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All against the BetFair premium charges

Excellent analysis from the “Punt” blogger. Serial bet winners are accused (that’s the word) to withdraw money from the BetFair machine, compelling BetFair to attract new money from newbies at a high marketing cost, and thus BetFair has decided to … Continue reading

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Marketing web publication accuses de facto monopoly BetFair of gouging customers.

- – Previously: Our blog post on the BetFair Premium Charges -

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WE ARE BETFAIR. RESISTANCE IS FUTILE. YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED.

- A list of the Betfair forum threads about the new premium charges. A FaceBook group has been created to protest the new BetFair premium charges. PREVIOUSLY: BetFair impose new “Premium Charges”… Do BetFair gag the critics, too?

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With the “premium charges”, BetFair is asking the hogs to pony up. However, the collateral damage is that the concept of “exchange” is stabbed in the back.

- – - A list of the Betfair forum threads about the new premium charges. A FaceBook group has been created to protest the new BetFair premium charges. PREVIOUSLY: BetFair impose new “Premium Charges”… Do BetFair gag the critics, too?

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One day after BetFair’s PR move, the very active event derivative traders are still very displeased by the new BetFair “premium charges”.

I have re-published yesterday’s BetFair Q & A at the bottom of my previous post —because that’s the post that Google features, bringing in 300 people a day. – My analysis of this PR debacle: BetFair has a very complex … Continue reading

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Some vocal event derivative traders reject the new BetFair “premium charges” —as a matter of principle.

- PREVIOUSLY: BetFair impose new “Premium Charges”… Do BetFair gag the critics, too? UPDATE: They announce a Q&A.

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Would the traditional derivative exchanges be able to impose “premium charges”, just like BetFair have just done?

We need Jason “VP” Ruspini‘s informed opinion on that: – - PREVIOUSLY: BetFair impose new “Premium Charges”… Do BetFair gag the critics, too? UPDATE: They announce a Q&A.

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BetFair impose new “Premium Charges”, and their very active traders are up in arms. – Plus, do BetFair gag the critics?

My analysis of this PR debacle: BetFair has a very complex information technology system, which is very costly, making BetFair less profitable than the fixed-odds betting operators (the big British bookmakers). They attack the problem with a dual approach: they … Continue reading

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An event derivative trader compares the trading costs of BetFair, InTrade, TradeSports and MatchBook.

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