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Tiny API delay for non-UK customers of BetFair —since all international BetFair bettors, traders and gamblers are now served from Malta, not from London.

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BetFair Games, BetFair Poker, BetFair Casino, BetFair Multiples, and all non-UK BetFair customers (including those trading on BetFair’s prediction exchange), are under the radar of Malta’s Lotteries and Gaming Authority. (As you all know, Malta is a state that is a member of the European Union.) I told you I would have a short post [...]

Why do BetFair Games (regulated in Malta, E.U.) have a timer on games?

Malta’s Lotteries and Gaming Authority is a stricter regulator than the UK’s Gambling Commission on that point. The Malta regulator mandates BetFair Games to display a timer on their games. The timer is visible on screen at all times, and, when the countdown expires, play is interrupted to provide the customer with a reminder of [...]

InTrade should disclose what market-making automatism they are using to liquify the WSJ and FT play-money prediction markets.

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BetFair:
Betfair Robot on Exchange Games
Betfair Customer Services 13 Dec 16:51

From December 2007 Betfair has started employing its own software or “robots” to provide liquidity into the exchange games markets. It has been evident for some time that the activity of 3rd Party bots is essential to ensure that there is enough [...]

BetFair Games needs a Swedish provider to develop its gambling offerings.

P.R. stuff.
No word on whether this will concern the X Universes. [I'm short of time, today. I will have more thoughts on the X Universes in the coming months.]

Interesting information about BetFair I found out on their corporate website

BetFair Corporate:
Corporate and Operational Overview
Corporate Overview
Betfair is a registered bookmaker in the UK, where it operates an online betting exchange. Betfair also operates under licences in Australia, Austria and Malta and is seeking licences elsewhere within the European Union and further afield, notably in South Africa. Betfair welcomes regulation and is committed to paying the [...]

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