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Wish I'd layed Henman now. Having been a break up, he's lost his serve and is serving to stay in the 1st set.

Won the 1st but now a break down in the second - can see those wimbledon odds drifting already lol

1-1 now

Thought i was being clever watching the big bro nominations - it was clear derek and sam were getting the most votes so i piled into both and laid lesley the hot favourite - ah the joys of the big brother twist - because one of the housemates had discussed the nominations they were voided and all housemates were put up for eviction.

Now got a nasty red position to unravel on lesley to be evicted friday night

Fundy, Me too. I've backed Sam as a cert this week. :-(

Still can't understand why Lesley should be the favourite though.

Managed to unravel most of my position now.

Small red on Lesley, large Green on Derek

Lesley now odds on to leave (1.84) - cant believe this wont drift at some point between now and friday - will look to lay the rest of the red off if the price goes above 2.5

kajman , its not wot the bb inmates think its wot the public vote for.

I think Sam may see a few of the favourites off in a head to head.

Lesley is a right cow, let's face it...

F - at least this market moves around. Now layed Sam (I wish!) for a small loss overall.

But then backed again at 4.1 (small) because it seems over-generous.

I want to lay Sam too :-)

Scrip , don't know if anyone else has mentioned it but while my daughter was using the PC yesterday while I was logged on she asked why I had "odd sex tractor .com" as a favourite in IE.

For anyone else stupid enough to be trading the BB markets there is a forum on the channel 4 website which gives a view of sentiment on characters - reading the posts on there the view is that lesley will go this week because it may be a while till she is nominated again whilst sam will almost definitely be nominated again next week

http://community.channel4.com/eve/ubb.x/a/frm/f/8216069011

http://www.channel4.com/bigbrother/

Back to the horses from now on for me!!!!

Betfair main page is taking an age to load this afternoon. Almost as annoying as the kids that seem to think its fun to pester dad today!!

Anyhow Bet Angel seems to be plugged into the API just fine and working without fault. Anybody else experiancing the same issues?

Scrip

having no probs here - if anything it is running quicker than ever

No problems here either

Nor here.

Question about Bet Angel: are bets placed via this and similar programs still subject to the 5 second delay in running?

Pip

yes they are because the delay is implemented at betfairs end so it doesnt matter what system you place the bet through, betfair it self still applies the delay in running.

Why do you say 5 secs - its not that big a time delay on the horses (though is on the footie i think)

5 secs footy, 2 secs horses, applies to in-running only.

Thanks Fundy. Tennis and cricket are definitely 5 (just checked), but horses seem to be about 2 seconds.

Thanks Scrip also.