manu win returns quite a substantial number of hits.

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#33 15-01-2008 6:55pm

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#34 15-01-2008 7:33pm

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mike65 wrote: »

Unless I'm missing something its hopeless for accumulators with PP you can mix and match many events and results within that event ie win/draw/win, handicaps, first goalscorer etc.

Mike

But you really don't want to be doing accumulators anyway! They are the bookies favourite bets for a reason.

Even if you insist doing them the bookies will always be still there (price around, please don't just stay with PP).

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#35 15-01-2008 10:27pm

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Hi Mike, I wrote a fairly comprehensive thread about betfair:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054910815 Have a look at the first post as it contains an index of topics.

I also wrote a basic trading guide for letsbet:

http://www.letsbet.ie/articles/betting_guides/introduction_to_trading

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#36 15-01-2008 10:57pm

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Paddy Irishman wrote: »

Have any of you placed a bet on the Australian tennis with Betfair? Did you have to send off any documentation to London before you did? What's the story with these KYC (know your customer) checks from an Irish customers point of view anyway?

You can transfer money to your Australian wallet and place bets right away but you won't be able to withdraw it without doing the KYC.

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#37 15-01-2008 11:04pm

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Redknapp, Betfair... hehehe.

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