Fair enough. I guess it's all ok then.steven1976 wrote:Someone posted somewhere that it is illegal within australia to bet on inplay events I think.
I'll just leave my ethics at the door and smash up my moral compass.
Fair enough. I guess it's all ok then.steven1976 wrote:Someone posted somewhere that it is illegal within australia to bet on inplay events I think.
As posted on the other thread.I think it needs to be made clear that this doesn't just happen in Tennis and Horse Racing. It happens in every sport that is offered in play on Betfair. Cricket, Football, you name it.
The point is, is that if you didn't have courtsiders, you would still have people fighting over technology and feeds to get the information first so that they can profit from those people who even despite seeing the point is over decide to leave their bet or forget to cancel. There will always be people leaving bad value bets in the market and therefore someone will always be able to take that bet. If they aren't allowed to do this courtside, there will just be another arms race, just not courtside. Again one person will pay the money and be first to match these bets. Are they cheating, no. They are just profiting from other peoples mistakes, in the same way that anyone who is making money on Betfair is doing.
but that's my point, it happens anyway and delays only offer limited protection and therefore cannot be relied upon.garfield wrote:By all means, do away with the time delay and suspensions I am sure within days you will be talking fondly of the good old delay and suspension days when you were not being taken to the cleaners and liquidity was much better because people were not worried about having their bets hoovered up by pitch/court/track side players