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Well you can't do that now because we don't have any left!

What is going on with Man U!

Tempted to lay the draw in the Liverpool match

Bugger, offside!

1.11 available on Blackburn

Sorry bak.

Will lay west ham at low odds with some profits.

Nope!

Scalped out a useful profit on the Blackburn match now at 1.05

Well, Arsenal did score! Not aht it did them much good :-)

1.20 favourtie losses the first race of the day.

Scrip

A lot of burnt fingers on that race!

I was watching the odds and the fav started at 1.17. The next fav which eventually won drifted out from 12s to 32s!!

sorry to go of topic can someone look at this answer from betfair and see if you would be happy with the answer.
You staked 100 at odds of 3. The event was a 'dead heat' and,
therefore, the stake is halved. 50 of your stake is a winning bet and
settled at the odds of 3. Therefore, your winnings on this part of
your stake are 100. However, your losing stake (1) is then deducted
to determine your return. Thus, your total profit/loss on the bet is
50. This amount has been credited/debited to your 'Account Balance'.
my grip is they halved the stake then deducted it again.

Scripophilist - 01 Feb 2006 21:33 - 8473 of 8493

Souness to be sacked tomorrow?

Scripophilist - 01 Feb 2006 21:40 - 8474 of 8493

Available at 1.40 on the premiership sack race market.

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I hate to make money on somebody elses misfortune.

I always use an old-fashioned way!

Halve the SP and deduct a half - to your stake.

ie. 1.5 less 0.5 = 1, which means, by my way of thinking that you win 100.

They seem to be wrong and it's well worth pursuing. Let's know how you get on.

Woodie, I have always been confused by the dead heat calculations but my understanding is they half your profit on the horse, I think...

Woodie

treat it as 2 separate bets of 50

1 wins at 3.0, the other loses

Bet 1 has a profit of 100
Bet 2 has a loss of 50

Net result is a profit of 50

This is copied from Betfair's own rules and actually supports what they have done.
I think it's a swiz but I'll have a look at a conventional bookie's rules and post again.

"What happens if there is a dead heat?
A dead heat is calculated by dividing the stake proportionally between the number of winners in the event. So, in a two-way dead heat (2 winners) for example, your return will be half of what it could have been. This can be referred to as half-face value of the bet, or a bet for half the original stake.

For example:

Initial bet = 30 @ 11 (1 expected winner - 2 dead heat for first)

Half-face value of ticket: 30 @ 11 divided by 2 = 165

or

Half-stake: 15 @ 11 winning bet = 165

The profit of the bet equals the total return minus total stake: 165 - 30.00 = 135"

Fundy - OK, but surely he gets his 50 stake back on the winning bit !!!

schiff thats my grip they have reduced it twice 1/2 the stake then again at the end, i phoned them but wont admit there wrong. they have credited money in my account of 50 pound which is half of the originel stake no winnings.lets hope this does not happen to often