satrabyk
09-06-2010, 08:30 PM
On Betfair since 2005. In those days you could find bargains galore. I remember catching G. Gomez at 40 to 1 at Befair - he closed at 9/2 at the track. It was very common to get odds at even or better on 3 to 5 shots without worrying if someting fishy was going on. As time went on bargains were harder to obtain as more and more SMART MONEY infiltrated Betfair. As a matter of fact when things look too good to be true it usually is. I vaguely recall an incident earlier this year at Sam Houston. Steve Asmussen had a
horse entered in a race that was at 1 to 2 odds a couple of minutes to post time. At Betfair 10's of thousands of dollars were available on this horse at even money or better. In this same race Cash Asmussen had a horse entered at 3 or 4 to 1. Cash's horse wins and Steve's horse runs 3rd or worse. Wonder if any investigation was ever conducted ?
I was thrilled when Betfair offered INPLAY(betting while race is running) on US Racing in 2007. It added a whole new dimension to the game allowing for new betting strategies and can be very addictive. At this time I referred several friends to join Betfair. It was great to see part of the race before making a bet - eliminating horses with bad starts , etc. even if that meant getting much lower odds. We also would love to BACK before the off and LAY at much lower odds after the off. In 2008 Betfair decided to no longer offer INPLAY on US Racing except on Breeder's Cup races. Never could find out why this decision was made especially since they offer it on almost every other market. They offered it on a race from Turkey the other day. Now most of the guys I referred have lost interest and no longer bet on horses.
Nowadays it is very common to see odds on horses at Betfair lower(even before commissions) than at TOTE shortly before post time forcing me to bet through TOTE or not at all. If North American racetracks were to drastically reduce the takeout on Win/Place/Show it would definitely hurt Betfair. Recently they introduced BSP on US Racing - have trouble figuring it out and besides no one seems too interested in it anyway based on handle. Since Betfair resists to offer it why can't N.A. tracks create pari-mutual INPLAY
betting were people can bet up to a certain point into the race (ie. head of the stretch) ?
horse entered in a race that was at 1 to 2 odds a couple of minutes to post time. At Betfair 10's of thousands of dollars were available on this horse at even money or better. In this same race Cash Asmussen had a horse entered at 3 or 4 to 1. Cash's horse wins and Steve's horse runs 3rd or worse. Wonder if any investigation was ever conducted ?
I was thrilled when Betfair offered INPLAY(betting while race is running) on US Racing in 2007. It added a whole new dimension to the game allowing for new betting strategies and can be very addictive. At this time I referred several friends to join Betfair. It was great to see part of the race before making a bet - eliminating horses with bad starts , etc. even if that meant getting much lower odds. We also would love to BACK before the off and LAY at much lower odds after the off. In 2008 Betfair decided to no longer offer INPLAY on US Racing except on Breeder's Cup races. Never could find out why this decision was made especially since they offer it on almost every other market. They offered it on a race from Turkey the other day. Now most of the guys I referred have lost interest and no longer bet on horses.
Nowadays it is very common to see odds on horses at Betfair lower(even before commissions) than at TOTE shortly before post time forcing me to bet through TOTE or not at all. If North American racetracks were to drastically reduce the takeout on Win/Place/Show it would definitely hurt Betfair. Recently they introduced BSP on US Racing - have trouble figuring it out and besides no one seems too interested in it anyway based on handle. Since Betfair resists to offer it why can't N.A. tracks create pari-mutual INPLAY
betting were people can bet up to a certain point into the race (ie. head of the stretch) ?