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BetFair are to change the time over which the premium charge is calculated.

BetFair are to change the time over which the premium charge is calculated. Previously: BetFair impose new “Premium Charges”, and their very active traders are up in arms.

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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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The anti-BetFair Premium Charges video reappears on YouTube under a new account.

The Ghost Of Premium Charges – PREVIOUSLY: BetFair impose new “Premium Charges”… Do BetFair gag the critics, too? -

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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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Just like Greg Mankiw, the BetFair event derivative traders don’t like tax hikes.

A non-scientific poll among British event derivative traders: – PREVIOUSLY: BetFair impose new “Premium Charges”… Do BetFair gag the critics, too? UPDATE: They announce a Q&A.

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