Tag Archives: John McCririck

You know what I thought when I first saw that picture (little Fogarty planted next to Master Of Credit Alan Greenspan)?… I thought, well, it’s about time that the prediction market industry does the “product endorsement by celebrity” marketing thing. BetFair premiered that with John McCririck.

Posted on August 14, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

- TV-famous horse racing pundit: John McCririck. – - John McCririck endorsing BetFair

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The BetFair Starting Price is such a phenomenal success that their MSR-like system melted down under pressure last Saturday, April 5th, 2008, for the British equivalent of the Kentucky Derby —the Grand National at Liverpool.

Posted on April 8, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

- BetFair: Settlement of Grand National win market Betfair Customer Services 05 Apr 18:35 The reconciliation of the Betfair SP for the Grand National win market resulted in prices which we believe were significantly unfair for backers of some horses, … Continue reading →

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BetFair’s new bet-matching logic + BetFair Malta’s trading on the multiples

Posted on March 19, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

BetFair: Bet Matching Forum Q&A Session 19/03/08 Betfair Customer Services 17 Mar 11:50 As announced last week we’ll be hosting a Q&A session on the forum this Wednesday evening (19th March) between 6pm and 7pm (UK Time). The purpose of … Continue reading →

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