Tag Archives: BetFair Q & A

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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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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