Tag Archives: Rugby Union

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.

- BetFair: Improvements to Betfair’s bet matching logic today, Monday 14th July: What’s changing? We’ve improved the code that matches bets. As well as matching backs against lays as we’ve always done, we’ll also try to match your bet against … Continue reading

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FRANCE’S TEAM EJECTS NEW ZEALAND’S ALL BLACKS OUT OF THE 2007 WORLD CUP OF RUGBY.

The picture above (from the archives) represents the New Zealand’s team performing their “haka” before an international match. Here are the static BetFair charts, just after the France vs. New Zealand game. (TradeSports has little liquidity on Rugby Union events.) … Continue reading

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Deep Throat on Deep Throat on BetBrokers, “the World’s first independent betting brokerage”

A reader (… anonymously… with a fake e-mail address) replies to Deep Throat: As a share holder of Betbrokers, I find some of the comments made unfair and untrue. True, Betfair does have better prices than the norm but what … Continue reading

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