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Over the airwaves, Australian reporters (employed by a media company sponsored by BetFair Australia) cited the BetFair odds about a cricket match.

Posted on January 13, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

… and what followed is unchained fury of cataclysmic proportions. -

Posted in Analysis (Industry), Betting, Ethics, Exchanges & Markets, Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce | Tagged Australia, BetFair, BetFair Australia, cricket, odds, prediction markets, The Sporting Exchange | Leave a comment

In a blow to the French, BetFair choose Bastille Day to premiere the revised version of the bet-matching logic of their prediction markets. — IMPROVEMENT MEANS BETTER LIQUIDITY FOR THEIR EVENT DERIVATIVE TRADERS.

Posted on July 14, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

- BetFair: Improvements to Betfairâ€™s bet matching logic today, Monday 14th July: Whatâ€™s changing? Weâ€™ve improved the code that matches bets. As well as matching backs against lays as weâ€™ve always done, weâ€™ll also try to match your bet against … Continue reading →

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If the British legal betting companies offer bets on the sport, it is because there is demand for bets on the sport —and if that demand were not offered in a regulated environment, it would be filled in an unregulated one (like what we see with TradeSports-InTrade and MatchBook in the US market).

Posted on April 28, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Mark Davies of BetFair (PDF file): International Leaders in Sport conference, Auckland, New Zealand. April 3-4th 2008. Keynote speech, April 4th. Mark Davies, Betfair. “New Understandings in Sports Betting” Minister, ladies and gentlemen… Thank you very much for your kind … Continue reading →

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Fantasy Sport: The only way to crack open the US betting/gambling/gaming market… LEGALLY.

Posted on November 5, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

Wikipedia: A fantasy sport (also known as rotisserie, roto, or fairy-tale sport; or owner simulation) is a game where fantasy owners build a team that competes against other fantasy owners based on the statistics generated by individual players or teams … Continue reading →

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Interesting information about BetFair I found out on their corporate website

Posted on September 25, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

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 … Continue reading →

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How to win on the Betfair markets

Posted on July 29, 2007 by Pete Nordsted

Just a little about myself. My name is Pete Nordsted I am a Betfair accredited trainer and I have been trading on Betfair now for the last 3 years with a modicum of success and am now getting better by … Continue reading →

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Betting and speculating on cricket increased once this sport was cleaned up.

Posted on March 28, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

The Times: The ICC [International Cricket Council]â€™s most recent annual report cited a â€œphenomenalâ€ increase in the level of betting on cricket in both the legal and illegal markets over the previous 12 months. In the legal market this is … Continue reading →

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BetFair, Sim Exchange = Vertical Prediction Exchanges, First

Posted on March 4, 2007 by Chris F. Masse

The Sim Exchange’s founder (Brian Shiau): Chris [Masse] speculated on whether the simExchange will become a more generalist exchange, like BetFair, which began as a horseracing market before transforming into a general prediction market. The simExchange is indeed exploring the … Continue reading →

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BetFair’s information technology infrastructure is second to none. Yet another proof:

Posted on October 26, 2006 by Chris F. Masse

Betfair Wins First Annual Citrix Customer Innovation Award Betting Firm Finds Web Application Optimisation a Safe Bet Exponential traffic growth, spikes in traffic and user sensitivity to response times made Betfairâ€™s infrastructure challenge much more acute than that of other … Continue reading →

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