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Was one of the best cards for me for the day. Bit of a mare really isn't it. Personally I think they should void any crash affected races.

Never realised before how far behind ladcrooks radio commentary was - having left it on when i left the room and came back i noticed how behind ATR it was - are all the radio commentaries the same

Scrip

I agree with you but ultimately that is a pro trader view and against the pure punter. What about the poor guy whos had a lumpy bet on the winner but doesnt get paid because the site crashed just before the race. And where do you draw the line - what if the site crashes 2f from home - do you still void all

(just playing devils advocate)

They won't settle the card now, so I am stuffed. My balance has shrunk while the decide what to do! Not that I would want to trade for the moment anyhow. Will have to wait and see.

I did get a hint of the crash about a minute before it happened. I have been testing again this afternoon and it threw a wobbler for a few seconds. So maybe I should have bothered after seeing that.

william hill racing is approx 40 sec behind tote radio is sometimes a full min behind

Fundy, I know what you are saying. If Gangsters R us would have won, I wouldn't have complained. But I think they need to have a hard and fast rule. I am limbo at the moment.

its back at last

I've been looking at the matched bets and time and depending on their ruling on this I could still get a massive spanking. Some money was match a split second before the race got underway so depending on how they interpret the data it could be anywhere.

Scrip

ive been hit a couple of times before with this, once losing what id made in the whole week, however i dont see anything changing so have come to accept it as an "occupational hazard" albeit a frustrating and expensive one at times.

Because people trade differently (ie some wait to lay off in running) it is very hard for them to draw the line but the rule does need to be clearer.

Also, do they need different rules for different sports - where do you draw the line for example if the site crashes during a 5 day test match?


Funny thing with that race was just before it crashed someone put up 3.95 on the fav (it had been 3.5/3.55) and i would have taken it if i wasnt worried about the site

Betfair Customer Services 30 Nov 13:54


We started experiencing internal database issues at 1.26pm and, when it became apparent that this was beginning to affect user experience, we immediately splashed the site at 1.31pm. We are currently investigating the cause of the problem and will update you as and when details become available, but the site was brought back up at 1.41pm. Please accept our sincere apologies for this downtime.

Affected Markets:

Horse Racing

13:20 Wolves - Suspended Not in play

13:30 Catterick - Suspended Not in play

13:40 Plumpton - Suspended-cancel unmatched bets. Offered in play as per normal.

13:40 Greyville - Suspended-cancel unmatched bets. Not offered in play.



Financials:

FTSE Intraday 1pm 2pm

Daily FTSE U/D

Daily FTSE Spread

Daily Pts Movement

DAX Daily U/D

EURO/DOLLAR U/D

Greek ASE Daily U/D

FTASE Daily U/D


Greyhounds:

Hall Green:
13:33 (Off: 13:34:02)

Brough Park:
13:27 (off: 13:28:08) We voided bets from 13:28:08

13:44


Bowls:

Scottish International Open

Gourlay v Skelton

Back from lunch and I see that the outage at betfair has created mayhem.

Scrip and others....Really sorry that you have suffered from the fallout.

Ended in profit for the day. If it wasn't for the outage I would have had a clean sweep for the day. Such is life. Actually quite happy in the end.

Scrip

good to hear, your braver than me - i closed the site down for the afternoon - saving my ammo for a very interesting nights cricket

the draw is currently 2.28, by the end of tomorrows play it could be 1.4 if Pakistan bat on nearly all day and get a big lead, it could be 50+ if England bowl Pakn out before lunch and then lose wickets in their second innings - likely to be they day where the future of the match pans out greatly

Thanks for cricket update.

Just need to add that Inza is OK to resume his innings as he only suffered bruising.

Should be an interesting 3rd day.

Evening all, anybody been following the Portsmouth managers market? For me it's been a fabulous trading market. Have been working it since yesterday and showing a very healthy profit!

Beat me to it Aristo.

For Bet Angel users - Market 4100713

Nexts Portsmouth manager. Volume has suddently taken off and flying around all over the place. Redknapp matched at 1.01.

Some news is leaking out I think?

I had a nibble at 3.45 for a laugh.

Wish I'd laid of at 1.01!

Hello Scrip
Been on this for about 12 hours today, between outages! I'm not sure that there is news out as HR in my view would be a lot shorter. There was some confusion earlier when they suspended the market to reshuffle the pack thats when the 1.01 came in. But hey ho I'll keep playing as long as this volatility keeps going

best priced matched for hr was 60 at small stake who was the lucky sod!