Chievo - Catania

[Iron]

Indeed.

And they are playing into the hands of the people (mainly bookies, it seems!), who argue that betting exchanges encourage corruption!

Jeff

I am hearing that betfair paid it and made a substantial ammount of money over this match. what a disgrace.

[rascal01]

Good aftternoon
I have seen much more lame penalties given than that, if the players were in on it why didnt the defender take his legs away - it almost looked like he ran behind him to get goal side? he would have only got a yellow for a blatant penalty.
As for one posters comments re the game was one sided til the goal went in, then the other team had all the chances - crazy eh!....thats football. Games go with momentum, how many times have you seen a team go 1-0 up then sit back trying to defend it?
If someone is involved it must be ref / officials only, which has been the case in numerous continental games.
Have BF commented officially on this?
Why is there no industry pressure?
Whats the Italian FA doing about this game?

[enzabella2009]

BF cashed lots of money. No statements by BF and most likely they won`t reply your e-mail if you ask them a comment about this matter. The Italian FA lauched an investigations and sent an inspector to watch the game but it will take months of years for a final statement. 2nite in about 6 hours and 20 minutes we will probaly witness an other settled 1-1 VICENZA vs CROTONE. The Italian FA already managed to pass the informations to major bookmakers which have already taking off the match from their book. BETFAIR again did not act whatsofever on suspending the game from their book. BETFAIR is looking to make 250K over this 1. They will ignore all comments or complains.

[andyfuller]

BETFAIR is looking to make 250K over this 1.

Where do you get this figure from?

Unless you have insider knowledge it is impossible to know how much Betfair make from any event as you have no way of knowing what individuals win on the market.

It is possible (of course it will not happen) for any amount of money you name to be traded on an event and Betfair to make nothing from the event.

[enzabella2009]

There will be one big fat winner. Have you followed chievo vs catania? do you know that there was one big fat winner? that big fat winner is involved in vicenza vs crotone 2nite game and betfair did not suspended his/her account. premium charges make betfair to close their eyes, ears and mouth..but they can`t hold or hide all the informations.

[andyfuller]

I did follow it but you can not possibly know for certain what you state unless you have insider Betfair knowledge. I am sure there were bigger winners but we can not know unless we have access to peoples accounts. Likewise we can not know what Betfair make in terms of commission from markets without access to peoples accounts.

For all we know whoever was laying the 1-1 could also have been the person backing it, though I would doubt it was.

But if people are backing unusual amounts on results you have to remember that someone else is willing to lay these amounts and they are significant amounts. I wouldn't have been laying these amounts given the 'smell' around this match but it seems others were happy to lay the amounts.

[enzabella2009]

that is how much betfair silence worth... .
I can bet you whatever you like that you won`t find a bookmaker in the world that will take on a bet of 1-1 for 2nite game Vicenza vs Crotone. if they did, it will be voided soon after. in the statistics department where i work you do have some aknowldge how much they could be making ...obviuosly we can`t be always right. last sunday we made a big mistake about the draw ( chievo vs catania). according to our maths ( statistically speaking)the draw should have been on 2.92 and on betfair 2.98, insted it was on 1.9

[andyfuller]

I can bet you whatever you like that you won`t find a bookmaker in the world that will take on a bet of 1-1 for 2nite game Vicenza vs Crotone.

I'll have as much as I can on that bet please - as Betfair love to keep reminding us, they are a bookmaker and I am sure they won't be voiding the market, it's all about the £££££ for them!

Will be interesting to see tonight's result!

What price should the draw and 1-1 be?

[Iron]

The draw is at 1.65! Has anyone ever seen a draw at such a low price?

Jeff

[Iron]

Even more bizarrely, the price of a 0-0 draw is 8.0, whereas you can back a 1-1 draw at 2.54!

So it would appear that the market thinks that there is a greater than evens chance that there will be a draw, but it's highly unlikely that this will be the result of no goals being scored! Bizarre!

Jeff

The draw is at 1.65! Has anyone ever seen a draw at such a low price?

Jeff

[enzabella2009]

Betfair will take on your bet..But i did not mean betfair .......the 1-1 odds should be on 7.8 insted is on already 2.54. the draw on 3.05 insted is on 1.66.

[Iron]

If the match ends 1-1 and a layer loses lots of money, I hope they sue Betfair for neglecting their duty of care.

Jeff

Betfair will take on your bet..But i did not mean betfair .......the 1-1 odds should be on 7.8 insted is on already 2.54. the draw on 3.05 insted is on 1.66.

[rascal01]

maybe this is what moved it....
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/columnist ... -22125157/

[Iron]

A typically incisive article from the Mirror...

I can understand people thinking that a draw is highly likely in a match where you've got two teams who are both highly unlikely to score. But in this case, 0-0 is priced at about 8.0!

Jeff

maybe this is what moved it....
http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/columnist ... -22125157/

[Iron]

I emailed Betfair about the market, and this was their reply:

Please be advised that our integrity team are currently monitoring this situation, thank you for your email.

Jeff