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Seems OK to me. Are you on broadband?

scrip yes broadband.

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Anyone following the OZ open 05 Tennis. Found this site loads of info/stats/results >>
http://www.australianopen.com Hope to lay Miss S.Williams later;! @ 1.04

thanks doc, I have sorted it on my PC where it seems to be related to the proxy I use. Not sure why I am getting the sma eissue on the mac as I dont use a proxy there. Still PC is enough.

"Hope to lay Miss S.Williams later"

Careful your wife does not hear you say that.

LOL; I had an early night, gave her the night off!!

Anyone on Sheffield/Port Vale game? I had a result, layed the draw @ 4.0 15 seconds before Sheffield scored, then backed the draw @ 32.0 to green up 2 mins from the bell :o) Also up on the dogs/ftse/dow. Getting to grips with Betfair trading (sorry betting)!

Fitting a new front door for an old dear tomorrow, so have a break from the screens.
Have a good weekend all bfn....

I was on the match as well. Did just fine out of it. Quite a nice match actually Sheff Wed dominated in terms of actually play (More about that during the course). Some good matches tomorrow. I am testing a new mobile betting solution and will be out and about so will put it to use tommorow. Lets hope it doesn't crash!!

Just back from a few days in the snow in my ancestral home, northern Scotland. Hope I haven't missed too much.

Would be very interested in the mobile solution you are looking at Scrip. In the summer I spend a lot of time in the Lakes so sounds as though I could have the best of both worlds.

It worked well today. Actually there are two in place. I may uprade to 3G so I can get streaming commentary as well!!

Was an excellent day. I might take next week off!!

When you work for yourself Scrip, you don't get paid if you don't work. I bet you wouldn't be able to resist!!

Of course you are right, it ain't going to happen is it!! Proof in the pudding is the fact that I was on the Real Madrid vs Mallorca match this evening. I think there will be some good matches up this week. Watford vs Liverpool and Man U and Chelsea will be too good to resist. Plus all the other sports as well of course. I shall continue to make hay while the sun shines.

There was some really good money to be had with CBB this evening - Bez was 13.5 in a 2 horse race even after it became public knowledge that the final votes were at worst a 40/60 split against him.
That's what I call cracking value!

"Bez was 13.5 in a 2 horse race, that the final votes were at worst a 40/60 split against him"

Wow, You gotta be kidding. That is value. Maybe should have cast an eye over that. I'm always a little sceptical though that they say its close in order to generate more call volume and therefore revenue.

BTW, Some bookies stopped taking bets on CBB the other day due to "irregular" betting patterns.

Another good day for me backed Arsnal @ 1.54 and Real Madrid Layed Any unquoted @ 4.7, was releaved Real stopped at 3! A cracking 4 days pot up 787%! must bank some profit before I give it back. Got the door fitted also, back to work tomorrow for a rest!!
Cheers Mike...

For some reason,I lost my nerve a bit tonight so didn't get on the Real game. Must have been those few days away from the screen. She can whistle next time she wants a short break me thinks.

Scrip,

I had some of that 13.5! I know what you are saying about the hype and would normally see it as an opportunity to take a contrary position at better value.
However, in this case, they simply announced the fact that the 3rd placed celeb was being evicted with 28% of the total vote - you then didn't need to be a mathematical genius to work out that 13.5 was tremendous value and could be taken in a very leisurely way for the next 20 minutes!

Pin

OK in the sure and certain knowledge that this is a silly questions and will show how little I know about betting !

In the betfair daily up or down bet shouldnt the odd for Laying below 4803.3 (today) be the same as Backing 4803.3 and above?

Spaceman, in theory it should be the same odds, although expressed differently, since the odds always tell you what the backer, i.e. the counterparty to the layer, would get, not the layer. See post 582 above. The side with the odds below 2 is nearly always more liquid and with better odds though.

I see that a number of other financial bets have appeared today, all Daily bets:

Equities: BP, GSK, HSBC, Tesco, VOD
Currencies: Eur/$
Index: DAX
Nasdaq equities: Ebay, Google, Microsoft, Ryanair, Yahoo


zero liquidity still though