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scrip after the commisson increase you would think the service would be better, all you get is a message on the service page saying sorry, not good enough.
iam lucky i can use betdaq for horse racing.

Is there a problem with the Bet Angel website?

Tis ok - got it now.

Web server went offline at our hosts for a short period.

any issues today with betfair...or betangel? betangel keeps freezing on me. its a bit scary. dont *think* its my ISP..

edit... all okay now.

Betfair playing up again I am afriad. What with that and the weather things haven't been easy of late.

I see there is a chat thing.. but any plans for a forum on the betangel site? think it would be useful.

Yes, one is in beta already. I've generally been negative on forums but I'm willing to give one a try.

After attending 2 betangel courses and buying the software.. been on bit of a roll.
Been doing it part time mainly trading the horses.. was close to having made enough profit to have covered the cost of the courses and the software..

Now its all changed. Profit slashed in half.

Gamblers often have beginners luck and Im wondering now if thats what I had.

I have of course made some mistakes..

top clangers for me:
- Betting to close to the off and having one side matched the other refused.
(investing in the racing channels subscription would have been cheaper)
- Closing out a bet that wasnt met on a Dutching attempt.. so costly!
(be interested to know best strategy for bets that are not taken when trying to match)

- Trying to recover "inplay" (I know this does work sometimes..its not at the moment!)
- Having ""Auto stake/auto update" ticked. having backs/lays at different prices...aaagh

"Gamblers"

You shouldn't be gambling or have that mindset. It has been difficult recently anyhow due to the weather so that may have forced you into a few mistakes. Glorious Goodwood is coming up next so things should settle again fairly soon.

The night the RWC starts and "service unavailable".

Bloody useless.

Very annoying.
I thought it was strange that the Glamogan v Kent Match Odds hadn't changed for a while !!!

Back Kent ... Glamorgan haven't won a match in living memory.

And this is a company thats considering floating!!

OK then, come on Argentina!
Although it mon't matter as much, cos there's no money on it :-(

Hi Peter,

Could you give any indication as to when your publisher will be releasing your book? as according to the Amazon site its due for release on 25th Oct, is this the case?

Thanks,

Ian

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:-(

again its time they got it sorted

back uo now,went to betdaq still the same in running waste of time

Anyone still trying to make money out of the betting exchanges?

With football matches coming thick and fast now on TV I have been trading / betting on a regular basis over the last few weeks. Becuase I follow a lot of football I must admit most of my positions are taken from a 'feel' for how a particular match is going once in play and try to find value without getting greedy. My favourite matches tend to be those where a short favourite falls behind in the early part of the match. A great recent example was Barca v Deportivo, a wonder goal by Deprotivo in the first few minutes turned Barca's odds from 1.2 to 2.1 as the match progressed, at which point I backed Barca, a few minutes later the equaliser duly arrived.

Another example was Swansea v Horsham, initially Swansea's odds were 1.19 but after going 2-1 down had moved out to 1.6. Swansea pulled themselves together and led 4-2 at half-time. In my view that particualr game was always going to have goals and I also backed overs 3.5, a done deal after the first three goals arrived in three minutes!

It's quite interesting to read the BF Soccer Forum; I am staggered at the amount of posters who take positions on matches without doing any research or waiting for a game to even start, pure gambling. If you back 2.5 overs before a match between two evenly matched teams, you may well be disappointed; why not wait until the match gets going and then take a position?

I must admit I came very close to coming a cropper on the Liverpool v Marseille match last night, by laying overs 3.5 after L'ppol had scored twice. I always thought that there would be more goals in the game, but waited far too long before laying my bet off and greening up. In fact I actually had it in my mind that shortly before and after half-time are dangerous periods for teams to score and I should have acted on that thought. Once Liverpool has scored their third, I had to wait for about 30mins before my bet was once more back in the money and able to trade out for a profit. Somewhat nerve racking. However had I laid for overs 2.5 before the match, the bet would never have been in the money and would have been a losing position. By backing under 3.5 I at least gave myself some room for manoeuvre.

SOmething else I have been victim to is very very late goals. The last ten minutes can be a dangerous time to remain in a trade, but sometimes also quite profitable. Beware of those last minute goals, Celtic v Shaktar caught me cold, the last kick of the match, literally.

Just a few thoughts.

As far as tonight's games are concerned I won't be taking any positions before kick off, but at first glance I think Arsenal will be too strong for Steaua, although it depends on what side Wenger puts out. The odds are poor to back Arsenal so won't bother unless Steaua can score first.

Rangers' odds look quite enticing 3.15 to back with Lyon favourites, quite surprising considering Rangers beat Lyon 3-0 in an earlier match.

The Roma v Man Utd game is a mere formality and a dangerous game to take a position. Neither side need to win, albeit Roma may seek some revenge for their 7-1 stuffing last year, I would think Fergie will give some of his squad players a run out.

I think the Rangers match will hold the most interest for me and will be looking to back if they look like having a good game.

pth